As Occupancy Rates Decline, Rural Nursing Homes Grapple With Financial Insecurity And Possible Closures

"When you are skating on thin ice with your margins, any movements in payer type can really move the needle," said Bill Kauffman, senior principal at NIC. More than 440 rural nursing homes have closed or merged nationwide in the last decade.

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