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Title
Oversight of Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs)
Memo #
QSO-24-01-REH
Posting Date
2023-11-03
Fiscal Year
2024
Title
Memorandum Summary
• On November 23, 2022, CMS published a final rule (87 FR 72293) that established REHs as a new Medicare provider type, effective January 1, 2023, and codified the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) that REHs must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The rule also established REH payment and enrollment requirements.
• All REH surveys will be conducted by State Survey Agencies (SAs) for at least the first three years from the date on which the first REH has been certified.
• A deeming option for the REH program will be considered by CMS after we have had adequate time and opportunity to effectively monitor and evaluate the program but will be no earlier than three years from the date on which the first REH has been certified.
• On November 23, 2022, CMS published a final rule (87 FR 72293) that established REHs as a new Medicare provider type, effective January 1, 2023, and codified the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) that REHs must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The rule also established REH payment and enrollment requirements.
• All REH surveys will be conducted by State Survey Agencies (SAs) for at least the first three years from the date on which the first REH has been certified.
• A deeming option for the REH program will be considered by CMS after we have had adequate time and opportunity to effectively monitor and evaluate the program but will be no earlier than three years from the date on which the first REH has been certified.