PRRB Dec. No. 2012-D01

Decision Number
PRRB Dec. No. 2012-D01
Case Name
Hall Render Wage Index Group Appeals vs. BlueCross Blue Shield Association/National Government Services and Wisconsin Physician Services
Issue
1. Whether the Fiscal Intermediary and CMS properly determined the Wage Indexes for St. Elizabeth Medical Center; St. Luke Hospital East; St. Luke Hospital West; Mercy Hospital Anderson; University Hospital, Inc.; Jewish Hospital; Mercy Hospital Fairfield; Mercy Franciscan Hospital Western Hills; Fort Hamilton Hospital; Christ Hospital; Mercy Franciscan Hospital—Mt. Airy; Mercy Hospital Clermont; and the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN CBSA for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2009. 2. Whether the Fiscal Intermediary and CMS properly determined the Wage Indexes for St. Elizabeth Medical Center and the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN CBSA for Federal Fiscal Year 2009. This was a Medicare Group Appeal involving the FFY 2009 hospital wage index established for St. Elizabeth Medical Center (St. Elizabeth) and for the Cincinnati-Middleton, OH-KY-IN CBSA, and the hospitals using this wage index.

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