42 CFR § 412.252 - Applications.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s412.252"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 412.252 - Applications."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "412.252"
section_name: "Applications."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MEDICARE PROGRAM"
part_number: "412"
part_name: "PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEMS FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 12741, Mar. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "412"
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# 412.252 Applications.
(a) *By one hospital.* An individual prospective payment system hospital seeking redesignation to a different rural or urban area has the right to submit an application to the MGCRB.
(b) *By a group of hospitals.* A group of hospitals has the right to submit an application to the MGCRB requesting redesignation of all prospective payment hospitals in a county if all prospective payment hospitals located in a county agree to the request.
[55 FR 36766, Sept. 6, 1990, as amended at 69 FR 49250, Aug. 11, 2004]