rural health
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Revenue Cycle
Q&A: Calculating RHC PaymentFor each calendar year, a single deductible is established for Medicare Part B services, including rural health clinic services.
Covid-19
'It Didn't Really Stick With Me': Understanding the Rural Shrug Over Covid and VaccinesEven though critically ill patients now must travel to hospitals farther away, Fort Scott residents haven't seen that as a...
Strategy
Fitch: American Rescue Plan Helps Nonprofit HospitalsARP will bolster hospital margins by reducing the numbers of uninsured, which is a credit positive.
Strategy
Q&A: Rural Hospital ClosuresChronically ill patients, such as complex cardiac patients dealing with difficult-to-control diabetes and morbid obesity, comprise the high-risk populations in...
Strategy
House Extends Sequester Moratorium Through 2021The bill heads to the Senate, which must act before the moratorium expires on April 1 and 2% cuts to...
Strategy
Report: COVID-19 Pandemic Caused More Death in Rural CommunitiesA recent McKinsey & Company report found the 46 million people who reside in rural counties have faced major racial...
Strategy
How Rural Hospitals and Health Systems Should Approach Succession PlanningRural healthcare organizations need to be proactive in succession planning efforts, whether that?s through mentoring internal candidates for the C-suite...
Covid-19
High Obesity Rates in Southern States Magnify COVID ThreatObesity and weight-related illnesses have been deadly liabilities in the COVID era.
Covid-19
In Alabama, South Carolina and Louisiana, CVS Vaccine Appointments Go UnfilledThe dozens of open appointment slots in the three Southern states stood in sharp contrast to the availability in states...
Strategy
Quest Diagnostics to Acquire Mercy Outreach Lab Services BusinessThe acquisition is a step to "broaden access to innovative convenient lab services" in the Midwest and is slated to...
Covid-19
Rural Americans in Pharmacy Deserts Hurting for COVID VaccinesIn areas without pharmacies, rural residents may have to drive long distances to get shots, and do so twice for...
Strategy
Looking to Kentucky's Past to Understand Montana Health Nominee's FutureSome have praised the job Adam Meier did in Kentucky, including his spearheading of a program that would have created...