Becker's Healthcare January 14, 2025
Ely (Minn.)-Bloomenson Community Hospital’s critical-access hospital status is in jeopardy after CMS sent a Dec. 11 letter that said it had 60 days to reapply due to population changes in the county.
“I’m not concerned about closure,” Patricia Banks, CEO of Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital, told Becker’s Jan. 14. “I am concerned about losing that critical-access designation. It is important to us. It allows us operationally to function and to provide the best level of care in our community.”
While the hospital’s location is rural, Ms. Banks claimed CMS is basing its review on county statistical data that is more urban.
The hospital received CAH status in 2001 and had not been asked...
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