A Financial Comparison of Rural Hospitals With Special Medicare Payment Provisions to Hospitals Paid Under Prospective Payment (Findings Brief)

Date
04/2010
Description

Compares the profitability of hospitals with the four classifications of rural hospitals that can qualify for special payment provisions under Medicare (Critical Access Hospitals, Medicare Dependent Hospitals, Sole Community Hospitals, and Rural Referral Centers) to urban and rural hospitals paid under prospective payment over a recent three-year period.

Center
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Authors
George Pink, Rebecca Slifkin, Hilda Howard