Increased Financial Support for Rural Hospitals
This bill modifies the calculation of Medicare payments for Sole Community Hospitals and Medicare-Dependent Hospitals. It allows these facilities to use a more favorable base year (2016) for calculations if it results in higher payments. Additionally, the bill indefinitely extends payment programs for low-volume hospitals and Medicare-dependent hospitals.
Key points
Rural hospitals (Sole Community Hospitals and Medicare-Dependent Hospitals) can receive higher Medicare payments by using cost data from 2016 as the base period.
Increased payment programs for small rural hospitals and Medicare-dependent hospitals are extended to subsequent fiscal years without an expiration date.
Expired
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