Struggling to Survive, the First Rural Hospitals Line Up for New Federal Lifeline

Facilities that convert to Rural Emergency Hospital status will get a 5% increase in Medicare payments as well as an average annual facility fee payment of about $3.2 million in exchange for giving up their expensive inpatient beds and focusing solely on emergency and outpatient care. - KHN.https://bit.ly/41P6S7x

#ruralhospitals #ruralhealth #Medicare #rural #hospitals

Maternity
Costly, closing fast
Women in rural lands, deprived
No way to give birth
Deserts

#ruralhospitals #maternitycare #maternitydeserts #cinquain #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/health/rural-hospitals-pregnancy-childbirth.html

Texas Town Tries a New Model for Saving Rural Health Care

Revamped facilities will transfer people who need inpatient care to full-service hospitals nearby.

But for many rural communities, such conversions to fewer services will be a bitter pill to swallow. — Stateline https://bit.ly/3ILI2xP

#rural #ruralhospitals #medicare #medicaid

“After spending the long weekend in an understaffed, often closed #Emergency room, the president of #DoctorsOfBC is echoing calls for increased staffing in #RuralHospitals.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/more-staff-needed-in-rural-ers-1.6755802

Way to go Titus Regional Medical Center!
Titus Regional Medical Center has been recognized as one of the best hospitals in the country for maternity care, according to the Leapfrog Group and Money Magazine.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/titus-regional-medical-center-recognized-as-one-of-the-best-hospitals-for-maternity-care/ar-AA15OptX?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=2460ea29eb8144eca1f5737fe77407bd

#mtpleasanttx #tituscountytx #netexas #ruralhospitals #maternity #hospital #texas