Becker's Healthcare March 5, 2024
Hospitals are continuing to face financial hardships, and some are resorting to closing clinics or shuttering outpatient services.
For both hospitals and ASCs, inflation continues to push labor and supply costs upward, and reimbursements aren’t keeping up.
As practice costs continue to rise and provider shortages persist, some hospitals have been forced to close clinics.
On March 1, Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System announced it will not reopen its clinic in Janesville, Minn. The clinic temporarily closed in August from staffing issues.
In February, Grand River Medical Group’s Cascade (Iowa) Clinic closed following a round of layoffs. Additionally, Little Rock-based Arkansas Heart Hospital closed one clinic and Wagener (S.C.) Medical Center announced it will close...