---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 424.575"
title: "42"
number: "424.575"
heading: "Rural emergency hospitals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/424.575"
---

# §424.575. Rural emergency hospitals.

- (a) A rural emergency hospital (as defined in [§ 485.502](/cfr/42/485.502.md) of this chapter) must comply with all applicable provisions in this subpart in order to enroll and maintain enrollment in Medicare.
- (b) A provider that was enrolled in Medicare as of December 27, 2020, as a critical access hospital or a hospital (as defined in section 1886(d)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act) with not more than 50 beds located in a county (or equivalent unit of local government) in a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act) (or treated as being located in a rural area pursuant to section 1886(d)(8)(E) of the Social Security Act) converts its existing enrollment to that of a rural emergency hospital (as defined in [§ 485.502](/cfr/42/485.502.md) of this chapter) via a Form CMS-855A change of information application per [§ 424.516](/cfr/42/424.516.md) rather than a Form CMS-855A initial enrollment application.

## Notes

### Amendments

[87 FR 72293, Nov. 23, 2022]

### Source

Source: 71 FR 20776, Apr. 21, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 6634, Mar. 2, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[87 FR 72293, Nov. 23, 2022]