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On today's program: Despite the need for testing and contact tracing to combat the pandemic, a physician at a rural hospital in northern Pennsylvania says…
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“Ghost town” is a phrase that’s been used to describe medical facilities in both urban and rural Pennsylvania.In March the state ordered health systems to…
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While U.S. cities may be seeing the initial wave of COVID-19 cases, the novel coronavirus is expected to spread to nearly every community in the…
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The door to the emergency room at the Ellwood City Medical Center is locked. A sign states that the hospital is temporarily closed “until further notice.…
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A new fiscal model aimed at keeping rural hospitals solvent is expanding in Pennsylvania, though this global budgeting strategy doesn’t always prevent…
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Eight additional hospitals across Pennsylvania will join the new Rural Health Model launched by the Governor’s Office and the state’s Department of…
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A state Senate proposal aims to help struggling rural hospitals by changing the way they get paid.The proposal, by Republican state Senator Lisa Baker,…
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A new University of Pittsburgh study asks whether a revenue model set to be introduced in six rural Pennsylvania hospitals next year can both reduce…
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The Congressional Budget Office predicts 14 million Americans who currently have insurance would be without it next year if the Senate Republican version…