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UnitedHealthcare expands rural health financial stability program

UnitedHealthcare is adding Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia to its Rural Payment Acceleration Pilot, which launched earlier this year. The plan to expand the program to about 1,500 rural hospitals and associated practitioners, including all Critical Access Hospitals, addresses payments made through Medicaid and fully insured commercial plans.WHY IT MATTERSRural hospitals with smaller populations often struggle to generate revenue to pay for their fixed operating costs