rural health
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Strategy
Ascension to Sell 7 Wisconsin Hospitals, Clinics to Aspirus HealthWausau, Wisconsin-based Aspirus is a community directed health system that operates four hospitals in Michigan, six hospitals in Wisconsin, and...
Strategy
Essentia Health, CommonSpirit Health Sign Letter of IntentCommonSpirit-owned Catholic Health Initiatives facilities in North Dakota and Minnesota are being negotiated to join Essentia Health.
Covid-19
Live Free or Die if You Must, Say Colorado Urbanites — But Not in My HospitalEven their COVID outbreaks are different: In Boulder County, the virus swirls around the University of Colorado. In Weld County,...
Finance
Continuing Resolution Delays $4B DSH Cuts For One WeekPresident Donald J. Trump is expected to sign the resolution, which delays a government shutdown that would have taken effect...
Revenue Cycle
How Mon Health's Pre-Access, Patient Advocacy Focus Enables Rural Healthcare DeliveryMon Health's patient advocacy program and pre-access service center work in tandem to help people in its rural West Virginia...
Covid-19
What Happened When the Only ER Doctor in a Rural Town Got COVIDKurt Papenfus is the lone full-time emergency room doctor in the town of 900, not far from the Kansas line.
Telehealth
CMS Makes Permanent Some Telehealth ServicesCMS Administrator Seema Verma said the extension of benefits is an acknowledgement of "the speed and effectiveness with which the...
Covid-19
Rural Areas Send Their Sickest Patients to Cities, Straining HospitalsMany rural communities across the U.S. have resisted masks and calls for social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic, but now...
Finance
CHS Announces CEO Transition, Releases Q3 Earnings ReportLongtime CEO Wayne T. Smith will transition to Executive Chairman in January 2021 and will be replaced by COO Tim...
Strategy
Sanford Health, Intermountain Healthcare to MergeThe merger is expected to close in summer 2021, pending federal and state approvals, according to a press release.
Clinical Care
'No Mercy' Chapter 3: Patchwork of Urgent Care Frays After a Rural Hospital Closes'No Mercy' is Season One of 'Where It Hurts,' a podcast about overlooked parts of the country where cracks in...
Covid-19
Pandemic Steamrolls Healthcare Access for Rural AmericansTwenty-four percent of rural households said members have been unable to get medical care for serious problems when they needed...