Table 4B-1 - Wage Index and Capital Geographic Adjustment Factor (GAF)				
for Rural Areas by CBSA - FY 2007				
				
CBSA	CBSA Name	Wage Index	GAF	
01	ALABAMA	0.7664	0.8334	
02	ALASKA	1.0702	1.0476	
03	ARIZONA	0.9269	0.9493	
04	ARKANSAS	0.7475	0.8193	
05	CALIFORNIA	1.1202	1.0808	
06	COLORADO	0.9091	0.9368	
07	CONNECTICUT	1.1988	1.1322	
08	DELAWARE	1.0009	1.0006	
10	FLORIDA	0.8733	0.9114	
11	GEORGIA	0.7825	0.8454	
12	HAWAII	1.0627	1.0425	
13	IDAHO	0.8568	0.8996	
14	ILLINOIS	0.8358	0.8844	
15	INDIANA	0.8564	0.8993	
16	2IOWA	0.8803	0.9164	
17	KANSAS	0.8018	0.8596	
18	KENTUCKY	0.7805	0.8439	
19	LOUISIANA	0.7660	0.8331	
20	MAINE	0.8393	0.8869	
21	MARYLAND	0.8881	0.9219	
22	1MASSACHUSETTS	1.0757	1.0512	
23	MICHIGAN	0.9028	0.9324	
24	2MINNESOTA	0.9195	0.9441	
25	MISSISSIPPI	0.7796	0.8432	
26	MISSOURI	0.8353	0.8841	
27	MONTANA	0.8655	0.9058	
28	NEBRASKA	0.8636	0.9045	
29	NEVADA	0.9181	0.9432	
30	NEW HAMPSHIRE	1.1732	1.1156	
31	1NEW JERSEY	1.1402	1.0940	
32	NEW MEXICO	0.8375	0.8856	
33	NEW YORK	0.8430	0.8896	
34	NORTH CAROLINA	0.8629	0.9040	
35	NORTH DAKOTA	0.7368	0.8113	
36	OHIO	0.8683	0.9078	
37	OKLAHOMA	0.7847	0.8470	
38	2OREGON	1.0194	1.0132	
39	PENNSYLVANIA	0.8301	0.8803	
40	1PUERTO RICO			
41	1RHODE ISLAND	1.0744	1.0504	
42	SOUTH CAROLINA	0.8692	0.9085	
43	SOUTH DAKOTA	0.8298	0.8801	
44	TENNESSEE	0.8122	0.8672	
45	TEXAS	0.8225	0.8748	
46	UTAH	0.8252	0.8767	
47	VERMONT	0.9622	0.9740	
49	VIRGINIA	0.8101	0.8657	
50	WASHINGTON	1.0206	1.0141	
51	WEST VIRGINIA	0.7754	0.8401	
52	WISCONSIN	0.9607	0.9729	
53	2WYOMING	0.9199	0.9444	
				
"1 All counties in the State or Territory are classified as urban, with the exception of Massachusetts.  Massachusetts has area(s) designated as rural.  However, no short-term, acute care hospitals are located in the area(s) for FY 2007.

Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Rhode Island rural floors are imputed as discussed in the FY 2005 IPPS final rule, (69 FR 49109).
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"2 For this area, the wage index and GAF on this table are only effective from October 1, 2006 through March 31, 2007.  See Table 4C-2 for the values that are effective from April 1 through September 30, 2007."				
				
				
