Sustaining Rural Hospital Access: Adjustments to Medicare Rural Hospital Designations
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Description
Describes the history of Medicare rural hospital designations. Discusses how traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid impact hospital finances. Outlines policy recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Congress regarding rural hospitals designations, payment adjustments, Medicare Advantage, and rural ambulance and emergency services.
Author(s)
Emma Sheffert, Maya Sandalow
Date
04/2025
Organization
Bipartisan Policy Center
Tagged as
Closures of healthcare facilities and services
· Emergency medical services
· Hospitals
· Medicaid
· Medicare
· Policy
· Reimbursement and payment models
· Statistics and data