More critical-access hospital closings likely
Amid ongoing federal scrutiny of the extra funding paid small hospitals to serve remote areas, the number of critical-access hospitals in the U.S. continued to fall over the past year, according to Modern Healthcare magazine’s annual review of CMS data published in this week’s By the Numbers list. States such as Georgia, which suffered the most closings last year, are girding for more shutdowns among its rural facilities….Read More
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