{"id":11662,"date":"2018-10-02T08:54:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T12:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11662"},"modified":"2018-10-02T08:54:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T12:54:19","slug":"gao-10-things-to-know-about-the-spike-in-rural-hospital-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11662","title":{"rendered":"GAO: 10 things to know about the spike in rural hospital closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Emily Rappleye for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>A total of 64 rural hospitals closed between 2013 and 2017 \u2014 not counting the eight that closed and reopened \u2014 which is more than twice as many closures as the previous five-year period, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/700\/694125.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a>\u00a0released Sept. 28 by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/finance\/gao-10-things-to-know-about-the-spike-in-rural-hospital-closures.html\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/medical-medicare-patient-hospital-bed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7810\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/medical-medicare-patient-hospital-bed-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/medical-medicare-patient-hospital-bed-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/medical-medicare-patient-hospital-bed.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Emily Rappleye for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) A total of 64 rural hospitals closed between 2013 and 2017 \u2014 not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11663,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11662\/revisions\/11663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}