{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-424.575","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 424.575","heading":"Rural emergency hospitals.","body":"(a) A rural emergency hospital (as defined in § 485.502 of this chapter) must comply with all applicable provisions in this subpart in order to enroll and maintain enrollment in Medicare.\n(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 of this chapter) via a Form CMS-855A change of information application per § 424.516 rather than a Form CMS-855A initial enrollment application.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE \u0026 MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER B—MEDICARE PROGRAM","PART 424—CONDITIONS FOR MEDICARE PAYMENT","Subpart P—Requirements for Establishing and Maintaining Medicare Billing Privileges"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"1b3d602894d1ec10f4453ea2bb2f4df3885cd7ffbfe751b0aa5fe50df201c9a9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-424.570","next":"us/42-cfr-425.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}