Ms. McMorris Rodgers said roughly 25 percent of the country’s population — 75 million people — live in rural areas, but only 10 percent of physicians practice in those areas.
In addition to increasing Medicare and Medicaid payments for rural hospitals, HR 3859 — or the Rural Hospital and Provider Equity Act of 2012 — would boost payments for lab services, continue geographic reclassification for certain hospitals in sparsely populated states and extend expiring Medicare incentive payments for rural physicians and other providers.
Related Articles on Rural Hospital Payments:
MedPAC: Medicare Payments Adequate for Rural Hospitals
MedPAC Evaluates Payments for Rural Providers
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