---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 412.515"
title: "42"
number: "412.515"
heading: "LTC-DRG weighting factors."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/412.515"
---

# §412.515. LTC-DRG weighting factors.

- (a) For each LTC-DRG, CMS assigns an appropriate weight that reflects the estimated relative cost of hospital resources used within that group compared to discharges classified within other groups.
- (b)
  - (1) Beginning FY 2023, each LTC-DRG weight is subject to a maximum 10 percent reduction as compared to the weight for the same LTC-DRG for the prior fiscal year, except as provided in [paragraph (b)(2)](#b-2) of this section.
  - (2) The limitation described in [paragraph (b)(1)](#b-1) of this section does not apply to LTC-DRGs with less than 25 applicable LTCH cases in the data used to determine the relative weights for the fiscal year.

## Notes

### Amendments

[87 FR 49405, Aug. 10, 2022]

### Source

Source: 67 FR 56049, Aug. 30, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 12741, Mar. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[87 FR 49405, Aug. 10, 2022]