Healthcare Innovation August 28, 2024
David Raths

Rural Access Advancement Program designed to assist hospitals and hospital-owned skilled nursing home facilities in rural Georgia address short-term cash deficits

CareSource, a Georgia-based managed care plan, recently created a Rural Access Advancement Program (RAAP) to assist rural hospitals and hospital-owned skilled nursing home facilities in rural Georgia address cash deficits that might otherwise lead to service limitations or hospital closures.

Taylor Health Care Group in Cochran, Ga., used $750,000 in emergency funding from the program for critical vendor payments to maintain the operational integrity of Taylor Regional Hospital. In a recent interview with Healthcare Innovation, Jon Green, CEO of two-hospital Taylor Healthcare Group, and Jason Bearden, president of CareSource Georgia, spoke about the dire state of rural healthcare...

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