Rural healthcare is at an inflection point Rural healthcare organizations are under intensifying pressure. Nearly 46% of rural hospitals are operating with negative margins, and more than 400 are considered vulnerable to closure. At the same time, workforce shortages persist:…
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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:…
Oregon will distribute $37.5 million in state and federal funds to 21 rural hospitals to stabilize maternity services, though leaders warn the one-time investment won’t offset looming Medicaid cuts. In January, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek announced a $25 million state…
Four U.S. senators sent a June 18 letter to CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, urging targeted adjustments to the Rural Health Transformation Program to help ensure its $50 billion reaches the smallest and most financially vulnerable rural providers. Sens. Michael…
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Nationally, roughly 1% of U.S. physicians have opted out of Medicare entirely, according to 2025 data from KFF. While 1% appears to be a marginal number upon first glance, a closer look at where those exits are happening, and what…
As healthcare organizations navigate rapid technological change, rural hospitals continue to face unique challenges that often go overlooked, Nitin Agarwal, CIO of Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale, Pa., told Becker’s. “Rural organizations are doing a heck of a lot more…
States are moving at markedly different speeds to deploy billions of dollars in new federal funding for rural healthcare. The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program was established under HR 1 and is administered by CMS, which will distribute $10…
President Trump’s June 2 executive order to expand AI-enabled cybersecurity tools to rural hospitals could help narrow a longstanding imbalance in healthcare cybersecurity, according to two health system CIOs who say smaller organizations face the same threats as larger systems…
One state wants to build its first medical school. Another wants to launch accountability tools for price transparency. These are among the most distinctive proposals in CMS’ $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, which awarded funds to all 50 states…