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Nursing Homes Are Closing Across Rural America, Scattering Residents
By Jack Healy, New York Times MOBRIDGE, S.D. — Harold Labrensz spent much of his 89-year life farming and ranching the rolling Dakota plains along the Missouri River. His family…
Three Ways Rural Hospitals Can Reverse Financial Distress
By Michael Morgan, VP Due Diligence and Strategic Analysis , Community Hospital Corporation Thin margins have long been a reality for most rural hospitals, but a worsening array of issues—from increasing charity…
The Rural Hospital and Health System Affiliation Landscape: A Brief Review
The shift from traditional fee-for-service to value-based payment requires major capital investment. Rural hospitals may be challenged by the volume-to-value transition because they may lack resources necessary to support new…
AHA Report Outlines Challenges Affecting Rural Communities, Opportunities to Ensure Access to High-Quality, Affordable Care
WASHINGTON – The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently released a report outlining the persistent, recent and emergent challenges that threaten rural hospitals’ ability to maintain access to health care services…
CALS COURSES UPDATE:
UPCOMING CALS Courses: The CALS course offering in Eau Claire, WI on Mach 27-29, 2019 still has availability. If you are in immediate need for CALS certification or re-certification, this…
Air access is a big deal for rural Montana: Essential Air allows doctors to visit rural patients
By Eric Dietrich When Lana Zellner and her husband — an architect and a software developer, respectively — moved to Philipsburg from New York City five years ago seeking a quieter…
Americans More Likely to Die From Accidental Opioid Overdose Than Motor Vehicle Crash
Itasca, IL – For the first time in U.S. history, a person is more likely to die from an accidental opioid overdose than from a motor vehicle crash, according to…
5th CALS Conference on Rural Emergency Medicine
SAVE the DATE! 5th CALS Conference on Rural Emergency Care September 27, 2019 Location: Continuing Education and Conference Center University of Minnesota, St Paul Campus …