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    The new corporate owners of two rural hospitals in Missouri stopped paying bills and government inspectors found it put patients at risk. After taking millions in federal COVID relief and big administrative fees — it locked the doors.

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    • The new corporate owners of two #ruralhospitals in #Missouri stopped paying bills and government inspectors found it put patients at risk. After taking millions in federal #COVID relief and big administrative fees — it locked the doors. via @KHNews https://t.co/4IlE3Ih2eT

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    A Modern Healthcare analysis of 285 rural hospitals* found that total readmission reduction penalties decreased in 2021 compared with 2019. Total Medicare revenue also fell, but at a slower rate than penalties. *Hospitals with results available for 2019, 2020 and 2021.

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    • #ICYMI: A Modern Healthcare analysis of 285 #ruralhospitals found that total #readmission reduction penalties decreased in 2021 compared with 2019. h/t @KailCohen with chart by @TimBroderick https://t.co/EtvWg9mJZ0

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    A Modern Healthcare analysis of 285 rural hospitals* found that total readmission reduction penalties decreased in 2021 compared with 2019. Total Medicare revenue also fell, but at a slower rate than penalties. *Hospitals with results available for 2019, 2020 and 2021.

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    • A Modern Healthcare analysis of 285 #ruralhospitals found that total #readmission reduction penalties decreased in 2021 compared with 2019. h/t @KailCohen with chart by @TimBroderick https://t.co/ZAvmv6524r

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    Rural hospitals were already struggling before the coronavirus emerged. Now, the loss of revenue from patients who are afraid to come to the emergency room, postponing doctor’s appointments and del…

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    • Another side-effect of #COVID19: closures of #ruralhospitals up in the #pandemic https://t.co/QExTX8YlXJ "Many rural communities have not seen #coronavirus cases but they'll get hit sooner or later" @UNCSheps @ahahospitals @CMSGov #RuralHealth #Hospitals #HealthEconomics https://t.co/2vP83pO3EA

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    More than 350 rural hospitals across 40 states are vulnerable, particularly those in the South.

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    • #InteractiveChart: Southern states to be hardest hit by rural hospital closures with 354 hospitals across 40 states are at high risk of closing, without factoring in the COVID-19 pandemic. #healthcare #RuralHospitals https://t.co/VnNDq3XUJs

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    KHN Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber appeared on WOSU’s “All Sides with Ann Fisher” to talk about the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on rural hospitals.

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    • LISTEN: Almost half of the nation’s #ruralhospitals already operated in the red on a good day. Rural hospital CEOs now warn that some soon may be unable to pay their workers. @LaurenWeberHP discusses on @WOSU’s “All Sides with Ann Fisher”. https://t.co/Kwq9N5wxBJ

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    There are 1,844 rural hospitals operating in the U.S. That number is down by 19 in the 2019 calendar year, the worst year of rural hospital closings seen in the past decade. That hockey-stick growth of closures is shown in the first chart, where 34 rural hospitals shut down in the past 2 years. Rural U.S. hospitals are in poor fiscal health. “The accelerated rate at which rural hospitals are…

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    • Ill health of #ruralhospitals in 4 charts https://t.co/Lk6IyYFHup @ChartisRural research re #ruralhealth finds growing vulnerability for #hospital closures in US. 2019 saw most closures in past 10+ yrs greatest in south & Plains, < likely in #Medicaid expansion states #SDoH #ACA https://t.co/hsSd2SiUz7