Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization
Official title: To provide for an extension of the rural community hospital demonstration program.
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization
This bill extends the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program for an additional five years. The program tests the feasibility of cost-based reimbursement under Medicare for small rural hospitals that are too large to qualify for special payment as critical access hospitals.
The bill specifies that hospitals that participate in the program between December 30, 2024, and January 1, 2027, may continue to participate during the five-year extension period.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8967: Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8967/
"H.R. 8967: Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8967/.
H.R. 8967, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8967/.
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