US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-04, ch. 4, § 10.6.1
Payment Adjustment for Rural Sole Community Hospitals
Beginning January 1, 2006, rural sole community hospitals (SCHs), including essential
access community hospitals (EACHs), receive a 7.1 percent increase in payments for
most services, with certain exceptions. Services which are excepted from the increase in
payments include, but are not limited to, separately paid drugs and biologicals and items
paid at charges adjusted to cost. This adjustment is authorized under Section
1833(t)(13)(B) of the Act, and implemented in accordance with Section 419.43(g) of the
regulations. The adjustment is automatically applied in Pricer.
History
(Rev. 12369, Issued: 11-17-23; Effective: 01-01-2023; Implementation: 01-03-2023)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
2bcc56b77af7f77dd98a8674abc11e368d83c7ee3eb542984e192e6f054230d6
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