Legislators consider access to healthcare a key component of enticing residents to rural areas.While traditional rural hospitals face closures and increased profitability challenges, micro-hospitals can help offset these issues by offering select urgent care and inpatient services while operating more efficiently.
Another way lawmakers hope to increase healthcare access in rural regions is by eliminating the Certificate of Need requirement for urban hospitals, which restricts the ability of private companies to selectively operate profitable hospital services while maintaining that requirement for rural providers.
More articles on leadership and management:
136 layoffs in 2017
10 ways boards can help curb corporate misbehavior
77 great leadership quotes from the “Corner Office” in 2017
