CMS Issues Emergency Preparedness Final Rule Interpretive Guidance for Rural Emergency Hospitals

Published: 03/27/2023

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals

As StayAlert! has previously reported, Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) are a new Medicare Part A provider type and as of January 1, 2023, CMS pays for Medicare-enrolled REHs to deliver emergency hospital, observation and other services to Medicare patients on an outpatient basis.

CMS has not issued updated emergency preparedness Interpretive Guidance for Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), but the agency has published a new fact sheet with the language of the Interpretive Guidelines relevant t

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