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Questions about geographic reclassification spur debate. 1991

M Burke

The recent uproar over problems with Medicare's hospital geographic reclassification process has produced few long-term solutions so far. Experts say the large number of hospitals being reclassified indicates that the current methods are inadequate. They hope the current debate eventually will lead to a broader solution. The recent problems "certainly seem to have strengthened the resolve to see if there is an answer everyone can agree on," says one observer.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011444	Prospective Payment Assessment Commission	The commission charged with evaluating issues and factors which affect the implementation of the PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM.	PROPAC,United States Prospective Payment Assessment Commission
D011445	Prospective Payment System	A system wherein reimbursement rates are set, for a given period of time, prior to the circumstances giving rise to actual reimbursement claims.	Discretionary Adjustment Factor,Prospective Pricing,Prospective Reimbursement,Reimbursement, Prospective,Adjustment, Discretionary,Adjustment Factor, Discretionary,Adjustment Factors, Discretionary,Adjustments, Discretionary,Discretionary Adjustment,Discretionary Adjustment Factors,Discretionary Adjustments,Factor, Discretionary Adjustment,Factors, Discretionary Adjustment,Payment System, Prospective,Payment Systems, Prospective,Pricing, Prospective,Prospective Payment Systems,Prospective Reimbursements,Reimbursements, Prospective,System, Prospective Payment,Systems, Prospective Payment
D002391	Catchment Area, Health	A geographic area defined and served by a health program or institution.	Health Service Area,Health Catchment Area,Service Area, Health,Area, Health Catchment,Area, Health Service,Areas, Health Catchment,Areas, Health Service,Catchment Areas, Health,Health Catchment Areas,Health Service Areas,Service Areas, Health
D005843	Geography	The science dealing with the earth and its life, especially the description of land, sea, and air and the distribution of plant and animal life, including humanity and human industries with reference to the mutual relations of these elements. (From Webster, 3d ed)	Factor, Geographic,Factors, Geographic,Geographic Factor,Geographic Factors,Geography, Human,Human Geography
D006278	Medicare	Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976)	Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18,Insurance, Health, for Aged and Disabled,Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18,Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18
D006761	Hospitals	Institutions with an organized medical staff which provide medical care to patients.	Hospital
D000573	American Hospital Association	A professional society in the United States whose membership is composed of hospitals.	Association, American Hospital
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D014487	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.	A component of the Department of Health and Human Services to oversee and direct the Medicare and Medicaid programs and related Federal medical care quality control staffs. Name was changed effective June 14, 2001.	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,United States Health Care Financing Administration,Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.),HCFA,Health Care Financing Administration,Health Care Financing Administration (U.S.),Health Care Financing Administration, U.S.