Financial challenges and possible Medicaid cuts puts many rural hospitals at risk of closure, says new report

The number of Colorado hospitals at risk of closing is in the double digits. That's based on an analysis from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform.

Ten hospitals, nearly a quarter of the state's 43 total rural inpatient hospitals, are at risk of closing. Three are at immediate risk of closing in the next two to three years.

Eighteen hospitals, or 42 percent, are operating with losses on services.