hospital closure

Hospital closures, specifically in rural and underserved areas, have become a growing concern among many healthcare leaders, as they drive up costs and patient demand for other area facilities while leaving affected communities without proper care access.  Becker’s has reported…

As the pace of hospital closures across the U.S. continues to increase, Becker’s has reported on four hospital closures over the last two days. Since the beginning of 2025, Becker’s has also reported on 15 hospital and emergency department closures,…

Orlando (Fla.) Health’s Rockledge Hospital and four hospital-based outpatient departments closed April 22, eliminating 940 jobs.  Orlando Health acquired the 298-bed facility from Dallas-based Steward Health Care in October 2024 for $439 million. In late February, the health system shared…

Mid Coast Medical Center Trinity (Texas) will close April 25, after months of attempting to secure facility long-term sustainability and financial stability.  El Campo, Texas-based Mid Coast Health System, which manages and operates the facility, pointed to “significant financial challenges…

Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health has secured $6 million in funding to keep its two hospitals temporarily operational, but will transition out services like OB-GYN to avoid a shutdown, NBC Philadelphia reported April 10. The news comes after a lawyer for…

Not even three months into 2025, Becker’s has already reported on 10 hospital closures, with five of them occurring in late February alone. In 2024, Becker’s reported on 25 hospital closures, up significantly from just 14 in 2023. The question…

St. Louis-based Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital’s board of directors voluntarily surrendered its hospital license March 17 to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, a spokesperson for DHSS confirmed with Becker’s.  When a hospital surrenders its license, it…