S. 4460
Extends Medicare payment test for small rural hospitals
Keeps a Medicare test program going for five more years, paying small rural hospitals based on what their care costs.
- Extends the program for an additional five years
- The program tests paying small rural hospitals based on their costs under Medicare
- Hospitals that join between December 30, 2024, and January 1, 2027 may stay in for the extension
- Covers rural hospitals too large to qualify for special payment as critical access hospitals
Passed the Senate · House's turn