The Rural Inclusion Act amends Medicare rules to allow certain federally qualified health centers to become designated as rural emergency hospitals. Specifically, the bill permits clinics that previously participated in a frontier extended stay clinic demonstration program to qualify for rural emergency hospital status under Medicare. This change would give these clinics access to Medicare funding and reimbursement structures designed to support emergency care in rural areas. The bill, introduced in October 2023, applies effective immediately upon enactment. The legislation would primarily benefit rural healthcare providers and the communities they serve by expanding the types of facilities eligible for Medicare rural emergency hospital designation and associated funding.
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