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Almost 700 rural hospitals (> 30% of U.S. rural hospitals ) are at risk of closing & over 300 are at immediate risk because Medicare Advantage & commercial insurance plans aren't paying adequately for services to patients. @BeckersHR beckershospitalreview.com/fi…
More #rural communities lose access to #maternity care every year. Immediate actions are needed to address the serious workforce and payment challenges facing rural #maternitycare. The problems and solutions are described here: ruralhospitals.chqpr.org/dow… #MaternalHealthAwarenessDay
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@NBCNews & @gmorgenson show how #MedicareAdvantage plans are forcing #ruralhospitals to close and making it hard for senior citizens in #rural areas to get #healthcare services. Congress and @CMSGov need to fix this problem ASAP. nbcnews.com/health/health-ca…
Hundreds of #ruralhospitals across the country could be forced to close soon due to inadequate payments from private insurance companies, particularly #MedicareAdvantage plans. Having insurance doesn't help you if there is no place to use it. #rural ruralhospitals.chqpr.org/
A small rural hospital in Pennsylvania is trying a new strategy to stay afloat -- starting a @gofundme campaign:
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It does little good to have health insurance if there is no place in your community to use it. Residents of many #rural communities in Missouri and other states could lose their #ruralhospitals unless health plans start to pay adequately for services. ruralhospitals.chqpr.org/ind…
Rural hospitals across Missouri are closing, making access to healthcare even more difficult.
@HaroldDMiller of the @PaymentReform joined us to talk about the financial burden that is creating this healthcare problem for rural Missourians.
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Many communities in Missouri could lose access to essential #healthcare services in the next few years unless private insurance companies start paying adequately for #ruralhospital services. #ruralhealth #rural #ruralhospitals missouriindependent.com/brie… @clarabatess
Long before a #ruralhospital closes, it may be forced to eliminate important services, such as #maternitycare. This report ruralhospitals.chqpr.org/dow… shows that most #ruralhospitals no longer deliver babies, and many of those that still do are losing $$. #ruralhealth #rural
The problem is projected to get even worse.
A new @PaymentReform report found that "more than 600 rural hospitals – over 30% of all rural hospitals in the country – are at risk of closing."
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Millions of Americans could lose access to essential #healthcare services over the next several years, including #primarycare and emergency care. The reason?Private insurance companies are putting small #ruralhospitals out of business. #rural ruralhospitals.chqpr.org/dow…
Hundreds of #ruralhospitals are at risk of closing because of low payments, delays, & denials from private insurance companies. The solution isn't cutting services to #rural residents, it's paying adequately for #ruralhealthcare.
beckershospitalreview.com/fi… @LauraMiller19 @BeckersHR
A report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform found more than half of Tennessee's rural hospitals have stopped delivering babies, part of a trend of dwindling rural health care. @anitawadhwani
reports. cc: @PaymentReform
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To eliminate maternity deserts in the U.S. and support high quality #maternitycare for all mothers and babies, health insurance plans need to pay adequately for #maternity care services. pbgh.org/maternity-deserts-a… @PBGHealth @healthblair #maternity #ruralhealth #maternalmortality
One-fourth of Mississippi's #ruralhospitals are at immediate risk of closing due to inadequate payments from health insurance companies. mississippitoday.org/2023/04… @MSTODAYnews @devnabose Data on other states and the solutions to prevent closures are here: ruralhospitals.chqpr.org/dow…
More than 200 #ruralhospitals across the U.S. are at immediate risk of closing due to inadequate payments from health plans. This report shows which states have the most #rural hospitals at risk & what should be done to prevent closures:
ruralhospitals.chqpr.org/dow… #ruralhealth
Many #rural communities no longer have local #maternitycare services because health insurance companies underpay #ruralhospitals. This contributes to the high US #maternalmortality & #infantmortality rates. Some specific solutions are described here: chqpr.org/downloads/Rural_Ma…
If you're sick, would you want your doctor to earn more if you get less treatment than you need? That's what "population-based payment" does. healthleadersmedia.com/finan…… @HealthLeaders @SchiavoAmanda #ValueBasedCare #VBHC #ACOs #APMs #healthequity #ruralhealth #primarycare
Success for a #ruralhospital shouldn't mean reducing or eliminating essential #ruralhealth services. bit.ly/3Eb216p via @coloradosun @johningold All payers - private heath plans, Medicaid, & Medicare - need to pay #ruralhospitals adequately bit.ly/3GKM9b5 #rural
We won't eliminate disparities by merely measuring them or providing small P4P bonuses/penalties. The only way to achieve #equity is to pay adequately for the care each patient needs to improve their #health. That's what patient-centered payment does. #valuebasedcare #vbhc #APMs
@CMSinnovates has never created an #APM that would support effective #chronicdisease care by specialists and #primarycare. A new paper in @Amb_Care_Mgmt describes how @CMSGov & private health plans should fill this gap. bit.ly/3Z27ogr #vbhc #equity @PatientCtrdPmt
ALT https://chqpr.org/downloads/Patient_Centered_Payment_for_Care_of_Chronic_Conditions.pdf
Large federal pandemic grants provided temporary relief for small #ruralhospitals, but losses on services will ultimately force them to close. If #rural residents don't force health plans to pay small hospitals adequately, there may be nowhere to use their insurance. #ruralhealth
A newly updated report shows that fewer MS rural hospitals are at risk of closure than they were 3 months ago — but MS is by no means out of the danger zone.
“Mississippi needs to be doing things now to try to help make sure these hospitals don’t close.”
mississippitoday.org/2023/02…
#Hospitals need to get back to basics - ensuring they have adequate staff to deliver essential services safely to patients when needed. Read @SchiavoAmanda's story about how payments need to change & what hospital CFOs, CMOs, & CNOs must do. bit.ly/3Y1dBZb @HealthLeaders
What will it take to keep rural hospitals open? @SchiavoAmanda
and @HealthLeaders describe the real reasons #ruralhospitals are being forced to close and what's needed to preserve #ruralhealth services.
bit.ly/3DIEdH1 #rural