Rural Hospitals Are Caught in an Aging-Infrastructure Conundrum (KFF Health News)
Kevin Stansbury, the CEO of Lincoln Community Hospital in the 800-person town of Hugo, Colorado, is facing a classic Catch-22: He could boost his rural hospital’s revenues by offering hip replacements and shoulder surgeries, but the 64-year-old hospital needs more money to be able to expand its operating room to do those procedures.READ FULL STORY AT KFF
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