Expanding Medicare Coverage for Rural Emergency Hospitals in Remote Clinics.
This law allows specific small clinics in remote rural areas, previously operating as Federally Qualified Health Centers, to qualify as a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) under the Medicare program. This change ensures that residents in distant regions maintain access to essential local medical and emergency services. The amendment is crucial for sustaining health security in the most isolated communities.
Key points
Expanding the definition of a Medicare Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) to include former Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) that participated in the frontier clinic demonstration.
Ensuring the continuity of funding and availability of emergency services in the most remote rural communities that might otherwise lose local medical care.
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