Rural Health
News by Topic: Hospitals
Oct 16, 2025 - Discusses the goals of a new nonprofit foundation tasked with providing direct funding for rural Alabama hospitals to help keep emergency departments open, modernize facilities, recruit and retain workforce, expand access, and integrate with the community. Discusses a recent trend toward facility closures in the state and other policy measures attempting to reverse the trend.
Source: Tuscaloosa Thread
Oct 6, 2025 - Discusses the benefits and downsides for hospitals considering converting to a Rural Emergency Hospital, highlighting the choices made by rural hospitals around Arkansas. Discusses reimbursement rates, labor and delivery service access, and general healthcare access.
Source: Arkansas Advocate
Oct 6, 2025 - Announces a new Alabama initiative allowing individuals and businesses to support rural hospitals through direct donations in exchange for a credit on the donor's state taxes. Describes the benefits of hospitals in rural communities.
Source: The Messenger
Oct 3, 2025 - Announces that a New York hospital is converting to a Rural Emergency Hospital. Outlines the benefits of converting and the impact on access to healthcare for the area.
Source: The Post-Journal
Oct 2, 2025 - Highlights the benefits of collaboration between academia and healthcare practitioners as demonstrated by a 10 year partnership between an Indian Health Service (IHS) hospital and the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy. Describes how the partnership was established to increase access to naloxone and other prevention work as well as how it has grown to include training, innovative pharmacy-based interventions and services, and international perspectives.
Source: Indian Health Service
Oct 2, 2025 - Describes a mobile training unit traveling to rural Missouri hospitals to offer additional training ahead of cold and flu season.
Source: KFVS 12
Sep 25, 2025 - Discusses self-governance for tribal communities and the provision of healthcare as Cherokee Nation prepares to assume management of a hospital. Describes future plans for the facility.
Source: Oklahoma Voice
Sep 25, 2025 - Highlights the challenges for rural hospital service delivery as seen in one hospital in rural Iowa. Discusses staffing shortages and high operating costs as well as potential solutions such as telehealth, partnering with larger hospitals, and increasing residency spots.
Source: CBS 2 Iowa
CMS: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Federal Register
Sep 24, 2025 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking comments on the following information collections: 1) Model Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Individual Enrollment Request Form; 2) Hospital Notice: Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON); and 3) Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Program. Comments are due by November 24, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
Sep 19, 2025 - Announces a new network of rural hospitals in Wisconsin, allowing the participating hospitals to control costs and collaborate to improve patient care. Notes recent closures of rural hospitals in the state, mirroring a national trend.
Source: Chief Healthcare Executive