{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-412.252","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 412.252","heading":"Applications.","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE \u0026 MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER B—MEDICARE PROGRAM","PART 412—PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEMS FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES","Subpart L—The Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"371af8fe3279db31691c8f8192851b8c1597537c64fad3051e17d59a70cbe4df","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-412.250","next":"us/42-cfr-412.254"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}