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In this proposed rule, we discuss our proposals to refine the diagnosis-related group (DRG) system under the IPPS to better recognize severity of illness among patients--for FY 2007, we are proposing to use a hospital-specific relative value cost center weighting methodology to adjust DRG relative weights and in FY 2008 (if not earlier), to implement consolidated severity-adjusted DRGs or alternative severity adjustment methods. Among the other policy changes that we are proposing to make are changes related to: limited revisions of the reclassification of cases to DRGs; the long-term care (LTC)-DRGs and relative weights; the wage data, including the occupational mix data, used to compute the wage index; applications for new technologies and medical services add-on payments; payments to hospitals for the direct and indirect costs of graduate medical education; submission of hospital quality data; payments to sole community hospitals and Medicare-dependent, small rural hospitals; and provisions governing emergency services under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act of 1986 (EMTALA). We are also inviting comments on a number of issues including performance-based hospital payments for services and health information technology, as well as how to improve data transparency for consumers.","action":"Proposed rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 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