Florida is the #9 state with the most rural hospital closures since 2005

[Penelope]

Rural hospitals have long struggled financially and the situation is getting worse. In the mid-1940s, Congress provided funding to build hospitals in rural areas, leading to a rise in their numbers, especially in the South. By the 1980s and 1990s, those hospitals began closing, partly a result of Medicare spending.

Florida is the #9 state with the most rural hospital closures since 2005

Sidecar Health investigated rural hospital closures in Florida using data from the University of North Carolina Sheps Center for Health Services Research.

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With the advent of Advantage Plans, what are you going to do if your hosp closes.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Rural hospitals have long struggled financially and the situation is getting worse. In the mid-1940s, Congress provided funding to build hospitals in rural areas, leading to a rise in their numbers, especially in the South. By the 1980s and 1990s, those hospitals began closing, partly a result of Medicare spending.

Florida is the #9 state with the most rural hospital closures since 2005

Sidecar Health investigated rural hospital closures in Florida using data from the University of North Carolina Sheps Center for Health Services Research.

stacker.com

With the advent of Advantage Plans, what are you going to do if your hosp closes.

since i can go to any hospital i want.....i will go to one that is open...

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

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Since I don't use hospitals anyway, no sweat.

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[iamwhatiseem]

Blame rubber stamp state governments that have allowed the corporate takeover of hospitals all over America.
IU Health now has over 80% of all health care in Indiana. And that has NOT been an improvement.
AT ALL.
Way-way-way longer waits to see a doctor to downright impossibility to get seen for "everyday care". The IU system is all about catering to the critical/major care part of healthcare where they make much higher profits - and have left people seeking routine care out in the cold.
This major shift in American health care is going to have long term negative effects on all of us.

 

[Penelope]

Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, which are allowed to exclude hospitals from their networks, pay less than traditional Medicare, often negotiating even lower rates for rural hospitals. While a few years ago it was less popular to see MA penetration in rural areas, the trend has since grown, per Hawkins of the Texas Hospital Association. That could threaten reimbursement: “All those little things add up.”

2023 forecast: Amid dwindling COVID relief funds, rural hospitals face a 'fiscal cliff'

In the first year of the pandemic, 19 rural hospitals closed their doors. | With dwindling provider relief funds, rural hospitals are expected to return to pre-pandemic levels of profitability. Here are the strategies experts predict will be on the table going into the next year.

www.fiercehealthcare.com

 

[JoeC]

The major university of my state has taken over the majority of the hospitals.. It has in fact helped small struggling rural hospitals to stay in business and greatly upgrade their staff and facilities, ergo the quality of care.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

The major university of my state has taken over the majority of the hospitals.. It has in fact helped small struggling rural hospitals to stay in business and greatly upgrade their staff and facilities, ergo the quality of care.

Glad for you if that is the case.
Not at all the case in Indiana.

 

[JoeC]

Glad for you if that is the case.
Not at all the case in Indiana.

well for one it has brought the kind of critical care like cardio and cancer closer to the patients. Instead of a poor wife driving her cancer stricken husband 3 hrs away to get treatments.Now they are only 30 to 45 minutes away. I'll trade that for longer wait times anyday.

 

[Penelope]

Hospitals dropping Medicare Advantage agreements leaves patients in lurch

North Mississippi Health System, Southwest Health System drop Medicare Advantage agreements, leaving patients out of network.

www.clarionledger.com

Hospitals nationwide complain that Medicare Advantage providers routinely deny payment for services, driving up administrative costs for appealing the denials. Insurance providers say doctors and hospitals try to charge too much or prescribe unwarranted expensive medications and procedures.

 

[Penelope]

A lot of people have a problem with driving to a hosp. that is over 100 miles away.

 

[Penelope]

Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Needed Care, Federal Report Finds

Investigators urged increased oversight of the program, saying that insurers deny tens of thousands of authorization requests annually.

www.nytimes.com

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2022-04-28/medicare-advantage-plans-often-deny-coverage-for-eligible-necessary-care-report

Inappropriate Denial of Services and Payment in Medicare Advantage

Office of Inspector General | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

oig.hhs.gov

do you need more!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Just type in your symptoms to ChatGPT

 

[Penelope]

Use of Prior Authorization in Medicare Advantage Exceeded 46 Million Requests in 2022 | KFF

Medicare Advantage plans denied 3.4 million prior authorization requests for health care services in whole or in part in 2022, or 7.4% of the 46.2 million requests submitted on behalf of enrollees that year. The volume of prior authorization requests, the share denied, the share of denials that...

www.kff.org

Historically, Medicare beneficiaries were rarely required to receive prior authorization. That is still the case for beneficiaries enrolled in traditional Medicare, who are only required to obtain prior authorization for a limited set of services. However, virtually all Medicare Advantage enrollees (99%) were enrolled in a plan that required prior authorization for some services in 2022. Most commonly, higher cost services, such as chemotherapy or skilled nursing facility stays, require prior authorization. Prior authorization may play a role in helping Medicare Advantage plans reduce costs and maintain profits.

 

[sparky]

JACHO has closed ER's , and put hospitals out of biz now for decades....~S~

 

[Papageorgio]

Rural hospitals have long struggled financially and the situation is getting worse. In the mid-1940s, Congress provided funding to build hospitals in rural areas, leading to a rise in their numbers, especially in the South. By the 1980s and 1990s, those hospitals began closing, partly a result of Medicare spending.

Florida is the #9 state with the most rural hospital closures since 2005

Sidecar Health investigated rural hospital closures in Florida using data from the University of North Carolina Sheps Center for Health Services Research.

stacker.com

With the advent of Advantage Plans, what are you going to do if your hosp closes.

California is number 4 in the country, losing nine, with that large of a population, that’s quite a few.

We see few independent doctors anymore, they all work for big corporations and that is because of high premiums. Years ago Congress tried to cap lawsuits against doctors and that failed, as a result many have given up practice or joined big conglomerates.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

well for one it has brought the kind of critical care like cardio and cancer closer to the patients. Instead of a poor wife driving her cancer stricken husband 3 hrs away to get treatments.Now they are only 30 to 45 minutes away. I'll trade that for longer wait times anyday.

Yeah... except that poor wife wouldn't have to drive for cancer treatments if her husband was able to get quality primary care that could have prevented the cancer in the first place, or caught it much earlier.
Primary care is preventative care.
Corporate hospitals have NO interest in preventative care because that is in direct contrast with their business model to provide high cost care to people that didn't get preventative care.

 

[JoeC]

Yeah... except that poor wife wouldn't have to drive for cancer treatments if her husband was able to get quality primary care that could have prevented the cancer in the first place, or caught it much earlier.
Primary care is preventative care.
Corporate hospitals have NO interest in preventative care because that is in direct contrast with their business model to provide high cost care to people that didn't get preventative care.

That is a bit of a stretch. Hey I get you guys have bad experiences.I have not. I am on Medicare and have no problem with receiving good healthcare or payment for care. I can only speak from my experience.

 

[JoeC]

Yeah... except that poor wife wouldn't have to drive for cancer treatments if her husband was able to get quality primary care that could have prevented the cancer in the first place, or caught it much earlier.
Primary care is preventative care.
Corporate hospitals have NO interest in preventative care because that is in direct contrast with their business model to provide high cost care to people that didn't get preventative care.

Brain tumors are hardly within the scope of a primary care physician.They can only refer to a specialist for specific symptoms.In which this case I'm talking about was a family member.

 

[toobfreak]

Rural hospitals have long struggled financially

Thanks for admitting it really isn't a Florida or DeSantis problem! Article might mean more if they actually listed the first 8 states!

 

[Indeependent]

Rural hospitals have long struggled financially and the situation is getting worse. In the mid-1940s, Congress provided funding to build hospitals in rural areas, leading to a rise in their numbers, especially in the South. By the 1980s and 1990s, those hospitals began closing, partly a result of Medicare spending.

Florida is the #9 state with the most rural hospital closures since 2005

Sidecar Health investigated rural hospital closures in Florida using data from the University of North Carolina Sheps Center for Health Services Research.

stacker.com

With the advent of Advantage Plans, what are you going to do if your hosp closes.

Open Borders flooded the hospitals with non-paying trespassers.