WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Michael Bennet issued the following press release:
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, co-chair of the Senate Rural Health Caucus, and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Reauthorization Act to extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration (RCHD) program (https://www.cms.gov/priorities/innovation/innovation-models/rural-community-hospital-demonstration) for another five years. RCHD provides a lifeline to rural hospitals by allowing them to test innovative hospital payment models under Medicare that boost financial sustainability to maintain and improve health care access in rural communities.
Currently, there are four Colorado hospitals participating in RCH...