Closed, Converted, Merged, and New Hospitals with Medicare Rural Designations: January 2018-November 2022
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Description
Provides an overview of four Medicare rural hospital designations - Critical Access Hospital, Low-Volume Hospital, Medicare Dependent Hospital, and Sole Community Hospital - and factors related to financial distress that these designations are intended to address. Explores the number of rural-designated hospitals that have closed, merged, converted, or opened between January 2018-November 2022 and compares the number of rural-designated hospitals with the number of non-designated hospitals. Outlines considerations for Congress regarding policy options for rural hospitals and access to healthcare services in rural
areas.
Date
04/2023
Type
Document
Organization
Congressional Research Service
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Closures of healthcare facilities and services · Critical Access Hospitals · Medicare · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Sole Community Hospitals · Statistics and data