Almost One-Third of Rural Hospitals Benefiting from Microsoft’s Cybersecurity for Rural Hospitals Program
The HIPAA Journal
MARCH 26, 2025
Rural hospitals often have low operating margins, high fixed costs relative to their urban counterparts, and have lower reimbursement rates from insurers. Between 2010 and 2017, rural hospitals were closing at a rate of around 1 per month, and there were 136 rural hospital closures in 2020 and 20221 alone.
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