Healthcare Innovation April 26, 2024
Panelists in Penn Medicine webinar discuss why only a few dozen hospitals have expressed interest in CMS’ Rural Emergency Hospital designation
A recent webinar at Penn Medicine Leonard Davis Institute (LDI) of Health Economics focused on the growing set of challenges facing rural hospitals. One issue the panelists zeroed in on is why the Rural Emergency Hospital designation doesn’t seem to be catching on with rural hospitals.
Rachel Werner, M.D., Ph.D., executive director of LDI, began the discussion by setting the stage: Rural hospitals are facing a crisis, she said. Since 2005, more than 190 rural hospitals have closed across the United States and many more are in danger of closing because of financial shortfalls, Werne noted. This problem...
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