services The amount of payment for services provided by a rural emergency medical center ambulance service provider or another ambulance service supplier to transport patients who require acute care inpatient services or other inpatient services from such rural emergency medical center to a hospital or critical access hospital is equal to 105 percent of the amount otherwise payable for such services in such area under section 1834(l). (3) Payment for extended care services The amount of payment for extended care services furnished by a rural emergency medical center that is licensed and approved to furnish such extended care services is equal to 110 percent of the amount of payment that would otherwise be made for covered skilled nursing facility services under section 1888(e) for the year involved without regard to section 1888(h). . (b) Conditions of participation Section 1866(a)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395cc(a)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (X), by striking at the end and