A dozen small, rural Tennessee hospitals are at “immediate risk” for closure, potentially exacerbating a longstanding problem in a state with one of the highest hospital closure rates in the nation.
The calculation, by The Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, is drawn from examining multi-year hospital losses in institutions with limited assets. The center also reported that 19 rural hospitals in Tennessee are “at risk” of closing.
Tennessee ranks 6th in the number of its rural small hospitals at imminent risk, according to the report…