By Michael Lucie | KTAR
Gov. Doug Ducey has announced more than $55 million to help Arizona’s hospitals endure the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
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The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System is set to work with its provider partners to make more than $50 million available to hospitals in the form of accelerated payments and advances, according to a press release issued Wednesday.
An additional $5 million will also be allocated to Arizona’s critical access hospitals to alleviate coronavirus-related costs.
A critical access hospital is a rural acute health care facility located more than 35 miles from another hospital.
