CMS seeks to remove regulatory friction around how clinicians practice and move across state lines as part of its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. The agency explicitly incorporated ...

Rural areas are quickly losing independent physicians and medical practices amid the corporatization of healthcare, a new report finds. The report was commissioned by the Physicians Advocacy Institute ...

When we, the healthcare community, talk about the lack of access to care in rural America, the focus is very often on physicians. Solutions tend to center around how to effectively recruit more ...

The use of nurse practitioners (NPs) in primary care is one way to address growing patient demand and improve care delivery. However, little is known about trends in NP presence in primary care ...

The study showed that the corporate consolidation of medical practices and the resulting decrease in access to healthcare services in rural areas is accelerating. A new analysis has found that access ...

Nearly 40% of adults living in rural areas have turned to emergency departments for care that could have been handled in a primary care setting, pointing to persistent issues rural residents face when ...

In 2006, Bihar, one of India’s poorest and most populous states, was contending with poor infrastructure and service delivery, and a complex political and social context. Limited inclusion of women in ...

Tim GB Hart does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article. He has previously received funding from the Department ...