Search Results for keywords:"hospital designation criteria"

Search Results: keywords:"hospital designation criteria"

S. 4101 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the continued designation of hospitals that met mountainous terrain or secondary roads distance requirement as critical access hospitals and to modify distance requirements for ambulance services furnished by critical access hospitals.
April 10, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:575
The Preserving Emergency Access in Key Sites Act aims to ensure specific hospitals continue to be designated as critical access hospitals if they are located in mountainous areas or regions accessible only by secondary roads. It modifies the rules so that such hospitals are...
Simple Explanation
This bill says that certain small hospitals in tricky places like mountains or hard-to-reach roads should still get help because it's hard for them if new hospitals pop up nearby. It also changes the rules for how far ambulances have to drive to help people in those tough areas, making it easier for them to get there faster.
H. R. 8294 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a waiver of certain criteria with respect to the designation of a critical access hospital.
May 08, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:243
H.R. 8294, known as the “Rural Healthcare Revitalization Act of 2024,” aims to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act by allowing certain hospitals to bypass specific criteria to be designated as critical access hospitals. This applies to areas where a smaller,...
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The Rural Healthcare Revitalization Act of 2024 is a rule that helps certain small hospitals in the countryside open up and take care of people if a bigger hospital nearby has closed down. It says these new hospitals can have only up to 10 beds and need to follow some health rules.
H. R. 9272 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish new payment rules for certain catastrophic specialty hospitals under the Medicare program.
August 02, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:1,295
H.R. 9272 proposes changes to the Social Security Act to establish new payment rules under the Medicare program specifically for catastrophic specialty hospitals. These are specialized long-term care hospitals focusing on patients with severe conditions like spinal cord or brain injuries. To...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 9272 is a new rule that helps certain special hospitals get paid for taking care of people with very serious injuries, like those from car accidents. These hospitals must follow some strict rules to be part of the program, and if they do a good job, they might have to show it again every so often to keep getting paid.

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