By: Meg Bryant Source: HealthcareDive.com Hospitals across the U.S. are being battered by financial headwinds, and rural hospitals are vulnerable because they don’t have capital or diversified services to fall back on when the going gets rough. Between 2013 and 2017, 64 rural hospitals closed due to financial distress and changing healthcare dynamics, more than […]
Source: www.fiercehealthcare.com By: Ron Shinkman Times are tough for rural hospitals, and evidence does not suggest things are going to get any better. Although one of the most rural states in the union, Maine’s rural facilities have been struggling to make ends meet. Facilities such as Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft have seen their patient census […]
By: Kelsey Brimmer, Associate Editor HEALTHCARE FINANCE NEWS Rural hospital executives discuss past, present and future struggles and opportunities. Over the past few years and as we move into the future, many rural and critical access hospitals throughout the country have continued to struggle when it comes to rising costs of care and decreased reimbursements, […]