CAH Frequently Asked Questions by the Rural Assistance Center (RAC)
Certification and Compliance by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
National List of Critical Access Hospitals
National Map of Critical Access Hospitals ![]()
The following rural fact sheets have been revised as of April 2008 and can be downloaded:
Critical Access Hospital Fact Sheet
- The fact sheet provides information about eligible Critical Access Hospital (CAH) providers; CAH designation; CAH payments; reasonable cost payment principles that do not apply to CAHs; election of Standard Method or Optional (Elective) Payment Method; Medicare Rural Pass-Through funding for certain anesthesia services; Health Professional Shortage Area Incentive payments; Physician Scarcity Area Bonus payments; Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003; and grants to states under the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program.
Sole Community Hospital Fact Sheet
- The fact sheet provides information about Sole Community Hospital classification and payments.
Federally Qualified Health Center Fact Sheet
- The fact sheet provides information about Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) designation; covered FQHC services; FQHC preventive primary services that are not covered; FQHC payments; and the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
Rural Health Clinic fact sheet from 2007
(not yet updated) - The fact sheet providers information about Rural Health Clinic (RHC) designation; covered RHC services; RHC payments; and the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
Critical Access Hospital Provider Center
Federally Qualified Health Centers Provider Center
Code of Virginia Governing Critical Access Hospitals: § 32.1-122.07 | § 32.1-125.3