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S 521 · in committee · significant

Supporting Access to Rural Community Hospitals Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • Temporarily expands which hospitals can qualify as critical access hospitals under Medicare.
  • Affects rural hospitals participating in the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program.
  • Takes effect for one year and allows cost-based reimbursement for participating hospitals.

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  1. 01

    How would temporary cost-based reimbursement for rural hospitals under this program affect Medicare spending and hospital financial stability differently than current payment models?

  2. 02

    Which rural hospitals would gain or lose access to critical access hospital status under the expanded eligibility criteria, and what happens to them after the one-year period ends?

  3. 03

    What evidence exists that the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program's results support expanding critical access hospital qualification beyond the one-year timeframe?

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Deb Fischer

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Introduced 2025-02-11

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-11 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

  2. 2025-02-11 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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