New federal program can save rural hospitals, but inpatient care has to go

The Rural Emergency Hospital program guarantees hospitals extra cash if they provide emergency and outpatient services but end inpatient care, although just 18 out of 1,700 eligible hospitals have won the new designation.

By Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News & By Tony Leys | January 26, 2024 at 11:43 AM

Folks in the Mississippi River town of Keokuk, Iowa hope a new federal program can revive the optimism engraved long ago in a plaque on the side of their hospital:

"Dedicated to the Future of Health Care in the Tri-State Area," the sign declares. "May 11, 1981."

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