Comment on CMS-2026-1916-0001
Bath Community HospitalOpposeBusiness
Summary: Bath Community Hospital, a small critical access hospital, opposes the proposed rule because it exceeds the requirements of the law and would significantly reduce federal Medicaid spending. The hospital argues that the proposed changes would increase administrative burdens, reduce funding for essential services in rural areas, and urges CMS to implement the statute as written using provider-class methodologies and a more gradual phase-down.
Bath Community Hospital letter addressing CMS-2449-P Medicaid Program Managed Care State Directed Payments and Medicaid Fee-for-Service Targeted Medicaid Practitioner Payments
and how the proposed changes will affect this small Critical Access Hospital.
Thank you for considering the affects of these proposed changes.