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    Shots - Health News
    Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City is one of the 18 hospitals in the Saint Luke's Health System. Two-thirds of the COVID-19 patients transferred to Saint Luke's from rural areas need intensive care. "We get the sickest of the sick," says Dr. Marc Larse
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    Rural Areas Send Their Sickest Patients To The Cities, Straining Hospital Capacity

    Nov 23, 2020
    In Kansas City, hospitals are treating local COVID-19 patients as well as patients transferred from rural counties in Missouri and Kansas, where there's no mandate or culture for wearing masks.
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    Shots - Health News
    More than 65% of the nation's small, rural hospitals took out loans from Medicare when the pandemic hit. Many now face repayment at a time when they are under great financial strain.<strong></strong>
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    Rural Hospitals Teeter On Financial Cliff As COVID-19 Medicare Loans Come Due

    Sep 22, 2020
    The federal loans were meant to help hospitals survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet they're coming due now — at a time when many rural hospitals are still desperate for help.
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    Shots - Health News
    When the pandemic hit this spring, U.S. rural hospitals lost an estimated 70% of their income as patients avoided the emergency room, doctor's appointments and elective surgeries. "It was devastating," says Maggie Elehwany of the National Rural Health As
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    Rural Hospitals Are Sinking Under COVID-19 Financial Pressures

    Aug 22, 2020
    America's rural hospitals were struggling even before the pandemic. Now, the loss of revenue from months of deferred treatments and surgeries have pulled more to the brink, as federal relief fades.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    The recently closed Pickens County Medical Center in Carrollton, Ala., is one of the latest health care facilities to fall victim to a wave of rural hospital shutdowns across the U.S. in recent years. With hundreds of hospitals endangered, residents are
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    Small-Town Hospitals Are Closing Just As Coronavirus Arrives In Rural America

    Apr 09, 2020
    Small-town hospitals were already closing at an alarming rate before COVID-19, but now the trend appears to be accelerating just as the disease arrives in rural America.
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    Shots - Health News
    "If we're not able to address the short-term cash needs of rural hospitals, we're going to see hundreds ... close before this crisis ends," warns the head of the National Rural Hospital Association. "This is not hyperbole."
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    Coronavirus Threatens Rural Hospitals Already At The Financial Brink

    Mar 21, 2020
    About half of U.S. rural hospitals operate in the red on a good day. Now facing a pandemic, hospital CEOs warn that, without federal help, their doors may close when the community most needs them.
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    Health
    Glenn Hurst gives Jeannette Massen a checkup at the Northcrest Living Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. As they prepare to caucus, voters weigh which candidate to support and what health care should look like in the future.
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    As Caucus Day Nears, Iowa Voters Guided By Big Health Care Changes

    Jan 31, 2020
    Health care has consistently polled as the No. 1 issue for Iowa voters. As they prepare to caucus, voters weigh which candidate to support and what health care should look like in the future.
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    Shots - Health News
    Visitors and park rangers at historic Fort Scott check out a medevac helicopter operated by Midwest AeroCare during the Kansas town's Good Ol' Days festival.
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    Air Ambulances Woo Rural Consumers With Memberships That May Leave Them Hanging

    Sep 14, 2019
    State regulators and even one medevac company have raised doubts about prepaid subscriptions and promised benefits offered by air ambulance companies. Gaps in coverage can be a problem.
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    Shots - Health News
    Robert Findley died after falling on the ice during a winter storm this February in Fort Scott, Kan. Mercy Hospital had recently closed, so he had to be flown to a neurology center 90 miles north in Kansas City, Mo.
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    No Mercy: After The Hospital Closes, How Do People Get Emergency Care?

    Aug 18, 2019
    The loss of the longtime hospital in Fort Scott, Kan., has forced a change in the way ER care is provided, including a greater reliance on air ambulances.
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    Shots - Health News
    The wide-open spaces of Arco, Idaho, appeal to some doctors with a love of the outdoors.
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    Creative Recruiting Helps Rural Hospitals Overcome Doctor Shortages

    Aug 15, 2019
    Recruiting doctors to come to work in rural hospitals has always been a challenge, especially in a hot job market. But some hospitals in remote areas are finding ways to lure much-needed talent.
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    Shots - Health News
    After a difficult time in her life, Jill Hill knew she needed therapy. But it was hard to get the help she needed in the rural town she lives in, Grass Valley, Calif., until she found a local telehealth program.
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    With Rural Health Care Stretched Thin, More Patients Turn To Telehealth

    Jul 07, 2019
    Advances in online tech are revolutionizing health care, with patients now emailing doctors, filling prescriptions or even getting therapy via a video session. But what if you can't afford broadband?
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    Shots - Health News
    When the cancer clinic at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott closed in January, Karen Endicott-Coyan and other cancer patients had to continue their treatments out of town.
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    Have Cancer, Must Travel: Patients Left In Lurch After Town's Hospital Closes

    Jun 29, 2019
    As the rural town of Fort Scott, Kan., grapples with the closure of its hospital, cancer patients bear a heavy burden. They now have to go elsewhere for treatments they used to get locally.
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    Shots - Health News
    Leitha Dollarhyde, a retired caregiver who lives in a rural town near Whitesburg, Ky., says she could not afford an unexpected $1,000 expense.
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    Poll: Many Rural Americans Struggle With Financial Insecurity, Access To Health Care

    May 21, 2019
    A new poll from NPR, Harvard and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation gives a glimpse into rural life in America today, finding that many people living in rural communities live on the edge financially.
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    Shots - Health News
    Visitors to Mercy's Fort Scott hospital would pass a tall white cross as they drove down a winding driveway before arriving at the front door. Sisters of Mercy nuns founded the hospital in 1886, and the newest building, constructed in 2002, honors that R
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    No Mercy: How A Kansas Town Is Grappling With Its Hospital's Closure

    May 14, 2019
    People in Fort Scott, Kan., depended on their local hospital for more than a century. In December, the hospital closed. Fort Scott residents now are trying to cope with life without it.
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    Shots - Health News
    Before it closed March 1, the 25-bed Columbia River Hospital, in Celina, Tenn., served the town of 1,500 residents. The closest hospital now is 18 miles from Celina — a 30-minute or more drive on mountain roads.
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    Economic Ripples: Hospital Closure Hurts A Town's Ability To Attract Retirees

    Apr 07, 2019
    Celina, Tenn., has long lured retirees, with its scenic hills and affordability. These newcomers help fuel the local economy. But a recent hospital closure makes the town a harder sell.
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    Shots - Health News
    The uncompensated care costs among Colorado hospitals dropped by more than 60 percent after the state expanded Medicaid coverage — a savings of more than $400 million statewide. But a new report asks why the hospitals didn't pass some of those savings
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    Hospital Finances Improve After Medicaid Expansion, But At Whose Expense?

    Mar 26, 2019
    Now that Colorado has expanded Medicaid coverage to include more low-income residents, hospitals are better off financially. But that hasn't stopped them from shifting costs to other insured patients.
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    Shots - Health News
    Charlotte Potts, who has a history of heart problems, lives within sight of Livingston Regional Hospital. After a recent stint there, she was discharged into the care of a home health agency, and now gets treatment in her apartment for some ailments.
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    How Helping Patients Get Good Care At Home Helps Rural Hospitals Survive

    Dec 23, 2018
    Hospitals are now financially rewarded by insurers for safety and efficacy — which often results in patients spending less time as inpatients.
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    Shots - Health News
    Proponents of hospital mergers say the change can help struggling nonprofit hospitals "thrive," with an infusion of cash to invest in updated technology and top clinical staff. But research shows the price of care, especially for low-income patients, usu
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    Can A Community Hospital Stick To Its Mission When It Goes For-Profit?

    Jul 19, 2018

    After 130 years as a nonprofit hospital with deep roots in North Carolina, Mission Health is seeking to be bought by HCA Healthcare, the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain.

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    Shots - Health News
    A small town in northeastern Missouri, Unionville is home to the only hospital in the surrounding county.
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    Vulnerable Rural Hospitals Face Tough Decisions On Questionable Billing Schemes

    Jul 03, 2018
    Management consultants have been buying up struggling rural hospitals, claiming they can turn their finances around. But are those strategies in the hospitals' best interest?
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    Nye Regional Medical Center Continues To Struggle Financially

    May 05, 2015

    The financial struggles continue for the Nye County Regional Medical Center.

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