Converting to Critical Access Status: How Does it Affect Rural Hospitals' Financial Performance?
To improve rural access to care, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 allowed eligible rural hospitals to convert to critical access hospitals (CAHs), which changed their Medicare payment from a prospective payment system (PPS) to a cost-based system. The objective of this paper is to examine the effects...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2009-02-01
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| Series: | Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5034/inquiryjrnl_46.01.46 |