More than 57 million rural Americans depend on their hospital not only as an important source of care but also as a critical component of their area's economic and social framework. Rural hospitals ...

The Health Insurance Disparities Index allows stakeholders to assess progress in addressing health care disparities using publicly available, validated, reported health plan quality metrics results.

Thirty-two million Americans live in rural counties and have no access to multidisciplinary cancer care, and patients with cancer describe a greater number of unfavorable social determinants of health ...

Laundromats offer a promising outreach setting for Medicaid payers because Medicaid enrollees represent a majority of laundromat users and have disproportionately high levels of unmet needs.

Top-quality care that is readily available and accessible is an important element of effective, high-performing communities ...

For the fifth year, the Daily Herald is partnering with the Robert R. McCormick Foundation for the Neighbors in Need grant program to help address issues of hunger, homelessness and health care faced ...

Between 2005 and 2023, nearly 150 rural U.S. hospitals either closed or stopped admitting patients. Of them, 81 shuttered completely. The Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform has found ...

Austin community residents, civic leaders and developers celebrated on Monday at a beam-raising event for the Austin HOPE Center, a $22 million development that will provide pediatric health care ...

Primary care clinicians who adopt programs to address patients’ social needs are more effective at screening and assisting people who need help with food and housing, according to a new systematic ...

It can be hard for people to ask for help when they need it, especially with their mental health. Finding help? Equally difficult. The average wait time nationally for behavioral health services is 48 ...