It is not often that a business — or anything else — can be classified as “urban” and “rural” at the same time. But one Connecticut hospital has managed to achieve the seemingly contradictory designations, fighting back a legal challenge from federal authorities.
Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, New London’s acute care hospital, recently won a case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to be considered both an urban and a rural hospital for the purpose of qualifying for Medicare benefits.
