State-By-State Breakdown Of 897 US Hospitals At Risk Of Closing
January 28, 2021
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By Alya Elison of Becker Hospital ReviewMore than 500 rural hospitals in the U.S. were at immєdιαte risk of closure before the CÖVÌD-19 pandemic because of financial losses and lack of reserves to maintain operations, according to a
report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform.
Nearly every state had at least one rural hospital at immєdιαte risk of closure before the pandemic. In 22 states, 25 percent or more of rural hospitals were at immєdιαte risk, according to the report.
The hospitals identified as being at immєdιαte risk of closure had a cuмulative negative total margin over the most recent three-year period, and their financial situation has likely deteriorated because of the pandemic.
Across the U.S., more than 800 hospitals – 40 percent of all rural hospitals in the country – are either at immєdιαte or high risk of closure. The more than 300 hospitals at high risk closure either have low financial reserves or high dependence on nonpatient service revenues such as local taxes or state subsidies, according to the report.
Here are the number and percentage of rural hospitals at risk of closing in each state as of January 2021 based on the CHQPR analysis:
AlabamaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 30 (63 percent)
AlaskaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 5 (38 percent)
ArizonaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 4 (22 percent)
ArkansasRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 29 (60 percent)
CaliforniaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 16 (31 percent)
ColoradoRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 11 (27 percent)
ConnecticutRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 3 (100 percent)
DelawareRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 0 (0 percent)
FloridaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 7 (35 percent)
GeorgiaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 26 (43 percent)
HawaiiRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 8 (67 percent)
IdahoRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 7 (25 percent)
IllinoisRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 20 (27 percent)
IndianaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 20 (38 percent)
IowaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 40 (44 percent)
KansasRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 76 (72 percent)
KentuckyRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 16 (23 percent)
LouisianaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 26 (53 percent)
MaineRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 10 (40 percent)
MarylandRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 1 (25 percent)
MassachusettsRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 2 (40 percent)
MichiganRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 19 (30 percent)
MinnesotaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 28 (31 percent)
MississippiRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 41 (62 percent)
MissouriRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 31 (54 percent)
MontanaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 19 (37 percent)
NebraskaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 24 (33 percent)
NevadaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 6 (46 percent)
New HampshireRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 4 (24 percent)
New JerseyRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 0 (0 percent)
New MexicoRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 6 (25 percent)
New YorkRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 30 (59 percent)
North CarolinaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 19 (36 percent)
North DakotaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 16 (43 percent)
OhioRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 19 (27 percent)
OklahomaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 41 (56 percent)
OregonRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 11 (34 percent)
PennsylvaniaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 18 (42 percent)
Rhode IslandRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 0 (0 percent)
South CarolinaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 12 (48 percent)
South DakotaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 11 (24 percent)
TennesseeRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 30 (59 percent)
TexasRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 82 (56 percent)
UtahRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 3 (14 percent)
VermontRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 2 (15 percent)
VirginiaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 14 (50 percent)
WashingtonRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 20 (50 percent)
West VirginiaRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 11 (46 percent)
WisconsinRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 16 (22 percent)
WyomingRural hospitals at high risk of closing: 7 (30 percent)
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