Hospital
Hospital For the purpose of refinancing rural hospital debt in accordance with 5001.102(d)(5), hospital means the following types of facilities defined in the Social Security Act, Section 1861 (42 U.S.C. 1395x):
(i) Hospital (section 1861(e)).
(ii) Psychiatric hospital (section 1861(f)).
(iii) Long-term care hospital (section 1861(ccc)); and shall also include the following other provider types defined in the Social Security Act, Section 1861 (42 U.S.C. 1395X):
(A) Critical access hospital (section 1861(mm)(1)).
(B) Religious nonmedical health care institution (section 1861(ss)(1)).
(2) The Agency will use the applicant provider's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Certification Number (CCN) to verify the applicant provider is listed as a “Hospital” for the “Provider or Supplier Type” category on the CMS Quality Certification and Oversight Reports (QCOR) website qcor.cms.gov/index_new.jsp.
Source
7 CFR § 5001.3
Scoping language
The following definitions are applicable to the capitalized terms used in this part.