One-third of Missouri’s rural hospitals are at risk of closing, according to a report using newly-updated federal data.
A July report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, a national policy group, found that 19 of Missouri’s 57 rural hospitals are at risk of shuttering because of “serious financial problems.”
Many of those hospitals at risk of closure could sustain themselves financially for six to seven years, according to the report.
Eight rural hospitals, however,…
