Category: Rural Hospitals
Rural and Safety Net Hospitals Facing Cut in Federal Support
Hospital leaders continue to hold out hope that Congress will protect the funding for hospitals’ charitable care before cuts go into effect in a few weeks.
Six-step plan reduced opioid use in rural clinic patients
A six-step plan that took a system approach cut use of high-dose opioids by more than 14 percent.
Have Cancer, Must Travel: Patients Left In Lurch After Hospital Closes
The first installment of year-long series, which follows how the closure of one rural hospital disrupts a community’s health care, economy and equilibrium.