by adding at the end the following: (D) Rural hospitals Payments under part A or part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to items and services furnished by a critical access hospital (as defined in section 1861(mm)(1) of such Act), a sole community hospital (as defined in section 1886(d)(5)(D)(iii) of such Act), a medicare-dependent small rural hospital (as defined in section 1886(d)(5)(G)(iv) of such Act), or a subsection (d) hospital located in a rural area (as defined in section 1886(d)(2)(D) of such Act). . (b) Applicability The amendment made by this section applies with respect to orders of sequestration effective on or after the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 102. Reversing cuts to reimbursement of bad debt for critical access hospitals (CAHs) and rural hospitals (a) Rural hospitals Section 1861(v)(1)(T)(v) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(v)(1)(T)(v) ) is amended by inserting before the period the following: or, in the case of a hospital located in a rural area, by 30 percent of such amount otherwise allowable . (b) CAHs Section 1861(v)(1)(W)(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(v)(1)(W)(ii) ) is amended by inserting after or (V) the following: , a critical access hospital . (c) Applicability The amendments made by this section apply with respect to cost reporting periods beginning more than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 103. Extending payment levels for low-volume hospitals and Medicare-dependent hospitals (MDHs) (a) Extension of increased payments for MDHs (1) Extension of payment methodology Section 1886(d)(5)(G) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(G) ), as amended by section 205(a) of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, is amended— (A) in clause (i), by striking , and before October 1, 2017