Rural Health Today

Critical Access Hospitals are a specific and unique segment of the rural hospital market within the broader healthcare industry. Today we are joined by Tim Johnson, chief executive officer of Eaton Rapids Medical Center in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, who runs an independent critical access hospital.

Rural hospitals and healthcare providers are the underdogs, facing financial woes head on, fighting off mergers and acquisitions, and aggressively recruiting talent so they can continue to take care of their families, neighbors and friends. Often representing one of the largest employers in their communities, rural hospitals are pillars of rural economies. In this first episode of Rural Health Ris...