Anson (Texas) General Hospital has become the third hospital in the state to apply for Rural Emergency Hospital status with CMS, local news outlet KTAB reported April 25.
Through the program, the hospital will end inpatient services in exchange for an extra $3 million per year from the government.
"You may not be able to stay as long in the hospital as you want to, but you still have access to your emergency room and your outpatient services," Anson General CEO Ted Matthews told KTAB.