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Rural hospital financial lifeline requires a shift to ER services only

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The Biden administration is offering struggling rural hospitals a new financial lifeline starting this month, but with an unusual twist: Facilities that opt in have to agree to close their non-emergency inpatient services, reports Axios. Becoming a "rural emergency hospital" brings enhanced Medicare payments and upward of $3 million in subsidies each year. But patients typically must leave within 24 hours, meaning those who can't go home have to be discharged to a full-service hospital.

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