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Only 16 rural hospitals have taken Congress up on its offer to reduce their inpatient services and focus on emergency care in exchange for cash. Congress created the rural emergency hospital designation in 2020 to help struggling rural hospitals avoid closure by boosting federal payments if they go emergency-only. Read full article at Politico

Despite growth of huge health systems and consolidation in health care, there still are independent physicians – and a new organization aims to unify them. The American Independent Medical Practice Association (AIMPA) launched this week with almost 5,000 physicians in 200 practices collectively treating 10 million patients around the country. AIMPA’s goal: to be “the