Struggling to survive, the first rural hospitals line up for new federal lifeline
will apply. CMS officials said late last month that seven have already filed applications. Dr. Lee Fleisher, director of the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality at CMS, said how long it will take to review the applications will vary. The agency declined to provide the names or locations of hospitals seeking the designation.
At Stillwater Medical in Oklahoma, Chief Administrative Officer Steven Taylor said the switch already makes sense for two of the system's smaller hospitals that"have struggled financially." The small regional health system's outpost in Perry, which rarely has more than two inpatients a day, has already filed an application, and its facility in Blackwell will likely do so soon, he said.
John Henderson, president and chief executive of the Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals, agreed with other speakers at the National Rural Health Association's February policy conference in Washington, D.C. The new rule"could be a relief valve" for very small rural hospitals, he said. A confirmed for Henderson earlier that day that it was the first in Texas to be approved for the new payment mechanism.
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