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Rural hospitals
America’s rural hospitals are in the red
May 17, 2023
A new federal program is dropping rural hospitals a lifeline to keep emergency services available as they struggle to turn a profit.
Some hospitals struggle as borrowing gets more expensive
May 8, 2023
Cash-strapped rural and medium-size hospitals are less prepared to absorb higher interest rates.
For a rural hospital trying to reopen, hiring is a challenge
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Blake Farmer
Oct 6, 2022
Many rural hospitals have closed during the pandemic, and their staffers found other work far away.
Lab billing operations add to rural hospital woes, leaving some on life support
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Blake Farmer
Jul 18, 2022
For rural communities, the loss of hospitals means no access to nearby emergency care and the loss of health care jobs.
COVID hot spots are pointing the way for future health care development plans
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Blake Farmer
Apr 11, 2022
In Nashville, health care facilities are expanding to serve some areas that were hit hardest by the pandemic.
Company aims to buy and restore struggling rural hospitals in Tennessee
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Blake Farmer
Mar 24, 2022
For rural communities, a key question: Can a new company that is taking over ownership restore confidence in the care the local hospital provides?
Rural hospitals expect to see a boost with changes to Medicare reimbursement
Sep 30, 2019
Medicare is increasing reimbursement rates for certain low-wage hospitals, but not everyone supports the change.
For public good, not for profit.
Hospital closure leaves soon-to-be mothers in rural Missouri without an OB-GYN
Jul 16, 2018
Another rural hospital has closed, the 85th to shutter in the U.S. since 2010. This latest closing happened in Dunklin County, Missouri, one of the poorest counties in the state. The hospital was home to the only OB-GYN physician in a region that has one of the highest premature birth and infant mortality rates in […]
Rural Georgia residents are hit hard by local hospital closure
Apr 7, 2017
'Without health care, people don’t want to stay here. I don't blame them,' a former nurse says.
Rural hospital in Georgia faces financial difficulties
Mar 17, 2017
Irwin County Hospital is one of many in the country that are struggling to keep their doors open.