Another issue impacting tax exempt health systems involves the classification of the hospital itself. I'm disturbed at the trend of rural hospitals getting taken advantage of. As we know, Hospitals classified as urban receive higher Medicare payments. whereas hospitals classified as rural benefit from other things like easier access to 340B program and 30% more graduate medical education funding. (01:20–01:25)
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Asserts that urban-classified hospitals receive higher Medicare payments.
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