A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for guidelines clarifying the reclassification of one rural area to another rural area for purposes of determining reimbursement rates to hospitals under medicare.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the adjacency requirements for rural hospitals that apply for reclassification to another rural area, so long as the two areas are within 35 miles of one another.…