The hospitals are facing higher costs amid dwindling pandemic-related federal aid, although urban facilities are faring better than those in rural areas.
Hospitals in Northern New York as well as across the country stood to lose millions of dollars due to a rule change made by a federal agency seven years ago.
CHI Health and Creighton University have created two residency programs that will allow doctors in training to split time between urban and rural areas of Nebraska.
Homeward is working to fill in the gap of primary and specialty care in rural areas. Currently working in Michigan, it hopes to use the funding to expand into other markets.
The good news is that no rural hospitals in Texas have closed in the last two years. The bad news? They’re still in crisis mode, and the state government is still struggling to find a remedy.