Tag: rural hospitals
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Hospitals warn of big hit if Obamacare repeal send them lots more uninsured patients; rural hospitals at more risk
The two big lobbies for hospitals are telling Congress and President-elect Donald Trump, who are planning to repeal and replace President Obama’s health-reform law, that “the government should help hospitals...
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Study: Fulton hospital closed partly because owner preferred to invest in nearby Tenn. facility; played hardball with locals
A study of three rural hospital closures last year, including one in Kentucky, found that several factors led to the hospitals’ demise and that access to care, especially emergency care,...
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Forrest W. Calico, national leader in rural health care, dies at 75
Forrest W. Calico Dr. Forrest W. Calico, a nationally recognized expert on rural health-care quality, died Monday at his home near Crab Orchard “after striving against multiple myeloma for several...
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Stanford hospital is first in Kentucky to go back to laughing gas, or nitrous oxide, to relieve the pain of childbirth
Photo: Abigail Whitehouse, Interior Journal Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital‘s Birthing Spa in Lincoln County is the first in Kentucky to offer nitrous oxide, often called laughing gas, as an alternative...
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Struggling Tenn. hospital takes care of Kentuckians, who get better care than Tennesseans thanks to expanded Medicaid
Jellico Community Hospital, just across the Kentucky border in Tennessee along Interstate 75, was taken over by Community Hospital Corp. last May, but that’s not a guarantee it will survive, especially since...
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More Kentucky patients are recuperating in their local, rural hospitals after surgery in an urban hospital
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Rural residents are increasingly being transferred out of big urban hospitals to recuperate in rural hospitals, many of which are struggling financially and can...
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Glasgow hospital buys bankrupt one in Columbia, stops admitting patients, seeks behavioral-health unit; bad management blamed
The bankrupt Westlake Regional Hospital in Columbia is now called T.J. Health Columbia, after its purchase last week by T.J. Samson Community Hospital of Glasgow. The lack of the word...
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Pineville Community Hospital restructures debt and creates a geriatric psychiatric unit; 326 jobs saved and 12 new ones created
A combination of local, state and federal efforts have saved more than 300 Pineville Community Hospital jobs and created 12 new ones, according to a Kentucky Highlands Investment Corp. news release....
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Parent firm of Medical Center at Bowling Green takes over bankrupt Albany hospital, adding to its regional network
“Commonwealth Health Corp. has assumed management of Clinton County Hospital effective immediately,” Alyssa Harvey reports for the Bowling Green Daily News. The parent firm of The Medical Center at Bowling...
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Mt. Vernon hospital assures viability with long-term respiratory care, expanding at a time when many rural hospitals are in trouble
The scheduled expansion of Rockcastle Regional Hospital Respiratory Care Center is a prime example of how one rural hospital is evolving to not only meet the needs of its community,...