Becker's Healthcare October 21, 2024
UPMC has shuttered a practice in Emlenton, Pa., leaving the 650-person borough without a physician, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Oct. 20.
According to the report, the shuttering of the Emlenton Area Family Practice is being felt most acutely by “elderly and disabled residents of a subsidized housing complex across the street,” who now must drive to a larger nearby office in Shippenville, Pa.
“The state’s significant underfunding of Medicaid was certainly a contributing factor in the decision to merge the smaller Emlenton office with a nearby larger office,” Paul Wood, Pittsburgh-based UPMC vice president and chief communications officer, told Becker’s in a statement.
Rural Pennsylvania has seen increasing obstacles to care access as large health systems cut services...
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