Rural providers see hope as Medicaid expansion advances in Kansas

Modern Healthcare: Hiawatha (Kan.) Community Hospital, in the rural northeast corner of the state, suffered an operating loss last year, driven by $2.2 million in bad debt and $1 million in repayments to Medicare. It had to cut salaries and benefits for its 245 employees.

A dozen miles to the south, Horton (Kan.) Community Hospital, another critical-access facility, shut down in March, after it couldn't pay employees for six weeks. It was the third rural hospital to close in Kansas since the end of 2018.

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