United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 1996_register executive 2010-09-24 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1be04b890 D09002ee1be04bd12 United States Department of Health and Human Services originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Health Care Financing Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This final rule revises the criteria that a rural hospital must meet to be designated as an Essential Access Community Hospital (EACH). The revised criteria permit HCFA to designate a hospital as an EACH if the hospital cannot be designated as an EACH by the State only because it has fewer than 75 beds and is located 35 miles or less from another hospital. Hospitals in rural areas that are designated as EACHs by HCFA are treated, for payment purposes, as sole community hospitals. The revised criteria are designed to facilitate development of network affiliations between rural EACHs and small rural facilities, known as Rural Primary Care Hospitals (RPCHs). The revisions would affect only hospitals located in rural areas of the States of California, Colorado, Kansas, South Dakota, New York, West Virginia, and North Carolina, or in an adjacent State. 61 FR 21969 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-05-13/96-11990 96-11990 fr13my96-13 4120-01-P BPD-856-FC https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-05-13/96-11990 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-05-13/html/96-11990.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-05-13/pdf/96-11990.pdf 5 p. 21969 21973 61 FR 21969 Title 42 Part 412 42 CFR Part 412 Medicare and Medicaid Program; Criteria for a Rural Hospital To Be Designated as an Essential Access Community Hospital (EACH); Federal Register Vol. 61, Issue RULE 96-11990 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Care Financing Administration 1996-05-13 BPD-856-FC 4120-01-P 96-11990 Final rule with comment period.

This final rule revises the criteria that a rural hospital must meet to be designated as an Essential Access Community Hospital (EACH). The revised criteria permit HCFA to designate a hospital as an EACH if the hospital cannot be designated as an EACH by the State only because it has fewer than 75 beds and is located 35 miles or less from another hospital. Hospitals in rural areas that are designated as EACHs by HCFA are treated, for payment purposes, as sole community hospitals. The revised criteria are designed to facilitate development of network affiliations between rural EACHs and small rural facilities, known as Rural Primary Care Hospitals (RPCHs). The revisions would affect only hospitals located in rural areas of the States of California, Colorado, Kansas, South Dakota, New York, West Virginia, and North Carolina, or in an adjacent State.

Effective Date: This regulation is effective May 13, 1996. George Morey, (410) 786-4653. Vol. 61, no. 93 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1996-05-13 continuing daily deposited born digital 155 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-05-13 P0b002ee180a26a76 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr13my96 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-05-13 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-05-13/pdf/FR-1996-05-13.pdf fdlp 21947 22084 DGPO 2010-09-24 2023-05-06 FR-1996-05-13 machine generated eng FR FR-1996-05-13 61 93