PRRB Dec. No. 2016-D11

1. Whether the Medicare Contractor’s exclusion of didactic time from the FTE counts for indirect medical education (IME) and direct Graduate Medical Education (GME) for fiscal years (FYs) 2000 to 2006 was appropriate. 2. Whether the Medicare Contractor’s exclusion of foreign dental medical graduate residents for FYs 2000 to 2003 was appropriate. 3. Whether the Medicare Contractor properly calculated the prior year interns and resident to bed ratio used to determine IME payment on the cost reports for FYs 2000 to 2003, and 2005 to 2006.