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Nearly half of doctors' offices are now consolidated within hospital systems, a trend that some say is contributing to higher costs and fewer services, especially in rural areas.

Fewer Oregonians are getting health insurance through the state's Marketplace, but the overall number still remains high.  According to the Oregon Health Authority, nearly 140,000 people signed up for health insurance through Oregon's Marketplace this year.  The OHA’...

The Biden administration announced late last week a $74 million effort to improve health care facilities in rural communities.  The Rural Development grants will help 143 rural health care organizations expand critical services for three million people in 37 states, Guam and Puerto Rico.  ...

According to one industry expert, coronavirus remains an everyday crisis for rural healthcare providers. Allan Morgan is CEO of the National Rural Health Care Association, a nation-wide non-profit membership organization made up of hospitals and health-related facilities in rural areas ...

Supporters of new legislation in the Senate say would help rural health care providers deliver high-quality care.   Kansas Republican Pat Roberts and Nevada Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto, authors of the legislation, said the Rural ACO Improvement Act would fix a glitch in the program.  Ac...

Supporters of new legislation in the Senate say would help rural health care providers deliver high-quality care.   Kansas Republican Pat Roberts and Nevada Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto, authors of the legislation, said the Rural ACO Improvement Act would fix a glitch in the program.  Ac...

The goal of the USDA's Community Facilities Direct Loan Program is to help rural communities build or improve facilities or essential services.   “They can be used for  public facilities such as town halls, court houses, airport hangars, street improvements, community support services, child care centers or communities centers, fairgrounds, transitional housing for recovering addicts.” Indiana Ru.