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Expands who can qualify as a rural emergency hospital under Medicare and updates related payment rules. It creates an exception so some rural facilities that previously operated as hospitals between 2014 and late 2020—but have since closed—can convert to and be treated as rural emergency hospitals.
These changes aim to restore or preserve emergency and outpatient care access in rural areas. The updated rules take effect January 1, 2027, giving time to prepare for conversions and payment updates.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced March 3, 2025 by Jodey Cook Arrington · Last progress 1 year ago