7 hospitals changing their designations

Here are seven hospitals changing their designations:

1. Farmington, Maine-based Franklin Memorial Hospital is applying for critical access status.
2. Carroll, Iowa-based St. Anthony Regional Hospital will apply to become a critical access hospital.
3. Holly Springs, Miss.-based Alliance HealthCare System received rural emergency designation after some confusion around the hospital’s application status.
4. La Grange, Texas-based St. Mark’s Medical Center received approval as a rural emergency hospital after cutting half of its staff.
5. Malone, N.Y.-based Alice Hyde Medical Center is applying to become a critical access hospital.
6. Mitchell, S.D.-based Avera Queen of Peace Hospital changed its designation to a critical access hospital.
7. Gallup, N.M.-based Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital is applying to become a critical access hospital.

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