/tags/rural-hospitals Rural Hospitals en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-10-21/rolla-based-phelps-health-plans-deal-to-take-over-rural-hospital-in-salem Officials with Phelps Health say the agreement will help keep the Salem hospital afloat and maintain services in a region without many health services. Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-10-21/rolla-based-phelps-health-plans-deal-to-take-over-rural-hospital-in-salem Sarah Fentem /health-science-environment/2023-11-30/jamaa-birth-village-to-open-satellite-midwifery-sites-across-missouri-in-2024 Jamaa Birth Village plans to open satellite midwifery birthing locations across Missouri next year. Patients can receive midwifery and doula care and social support services. Thu, 30 Nov 2023 11:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-11-30/jamaa-birth-village-to-open-satellite-midwifery-sites-across-missouri-in-2024 Andrea Y. Henderson /health-science-environment/2023-09-06/a-new-missouri-law-will-help-pay-back-student-loans-for-healthcare-workers The state will repay educational costs for health care workers who are willing to work in underserved areas. Another program will increase the number of medical residencies in Missouri. Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-09-06/a-new-missouri-law-will-help-pay-back-student-loans-for-healthcare-workers Nomin Ujiyediin /health-science-environment/2023-08-02/one-third-of-missouris-rural-hospitals-at-risk-of-closure-new-data-shows A July report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, a national policy group, found that 19 of Missouri’s 57 rural hospitals are at risk of shuttering because of “serious financial problems.” Wed, 02 Aug 2023 19:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-08-02/one-third-of-missouris-rural-hospitals-at-risk-of-closure-new-data-shows Clara Bates /economy-business/2023-03-15/rollas-phelps-health-is-joining-a-collaboration-led-by-bjc-healthcare The agreement will let the hospital that serves a predominantly rural area have access to the resources of a major city’s health care system without surrendering local control. Wed, 15 Mar 2023 22:01:48 GMT /economy-business/2023-03-15/rollas-phelps-health-is-joining-a-collaboration-led-by-bjc-healthcare Jonathan Ahl /health-science-environment/2022-09-24/after-platinum-health-took-control-of-two-missouri-sites-it-fired-all-hospital-workers Noble Health, a three-year-old private equity-backed startup, acquired Audrain and nearby Callaway Community Hospital during the coronavirus pandemic. Facing staggering debt, lawsuits and two federal investigations, it sold the hospitals to a Texas-based Platinum Health Systems. This month, Platinum Health told hospital workers they no longer had jobs. Sat, 24 Sep 2022 21:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2022-09-24/after-platinum-health-took-control-of-two-missouri-sites-it-fired-all-hospital-workers Sarah Jane Tribble /health-science-environment/2022-08-16/private-equity-backed-owner-left-missouri-hospital-staff-uninsured-before-they-lost-jobs The U.S. Labor Department investigates Noble Health after former employees of its shuttered Missouri hospitals say the private equity-backed owner took money from their paychecks and then failed to fund their insurance coverage. Tue, 16 Aug 2022 15:49:10 GMT /health-science-environment/2022-08-16/private-equity-backed-owner-left-missouri-hospital-staff-uninsured-before-they-lost-jobs Sarah Jane Tribble /health-science-environment/2022-06-19/buy-and-bust-when-private-equity-came-for-two-rural-missouri-hospitals Dr. Joe Corrado saw his hospital being whittled away. Supplies for surgery disappeared, crucial medicines went unstocked, paychecks never came, he said. Just days before Noble suspended operations, he told management: “We don’t have the ability to do the things we need to take care of patients.” Sun, 19 Jun 2022 14:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2022-06-19/buy-and-bust-when-private-equity-came-for-two-rural-missouri-hospitals Sarah Jane Tribble /health-science-environment/2021-10-14/rural-illinois-doesnt-have-enough-health-workers-and-the-pandemic-made-it-worse A new report found the coronavirus pandemic exacerbated Illinois' rural health worker shortage. Thu, 14 Oct 2021 23:41:35 GMT /health-science-environment/2021-10-14/rural-illinois-doesnt-have-enough-health-workers-and-the-pandemic-made-it-worse Eric Schmid /health-science-environment/2020-12-12/with-large-illinois-hospitals-filled-up-smaller-ones-must-treat-more-critical-patients Several small hospitals in the region report they’ve spent more time trying to find hospitals that can treat treat their sickest patients, particularly those at risk for COVID-19. Sat, 12 Dec 2020 18:03:24 GMT /health-science-environment/2020-12-12/with-large-illinois-hospitals-filled-up-smaller-ones-must-treat-more-critical-patients Teri Maddox