The bipartisan commission was convened by two D.C.-based public policy think tanks, the Brookings Institute and American Enterprise Institute, to craft federal policy suggestions that support rural ...

Rural hospitals across the nation are facing closure as serious financial problems mount, according to a new report from the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform. In Ohio, four of the ...

The Greenwood Leflore Hospital is drowning. It is one of many rural health facilities, lawmakers warn, that could close if they don't take action.

About one-third of all rural hospitals in the country are at risk of closing due to financial distress, including 29 hospitals in NY, a policy group reported. Of that total, over 300 of those rural ...

MANKATO — Emily Thompson’s patients really do their homework. Thompson, clinical social worker at Mankato Clinic Family Medicine, said “a lot of times my patients are requesting me because I am a ...