American Hospital Association January 26, 2022
In response to an AHA request for clarification, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released more information to clarify how its recently updated guidance on hospital co-location with other hospitals or health care facilities might apply to critical access hospitals and physician offices.
“The recently issued hospital co-location guidance from CMS is not applicable to CAHs due to the regulatory requirements that they be at least 35 miles or 15 miles by secondary roads or mountainous terrain from another acute care hospital,” wrote David Wright, director of CMS’s Quality, Safety & Oversight Group. “Therefore, for most CAHs, being co-located with another hospital would not be allowed under the regulations. CAHs with necessary provider status (that do not...
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