Purpose

This Subchapter 63 creates a category of licensure to enable certain rural Oklahoma hospitals to receive federal healthcare reimbursements from Medicare and Medicaid programs, as rural emergency hospitals, pursuant to the Social Security Act § 1861(kkk), Title 42 U.S.C. § 1395x and 42 CFR Parts 485 and 489, to enable them to continue providing services to the rural communities they serve.