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In your written assignment, address the following questions and topics, as if you are writing an article for a textbook. Remember to give credit to your sources, when specific thoughts or quotations are included in your writings.
What is a critical access hospital (CAH)?
What is the criteria used to determine if a hospital is or is not a CAH?
How is reimbursement to the hospital determined if the hospital is a CAH and if NOT a CAH?
If a Medicare patient is admitted to the hospital with pneumonia, how will a CAH be reimbursed and how will a non-CAH be reimbursed for services provided?
Within 45 miles of Brainerd, Minnesota, which hospitals are CAHs and which ones are not?
In Minnesota, how many licensed CAH are there, and how many are non-critical access hospitals?
If a hospital is part of a healthcare system, like Essentia Health System, does that have anything to do with a hospital being or not being a CAH?