Just off the historic U.S. Route 66 in eastern New Mexico, a 10-bed hospital has for decades provided emergency care for a steady flow of people injured in car crashes and ranching accidents.
The interior of an emergency room at the Guadalupe County Hospital in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. Hospitals that convert into the new federal Rural Emergency Hospital designation will get a 5% increase in Medicare payments and an average annual facility fee payment of about $3.2 million in exchange for giving up inpatient beds and focusing solely on emergency and outpatient care.
Assistant administrator and lab manager Frank Tenorio listens as administrator Christina Campos goes over legislation for rural hospital designations at Guadalupe County Hospital in Santa Rosa, New Mexico.
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The interior of an emergency room at the Guadalupe County Hospital in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. Hospitals that convert into the new federal Rural Emergency Hospital designation will get a 5% increase in Medicare payments and an average annual facility fee payment of about $3.2 million in exchange for giving up inpatient beds and focusing solely on emergency and outpatient care.
Assistant administrator and lab manager Frank Tenorio listens as administrator Christina Campos goes over legislation for rural hospital designations at Guadalupe County Hospital in Santa Rosa, New Mexico.
