### Question
How is the term children's hospital defined?


### Answer
The term **children's hospital** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 256e* as the following:

> a hospital with a Medicare payment agreement and which is excluded from the Medicare inpatient prospective payment system pursuant to section 1395ww(d)(1)(B)(iii) of this title and its accompanying regulations

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 256e*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 6A-PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE > SUBCHAPTER II-GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES > Part D-Primary Health Care > subpart ix-support of graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals**

