Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-05-21 — Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization: 2026 — Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization (introduced): would extend the Medicare demonstration for five additional years, continuing reasonable-cost-based reimbursement for small rural hospitals that are too large to qualify as critical access hospitals, and allow hospitals participating between late 2024 and January 2027 to remain in the program during the extension. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
Open questions
Related
Contributing findings
Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization
21-may-2026
novelty 2
per-area 2
strengthens