Pennsylvania Rural Health Model

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania plans to launch an experiment in which participating health insurers will fund global budgets to care for residents served by selected rural hospitals. The program seeks to preserve access to care in rural parts of the state by stabilizing the financial health of struggling rural hospitals. According to a Pennsylvania Department of Health news release, The Rural Health Model is an alternative payment model, transitioning hospitals from a fee-for-service model to a global budget payment. Instead of hospitals getting paid when someone visits the hospital, they will receive a predictable amount of money. Payment for the [...]