Rural Emergency Hospital Designation Improvement Act amends Medicaid and Medicare to enhance services and payments for rural emergency hospitals.

The Rural Emergency Hospital Designation Improvement Act amends titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the designation of rural emergency hospitals. It includes rural emergency hospital services under Medicaid, allows for an add-on payment for diagnostic laboratory tests, and permits hospitals reverting to critical access hospital designation to regain necessary provider status. It also mandates regulations to deem rural emergency hospitals as health professional shortage areas and provides grants for small rural hospitals.

Rural Emergency Hospital Designation Improvement Act amends Medicaid and Medicare to enhance services and payments for rural emergency hospitals.

The Rural Emergency Hospital Designation Improvement Act amends titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the designation of rural emergency hospitals. It includes rural emergency hospital services under Medicaid, allows for an add-on payment for diagnostic laboratory tests, and permits hospitals reverting to critical access hospital designation to regain necessary provider status. It also mandates regulations to deem rural emergency hospitals as health professional shortage areas and provides grants for small rural hospitals.