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Tester introduces hospital bill: Aims to clarify rural area requirements
Montana’s senior senator has co-sponsored a bill that supporters say would end a confusing requirement for rural hospitals. Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat, introduced the Critical Access Hospital Relief Act with co-sponsor, Kansas Republican Sen. Pat Roberts, late in February. The bill seeks to amend language in title XVIII of the Social Security Act, which provides conflicting regulations to rural hospitals. In one section of the statute, rural hospitals are required to discharge patients with Medicare or Social Security disability insurance from the hospital an average of 96 hours after admission...Read More
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