Report paints grim financial picture for some of the state’s rural hospitals

State’s health care community anxiously awaits decision on federal Rural Health Transformation Fund

By: Meera Mahadevan

Outlets: Granite State News Collaborative

Published: December 13, 2025

Words: 1,498

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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New Hampshire’s 13 rural hospitals — long under financial distress and some even at risk of closure — are waiting eagerly to see if they will get some relief from the federal government before the end of the year.

A report from a Pittsburgh-based think tank, the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, says 30% of rural hospitals in the U.S. are at risk of closing mainly because of inadequate payments …

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