Nebraska’s Department of Health and Human Services launched a public dashboard July 30 tracking the state’s Rural Health Transformation Program funding. Six notes: 1. The agency built the tool to show stakeholders and the public how transformation program dollars are…
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When I read the recent Becker’s Hospital Review brief, “Rural hospital CEO sees ‘no hope in the rural health transformation funds,'” I understood the frustration behind the headline. For decades, rural hospitals have been asked to do more with less.…
In today’s healthcare environment, technology has become central to delivering high-quality patient care. It influences access, financial sustainability, workforce capacity, regulatory compliance and organizational resilience. That reality is becoming even more apparent as federal policymakers increase their focus on both…
Independent rural hospitals in Minnesota, North Dakota and Ohio are banding together into regional networks to compete with larger, consolidating health systems and payers, according to a July 22 Commonwealth Fund article. Here are four things to know: 1. North…
Baton Rouge, La.-based FMOL Health was sending patients to outside hospitals, even when the system could provide the same care. The 10-hospital system’s transfer acceptance rate sat at 67.5%. President and CEO E.J. Kuiper decided the system needed a dedicated…
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A year and a half ago, Bob Berbeco was doing what most health system CIOs know all too well. He was fielding AI pitches, launching pilots and watching vendor promises accumulate. Then he decided to stop. For most rural hospitals,…
Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health has received an $11.8 million federal grant to establish the Center for Aging with Serious Illness, a multidisciplinary research program focused on older adults with serious illness. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of…
Roughly a third of the nation’s rural hospitals — 720 in all — are at risk of closing, according to a report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. The findings begs a familiar question among ASC leaders:…
Athens-based Ohio University received $10 million through the state’s Rural Health Transformation Program to help expand the rural healthcare workforce and improve access to care across the state. Four things to know: 1. The university will serve as a lead…
Fifty-two hospitals across 21 states have converted to rural emergency facilities since the law that created the designation took effect in January 2023, according to data from CMS. Here are the hospitals that have converted to rural emergency status, by…