One analysis estimates more than 300 hospitals could be at risk of closing under the Republican measure to slash about $1 ...

Over 26,000 workers of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA), which started in 2005 as a rural health initiative, have been protesting for more than 140 day ...

Senate-approved budget bill includes major Medicaid cuts, raising concerns that millions could lose coverage and rural ...

Amid threats of cuts to Medicaid, Congressional leaders are sounding the alarm on what that would mean for rural hospitals.

“The bottom line is, if they are successful at expanding access to care in rural areas — overall, I think that that’s a good thing,” said Nathan Baugh, executive director of the National Association ...

Complicating matters, Mission Health restructured their Weekender program in March, cutting the hourly bonuses for nurses who work weekends from $40 to $25. State Sen. Julie Mayfield, D-Buncombe ...

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - The first full week of April is National Public Health Week. This was made official in 1995 when President Clinton signed an executive order. The American Public Health ...

Devastated by fire, then shut down by COVID-19, the school district in Paradise, Calif., has emerged as a leader in keeping homeless students in classrooms.

The National Rural Health Association reports more than 19% of the nation's population lives in rural areas. In urban areas, there are more than 31 doctors per 10,000 people.

Chartis also outlined a divide between Medicaid expansion and non-expansion states. The former had median rural hospital operating margins of 1.5% with 43% operating at a loss. Those in the other ...