Rural Hospital: Closures and Access to Care

For the last 10 years we have seen rural hospitals close at an alarming rate. This affects the client's ability to get routine comprehensive preventative care and critical care when needed. Listen for more details!

 

Informational Links:

- https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/rural-hospitals-face-renewed-financial-challenges-especially-in-states-that-have-not-expanded-medicaid/ 

- https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01478?journalCode=hlthaff

- https://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/programs-projects/rural-health/rural-hospital-closures/

- https://www.mhanet.com/mhaimages/advocacy/Missouri-Hospital_Closures_0120.pdf 

- https://www.aha.org/2022-09-07-rural-hospital-closures-threaten-access 

- https://www.komu.com/target8/target-8-records-show-noble-health-mismanaged-audrain-callaway-community-hospitals-for-years/article_1812b7c4-63bb-11ed-b2c6-cfe2efb29f33.html 

- https://www.kff.org/report-section/a-primer-on-medicare-how-does-medicare-pay-providers-in-traditional-medicare/ 

- https://khn.org/news/hospital-penalties/ 

- https://kffhealthnews.org/news/medicare-eases-readmissions-penalties-against-safety-net-hospitals/

- https://kffhealthnews.org/news/medicare-trims-payments-to-800-hospitals-citing-patient-safety-incidents/

- https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2022/07/07/quality-reporting 

- https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2022/04/20/cm-sipps