rural health

Of the eight University of Kansas Medical School graduates, just three chose to go where the shortages are most evident.

Telemedicine-based ACCESS program has proven successful in New Mexico.

State insurance leaders, politicians and others have raised alarms about the slickly marketed membership campaigns.

The Cowboy State hopes to undercut the free market by using Medicaid to treat air ambulances like a public utility.

How companies like EmpowerHMS were able to drive so many hospitals into the ground so quickly is a story about...

The loss of the longtime hospital in Fort Scott, Kan., forces trauma patients to deal with changing services and expectations.

The first-year metrics for the system based in Tennessee and Virginia were positive.

A new study shows that lower reimbursements from a Medicare public option would threaten 1,037 rural hospitals in 46 states,...

Rural hospitals had complained that the current wage index system worsens pay gaps between hospitals in high-wage areas and low-wage...

For the North Carolina Cherokee, self-governance has meant adopting an integrated care model that not only improves patients' health, but...

Twenty-seven recipient organizations were awarded up to $750,000 apiece. They include rural hospitals, community health centers, schools of medicine, native...

As the rural town of Fort Scott, Kan., grapples with the closure of its hospital, cancer patients face new challenges...