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Geographic Reclassification

A process where a hospital's official location for Medicare payment purposes is changed, often allowing an urban hospital to be paid at rates typically given to rural hospitals.

Medicare Program

A federal health insurance program for people 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease.

Subsection (d) hospital

A general acute care hospital that provides inpatient services and receives payments under Medicare's prospective payment system.

Social Security Act

The law that established the Social Security program and includes provisions for Medicare and other federal programs.

Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board (MGCRB)

A board that reviews applications from hospitals seeking to change their geographic classification for Medicare payment purposes, typically to receive higher payments.