Guidance For Rural Emergency Hospital Provisions, Conversion Process & Conditions Of Participation

On January 26, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published this guidance for rural emergency hospital (REH) provisions, conversion process, and conditions. CMS published a final rule establishing REHs as a new Medicare provider type and codified the Conditions of Participation (CoP) that REHs must meet in order to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs along with REH payment policies, quality measures and enrollment policies. Through this document, CMS is providing guidance regarding the REH enrollment and conversion process for eligible facilities, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), and a newly developed State Operations Manual Appendix (Appendix O . . .