The funds are part of USDA Rural Development’s Community Facilities Program. Selected projects are intended to create jobs, attract business and provide necessary services — including healthcare, library services and schools — to rural residents
Hospital-related projects receiving funding include:
• Haxtun Hospital District (Colo.) — $7,318 grant to upgrade the fire suppression system in a hospital
• Mahaska County Hospital (Iowa) — $23 million direct loan to expand the hospital.
• Bedford Regional Medical Center (Ind.) — $46.8 million direct loan to build a critical access hospital.
• Memorial Hospital (Kentucky) — $40,391 grant to purchase a truck to transport a mobile medical unit.
• St. Helena Hospital Service District #1 (La.) — $1.2 million direct loan to develop an emergency medical records system
• Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital (Mich.) — $19 million direct loan to replace the hospital.
• Chippewa County War Memorial Hospital (Mich.) — $3,872,000 direct loan and $18,077,000 guaranteed loan to construct a replacement hospital and renovate the emergency department.
• Community Memorial Hospital Association (Minn.) — $15 million direct loan and $9 million guaranteed loan to expand and renovate a critical access hospital.
• Charles Cole Memorial Hospital (Pa.) — $2,500,000 direct loan to expand and renovate the emergency department.
• Clarendon Hospital District (S.C.) — $17.7 million direct loan to pay off interim financing.
• Faulkton Area Medical Center (S.D.) – $225,000 direct loan to finance additions to a clinic.
• Custer Community Health Service (S.D.) — $2.7 million direct loan to build an addition to the hospital and make improvements to the clinic.
Read the USDA release on rural hospital financing.
Read more coverage on rural hospitals:
– Rural Hospitals Face Financial, Workforce Issues in Health Reform, AHA Says
