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Committee hears testimony on bill to allow Medicaid payments for rural emergency hospitals
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 6103, which would permit Medicaid payments to facilities designated by CMS as rural emergency hospitals; hospital association and a rural hospital CEO testified in support, warning conversion without state changes could cut reimbursements.
The House Appropriations Committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 6103, which would allow medical-assistance payments to facilities the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services designates as rural emergency hospitals (REHs), committee staff and witnesses said.
Megan Morris, staff to the committee, told members that CMS established the REH provider type in 2020 and that certain critical access and rural hospitals certified to participate in Medicare as of Dec. 27, 2020, are eligible to convert. "Senate Bill 6103 relates to payments for rural emergency hospitals," Morris said, summarizing the bill's intent and…
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