July 18, 2008
Critical Access Hospital Fact Sheet Now Available
The Critical Access Hospital Fact Sheet is now available in print format from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicare Learning Network. This fact sheet provides information about eligible Critical Access Hospital (CAH) providers; CAH designation; CAH payments; reasonable cost payment principles that do not apply to CAHs; election of Standard Method or Optional (Elective) Payment Method; Medicare Rural Pass-Through funding for certain anesthesia services; Health Professional Shortage Area Incentive payments; Physician Scarcity Area Bonus payments; Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003; and grants to states under the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program. To place your order, visit http://www.cms.hhs.gov/mlngeninfo/ , scroll down to "Related Links Inside CMS" and select "MLN Product Ordering Page."
