December 8, 2025: 340B Lawsuit, Home Care Reimbursement Reductions & New Education Initiatives in Kentucky and Pennsylvania

Rural Health News is a weekly segment of Rural Health Today, a podcast by Hillsdale Hospital.

News sources for this episode:

American Hospital Association, “AHA, other file suit to block unlawful 340B changes threatening patient care,” December 1, 2025, https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2025-12-01-aha-others-file-suit-block-unlawful-340b-changes-threatening-patient-care.

Bridget Early, “Home health providers hit with Medicare pay cut,” December 1, 2025, https://www.modernhealthcare.com/politics-regulation/mh-medicare-home-health-pay-2026-cms/#, Modern Healthcare.

Celli Horstman, Arnav Shah, “The State of Rural Primary Care in the United States,” November 17, 2025, https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2025/nov/state-rural-primary-care-united-states?mkt_tok=NzEwLVpMTC02NTEAAAGeOB9y6SbuBxye3wQ7igjy1BVe5GMJxaV9fCloFJmQfS-T6mbVfjH7QWw88rhSoHiy3G1b3YS0OFamdkSiphiBb7XyLWJP3BOoGozzQcWDe1J4qOk, The Commonwealth Fund.

Erica Cerutti, “The state of rural primary care: 4 notes,” November 19, 2025, https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/hospital-physician-relationships/the-state-of-rural-primary-care-4-notes/, Becker’s Clinical Leadership.

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