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Financial Instability Threatens Nursing Homes across South Dakota

By Karen Kahn | January 2, 2019

Perhaps it is time to consider the costs we all bear from for-profit corporations in the nursing home field.

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Rural Hospitals and Medicaid’s Trick Bag

By Michael Wyland | November 1, 2018

Since 2010, more than 90 rural hospitals have closed nationwide. While closure rates tend to be higher in states that have failed to expand Medicaid, a broader challenge facing these hospitals is the low margins that Medicaid payments provide.

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Rural Hospitals Face Growing Financial Trouble, Says Moody’s

By Debby Warren | September 11, 2018

Though many urban hospitals are doing well financially, the nation’s rural hospitals are not—to the peril of rural people and places.

Rural

Hospitality Houses Packed as Rural Hospital Closings Take Families far from Home

By Lauren Karch | April 14, 2017

The nation’s healthcare insurance battle leads to significant closure of rural hospitals. The Hospitality House of Tulsa says that the number of families it serves has more than doubled in the past year, as Oklahoma’s rural hospital system faces a crisis of its own.

Nonprofit Management

Nonprofit Hospitals Acting Like Big Business by Wooing Bond Investors

By Michael Wyland | May 18, 2016

Large nonprofit hospitals are adopting the corporate tactic of courting investors in hope of more financing at better rates, leading to investor demands for more transparency.

Nonprofit News

Georgia Debates Offering Tax Credits for Philanthropic Support of Rural Healthcare

By Stacey Burton Alcocer | March 1, 2016

Georgia’s legislature moves to boost philanthropic support for rural healthcare in an effort to preserve access to services.

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Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Flickering Lights of the U.S. Rural Hospital

By Michelle Lemming and Michael Wyland | February 23, 2016

As the rural healthcare system slowly erodes, the aftermath leaves permanent gaps for local services in the small communities left behind.

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New Study: Many Hospital Closings May Have Little Effect on Local Health

By Meredith Betz | May 11, 2015

Last week, a report published by the Journal for Health Affairs challenged the assertion that patient health is significantly compromised when hospitals close.

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Rural Hospitals Serving as Economic Anchors—If They Can Financially Survive

By Rick Cohen, National Correspondent | May 1, 2015

Hospitals in rural communities can be important economic anchors, but unless they get the economic boost that comes from expanded Medicaid, they could become  uncompetitive and financially troubled.

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