In a bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Smith and Sen. Wicker, the PPP Access for Rural Hospitals Act, seeks to waive the affiliation rules to give CAHs and other rural hospitals access to the Payroll Protection Program. Granting smaller non-profit and rural hospitals access to the PPP program...
Before the pandemic, 47 percent of rural providers operated in the red. Since 2010, 128 rural hospitals have closed, with more rural hospitals on track to shut down this year until Congress in March approved $100 billion to health care providers in the CARES Act. So far...
Late Friday, HHS announced that an additional $4 billion would be disbursed from the Provider Relief Funds to safety net and to specialty rural hospitals, urban hospitals with certain rural Medicare designations, and hospitals in small metropolitan areas. Officials had been hinting all week that another distribution...
The Federal Communications Commission is providing up to $198 million in unused funds from prior funding years available to support Rural Health Care Providers, making the total available for FY 2020 $802.74 million, through its Rural Health Care Program. The program assists eligible health care providers purchase broadband and telecommunications services. Click here for...
Nearly one in five Americans live in rural areas and depend on their local hospital for care. Since 2005, 171 of those hospitals have closed, according to the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. The number of rural hospital closures has steadily increased over the past three...
That is the story of many hospitals that ProPublica investigated who sought the help of management companies that promised millions from investors, only to be "bled dry" and forced in some cases to close. Dependent upon Medicare and Medicaid lower reimbursement rates, treating higher percentages of...
CAHs were expected to receive at least $1 million, although some received $5 million to $10 million each from the Provider Relief Fund. A total of $10 billion was allocated for rural providers. Click here to see a details of the formula used to distribute the funds. Also provided...
HHS recognizes that rural hospitals and other rural providers operate on thin margins even during "normal" times, but with the advent of COVID-19, they are particularly hard hit. Therefore, under this targeted provider relief, four kinds of rural healthcare providers will receive dollars: Rural Acute Care...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wednesday, April 8 will host a call at 4 p.m. ET on which Jay Butler, CDC's deputy director for infectious diseases, and Eric Hargan, deputy secretary of Health and Human Services, will share guidance with partners, public health...
The CARES Act included $150 million for rural hospitals – including CAHs - to support COVID-19 related activities. These funds will be awarded to states through the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) grant mechanism, through the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Office of...