2007D68

1. Whether the Intermediary's exclusion of certain non-Medicaid general assistance and other state-only funded patient days (General Assistance Days or GADs) from the Provider's Medicaid Proxy was proper based on the instruction contained in Program Memorandum A-99-62. (St. Joseph's for FYE 1997 through 2000); 2. Whether Medicare + Choice days were properly treated in the Provider's disproportionate share hospital (DSH) calculation. (St. Joseph's for FYE 1998, 1999 and 2000); 3. Whether the Intermediary properly excluded, for indirect medical education (IME) and direct graduate medical education (DGME) reimbursement purposes, certain resident rotations at related non-hospital locations. (St. Joseph's for FYE 1997, 1998 and St. John's for FYE 1998)