Bill > S332

This bill, the Rural Hospital Access Act of 2015, aims to provide continued support for rural hospitals by making permanent two key Medicare programs. Specifically, it extends indefinitely the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program, which provides special payment considerations for small, rural hospitals that rely heavily on Medicare patients, and it also extends increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program, which offers higher reimbursement rates to hospitals with fewer Medicare patients, recognizing the unique financial challenges these facilities often face.