CMS Adopts Changes to Medicare Rural Designations

From McDermott:

Based on the updated CBSA/MSA configurations, CMS believes that 53 counties (and county equivalents) and 33 hospitals that were once considered part of an MSA will be considered to be located in a rural area beginning in FY 2025. CMS projects that 54 counties (and county equivalents) and 24 hospitals that were located in rural areas will be located in urban areas under the revised OMB delineations. CMS identifies all counties experiencing changes in the preamble of the IPPS final reg.

All in all, going to back to the admonition of this blog post, all hospitals in these areas should examine the MSA changes on a case-by-case basis and consider whether any aspect of their status or payment has been affected.