Becker's Healthcare January 1, 2026
Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center is pursuing new service lines, partnerships and long-term planning efforts as it works to strengthen financial sustainability amid ongoing pressure on rural providers.
Raymond Hino, CEO of the 21-bed critical access hospital in Bandon, Ore., said the organization has focused over the past year on initiatives designed to both stabilize operations and address access gaps in its community. Recent legislative changes, including HR-1 and the rural healthcare transformation fund providing $50 billion to states will impact the hospital going forward.
“We’re obviously concerned about protecting our Medicaid utilization to the extent that we can, and we’re encouraged by the rural healthcare transformation program and the dollars that have been granted to the state of...
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