Rural health

Shasta County is one of several California counties bracing for higher costs tied to federal legislation.

Asante leadership said the hospital system could face a $50 million shortfall in 2027 without major changes.

Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center wants to buy a surgery center in Medford. State regulators have held up the deal.

Legislators have passed a bill to shore up Bay Area Hospital’s finances. The Coos Bay facility risked a drastic cut to services.

This program is especially needed given a workforce shortage in the health care industry.

Many parts of Oregon are lacking in mental health care providers, especially in rural counties.

Congress restores critical access status for Glenn Medical Center, but the shuttered California hospital still needs $40-50 million to reopen.

State officials said they were pleased with the award, which comes as Oregon braces for billions in Medicaid cuts over the coming decade.

Senior Californians in rural communities are dying by suicide at troubling rates—struggling with pain, cut off from doctors and mental health care, with guns at hand. Access to care and safety planning would help, experts say.

In October, Shasta County officials came out against a state grant application to build a large behavioral health facility. Some have now changed their minds.

The proposed True North campus could bring hundreds of jobs and new crisis beds, but county leaders say it doesn’t serve Shasta’s most urgent needs.

Reaching a doctor can be difficult in rural Klamath County. A new mobile clinic is bringing care closer to home.