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Appendix E: Data and Methods to Analyze Medicare GME Payments
Pages 197-202

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From page 197...
... resident count is the sum of the reported unweighted number of allopathic and osteopathic residents for the current year (WC E4, line 6) and the weighted dental and podiatric resident FTE count for the current year (WS E4, line 10)
From page 198...
... 2. Determine a budget-neutral per-resident amount that, when adjusted by the GAF, would result in estimated payments equivalent to the total DGME payments determined in Step 1.The national average per resident amount (used to determine payment for additional slots beyond the 1996 cap)
From page 199...
...  Current allowable IME for capital-related costs = sum of WS L, Part I, line 6 c.  Total IME capped resident count = Current allowable FTE count (WS EA, line 18)
From page 200...
... . • The percentage of primary care residents was determined as the percentage of weighted residents in primary care programs (defined consistent with the Medicare PRA differential as residents in family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, preven tive medicine, geriatric medicine, osteopathic general practice, and obstetrics/gynecology)
From page 201...
... In the 2008 cost reports, there were 44 hospitals with only dental/podiatric residency programs and 26 hospitals with GME costs that did not report a current-year resident count on Worksheet E-3, Part IV. • Medicare utilization was defined consistent with Medicare's share for purposes of determining direct GME payments ((Medicare fee for-service + managed care days)


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