rural hospitals
Coverage of rural hospitals in the Nexus archive.
- Sturgis closure may be ‘first of more’ for Michigan rural hospitals
Sturgis Hospital in Michigan closed after over a century of service due to financial challenges, impacting 300 employees and signaling broader struggles for rural hospitals. The closure highlights systemic issues like declining reimbursements, rising costs, and federal policy changes affecting rural healthcare.
- Sturgis closure may be ‘first of more’ for Michigan rural hospitals
Sturgis Hospital in Michigan closed on June 19, with concerns it may be the first of more closures for rural hospitals in the state.
- Texas rural hospital organization to end contracts with UnitedHealthcare over ‘unsustainable’ rates
TORCH CIN, a Texas physician-hospital organization representing 45 rural and community hospitals, will end its contracts with UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company due to 'unsustainable' reimbursement rates. The organization's leader described the rates as an 'existential threat' to rural hospitals.
- How Virginia Democrats are coping with their redistricting defeat and more headlines
Virginia Democrats are addressing their redistricting defeat, while local sheriffs in Hanover and Louisa resist the state's new assault weapons ban. Additional headlines include 13 rural hospitals at risk of closing, three Fairfax County Public Schools employees charged, and Caroline County imposing stricter water restrictions due to drought.
- Low utilization is closing rural hospitals
Rural hospital closures are attributed to failed policies that ignored economic realities. Regulatory relief is proposed as a solution to improve the sustainability of rural healthcare.