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Rural hospitals
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.
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.