Hospitals voice concerns over details of rural network plan.
In a broad new effort to stimulate rural hospital care delivery, the Health Care Financing Administration is funding demonstration projects that could "grow" health care networks in remote areas. But providers are cautious about participating in the Essential Access Community Hospital (EACH) program until final rules are published.
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