In a recent Community Hospital Corporation blog, Wilson Weber provides five actions that rural hospitals are taking to improve the bottom line.
Editor’s Note: This blog originally appeared on Community Hospital Corporation’s website.
Rural hospitals operate as a healthcare safety net for smaller communities, where demographics tell the story about these community-based hospitals. Patients tend to be older than those at urban or suburban hospitals, many patients are uninsured, and rural facilities have to maintain emergency rooms and beds for acute care even if they see fewer patients. In the last five years, Congress has sharply reduced spending on Medicare, and this decline in reimbursement rates has been particularly challenging for rural hospitals. Click here to continue >>
