Financially Fragile Rural Hospitals: Mergers and Closures

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Highlights a national trend of financial stress on rural hospitals that have led to facility and service closures and mergers in recent years. Discusses the causes of the financial stress, including the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the lack of Medicaid expansion in some states, and operational challenges in transitioning to value-based care.

Mark Holmes

North Carolina Medical Journal, 76(1), 37-40

01/2015

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Closures of healthcare facilities and services · Hospitals · Policy