preventive care underpayment
Rural Clinics Beat Hospitals in Health Insurance Preventive Care
Rural clinics tend to capture a larger share of preventive-care reimbursements than their hospital counterparts, yet both still battle systematic underpayment that threatens service continuity. The gap widens when value-based contracts favor larger systems, leaving many rural sites with costly deficits. In 2024, 62% of preventive visits in rural hospitals