MedCity News July 18, 2021
The answer to rural healthcare’s financial issues could lie in a payment model that pools funds from public and private insurers alike to pay for agreed-upon core services, allowing rural hospitals to provide the care most needed by the communities they serve.
The financial problems facing rural healthcare are undeniably complex and as such require out-of-the-box solutions. One solution being tested today is a new funding system in which public and private insurers pool funds to pay for a defined set of services to a specific community.
Put forth in the final recommendations released by the American Hospital Association’s Future of Rural Health Care Task Force in May, the solution would give participating hospitals access to funds from the pool,...
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