Modernizing Payment to Critical Access Hospitals: A Proposal for the Next Iteration of the Flex Program

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Commentary briefly describing the history the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex) and Cost-Based Reimbursement (CBR) for Medicare. Outlines the challenges of CBR for Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and proposes a new payment system.

Clint MacKinney, Keith Mueller, Alva Ferdinand, et al.

Journal of Rural Health, 39(4), 716-718

02/2023

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Critical Access Hospitals · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models