PRRB Dec. No. 2010-D53

1. Whether the Intermediary properly determined the Provider's full-time equivalent (FTE) counts used for purposes of calculating payment for direct graduate medical education (GME) and indirect medical education (IME) based on its exclusion of residents in other approved programs, including unaccredited training programs. 2. Whether the Intermediary properly excluded FTEs attributable to time spent by residents in research that was required by the resident's approved medical residency programs.