Mean percentage change from current
(post-reclassification) index to MedPAC
index:
Inpatient payments Wage index value
Hospital Group Number of Hospitals
(dollar weighted) (hospital weighted)
Total 3,586 0.0% 0.5%
No exception 2,135 0.4 1.6
Out-commuting only 227 0.1 1.2
Reclassification 777 -1.3 -2.8
Special exception 18 -4.2 -6.9
Other hospitals 429 0.1 1.1
Rural 1,010 -0.7 0.7
<100 beds 722 0.2 1.6
100 + beds 288 -1.3 -1.6
Urban 2576 0.1 0.5
<300 beds 1,988 -0.2 0.3
300+ beds 588 0.3 1.0
Teaching status
Major teaching 298 0.2 0.9
Other teaching 786 0.2 0.6
Nonteaching 2502 -0.2 0.5
Ownership
Not for profit 2,114 0.0 0.5
Proprietary 873 0.0 0.1
Government 596 0.1 1.1
Source: MedPAC, Report to Congress: Promoting Greater Efficiency in Medicare, June 2007, p.137.