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Critical Access Hospital (CAH)

A small hospital in a rural area that meets specific Medicare criteria, allowing it to receive enhanced reimbursement rates to help ensure access to healthcare services in isolated communities.

Medicare Program

A federal health insurance program for people who are 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant).

Health Professional Shortage Area

A geographic area, population group, or facility designated by the federal government as having too few healthcare providers to meet the needs of the residents.

Medically Underserved Communities

Areas or populations that lack access to primary healthcare services due to factors like poverty, high infant mortality, or a scarcity of primary care doctors.

Service Area

The geographic region from which a hospital or healthcare facility draws most of its patients and where it provides healthcare services.

Reimbursement

Payment made by an insurer (like Medicare) to a healthcare provider for services or supplies provided to a patient.