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Secretaries cite regulatory flexibilities, financial reviews and pilot programs as tools to blunt rural hospital and EMS strain
Summary
Department of Health testimony to the House Appropriations Committee emphasized exception processes, financial review of ownership changes and loan‑repayment incentives as tools to maintain rural hospital services and shore up EMS readiness.
Lawmakers pressing the Department of Health about hospital closures, maternity‑care deserts and emergency medical services heard that the administration is using several tools — regulatory exceptions, change‑of‑ownership financial review and workforce programs — to try to preserve rural access to care.
Secretary Deborah Bogan said the department reviews exception requests from rural hospitals and has used an exception process in several cases to provide regulatory flexibility. She said the department is also reviewing hospital regulations with an eye toward changes that could ease rural…
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