220 hospitals at immediate risk of closure

Across the U.S., 220 rural hospitals — more than 10 percent nationwide — are at immediate risk of closing because of financial losses and lack of financial reserves to sustain operations, according to the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. 

All but seven states have at least one rural hospital at immediate risk of shutting down, while six have none, according to the report. The hospitals identified as being at immediate risk of closure had either low or non-existent financial reserves and a cumulative negative total margin over the most recent three-year period.

Rural hospitals at immediate risk of closing in each state as of October 2022, ranked by percent of state totals:

Note: Rhode Island was omitted because it has no rural hospitals, according to the report.

For information on specific at-risk hospitals, see this database.

Rank

State

Total rural hospitals

Immediate risk of closing

Percent of state total

1

Tennessee

48

17

35%

2

Mississippi

70

24

34%

3

Connecticut

3

1

33%

4

Alabama

48

15

31%

5

Oklahoma

72

15

21%

6

Maine

25

5

20%

7

South Carolina

26

5

19%

8

Virginia

29

5

17%

9

Hawaii

12

2

17%

10

New York

51

8

16%

11

Kansas

104

16

15%

12

Alaska

13

2

15%

13

Indiana

53

7

13%

14

Arkansas

48

6

13%

15

Wyoming

24

3

13%

16

North Carolina

53

6

11%

17

Georgia

66

7

11%

18

Pennsylvania

40

4

10%

19

Ohio

70

7

10%

20

Florida

21

2

10%

21

Oregon

32

3

9%

22

Illinois

72

6

8%

23

North Dakota

37

3

8%

24

Michigan

62

5

8%

25

Texas

152

12

8%

26

Vermont

13

1

8%

27

South Dakota

45

3

7%

28

Idaho

30

2

7%

29

New Hampshire

17

1

6%

30

Montana

52

3

6%

31

Kentucky

71

4

6%

32

California

55

3

5%

33

Washington

39

2

5%

34

Utah

21

1

5%

35

New Mexico

23

1

4%

36

Louisiana

51

2

4%

37

West Virginia

26

1

4%

38

Missouri

57

2

4%

39

Minnesota

92

3

3%

40

Colorado

41

1

2%

41

Iowa

93

2

2%

42

Nebraska

71

1

1%

43

Wisconsin

72

1

1%

44

Nevada

13

0

0%

45

Massachusetts

5

0

0%

46

Arizona

17

0

0%

47

Delaware

2

0

0%

48

Maryland

4

0

0%

49

New Jersey

1

0

0%

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