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About
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Stevens County Hospital became a Critical Access Hospital in May 2001.
The Critical Access Hospital designation was created by the U.S.
Congress in 1997 to provide support for small rural hospitals by
allowing cost-based reimbursement for care provided to Medicare
beneficiaries. To qualify to become a CAH, a rural hospital may
have a maximum of 25 acute care beds and be considered critical to the
care of the community by virtue, of distance from other hospitals, by
geography limiting access to another hospital, or by certification by
the state as "necessary provider". Other requirements for CAH
status include provision of 24-hour emergency department services and an
average length of stay for acute care of 96 hours or less. Because
of the short-term, limited care nature, Critical Access Hospitals must
establish a relationship with other hospitals to which they can transfer
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Services provided by Stevens County Hospital are: diagnostic
imaging, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, laboratory, 24-hour
emergency room department, home health, specialty clinic services,
rural health services, cardiac rehab, nuclear medicine, DME, and
surgical capability exists for patients requiring this service. |
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Last update: 05/05/08