To address the growing concern over closures of rural hospitals, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 established REHs as a Medicare provider type. This article provides enrollment details and guidance from CMS.
This article includes requirements that providers must be operational when enrollment applications are submitted. Review this article for help in preventing processing impacts to your application.
Breaking news for critical access hospitals (CAHs): CMS has directed MACs to immediately turn off reason codes 31006 and 31007 to give providers time to submit all method II reassignments to their Part A CAHs promptly. Read further to learn…
CAH Part A Method II claims for professional services will return to provider (RTP) if a reassignment isn’t in PECOS. Watch the on-demand learning video, "CAHs Method II Professional Reassignments," for instructions to add reassignments.