Posted inBusiness & Consumer Affairs, Fighting COVID-19 in Iowa, IowaWatch

COVID-19 hit Iowa hospitals’ income hard, new data show

Seventy-six of Iowaโ€™s 82 critical access hospitals ended the last fiscal year with negative operating margins, an IowaWatch analysis of their most recently reported financial data shows. Iowaโ€™s situation falls in line with a national report that shows 46% of the nationโ€™s rural hospitals are working with a negative operating margin.

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