New Report Warns 13 Rural Virginia Hospitals Are at Risk of Closure

State report finds 13 rural hospitals vulnerable to closure

An MRI machine in Lee County Community Hospital in Southwest Virginia, a once-shuttered facility that Ballad Health reopened in 2021. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury)A new report by Virginia’s Joint Commission on Health Care found 13 of Virginia’s 36 rural hospitals are at distant or immediate risk of closure, as state lawmakers and their constituents work to close healthcare access gaps in the commonwealth’s farthest-flung regio…

New report warns 13 rural Virginia hospitals are at risk of closure

The Virginia Joint Commission on Healthcare says the hospitals are either "at risk" or at "immediate risk" of closing due to ongoing financial challenges.

Ballad Health responds to report classifying 2 hospitals as 'at risk of closure'

DICKENSON COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — Ballad Health has issued a response after the Virginia Joint Commission on Health Care released a report, which classified two Southwest Virginia hospitals as "at risk of closure." The commission's report analyzes financial indicators and patterns, as well as numerous factors, to determine which rural hospitals could potentially face closures. [...]

Over a dozen Virginia rural hospitals at risk of closing, state report finds

Lawmakers are also concerned about how hospitals will be impacted by spending cuts and changes to Medicare and Medicaid.

Two rural Ballad Health hospitals at risk of closure according to new report

Two Ballad Health hospitals are at risk of closure, according to a new report from the Virginia Joint Commission on Healthcare. The report says that Dickenson Community Hospital and Smyth County Community Hospital are at risk of closure. It’s the second-highest risk level under “immediate risk of closure.” The report notes that low patient volumes, rising costs, workforce shortages, and low reimbursement rates from Medicare, Medicaid, and privat…

Report: Roughly 1 in 5 rural Virginia hospitals at risk of closure

Faced with federal funding cuts, the ratio might be closer to 3 in 5.