by Douglas Johnson, Principal & Robert W. Kirsch, Director
Across the country, community hospital boards and leadership teams are grappling with the structural and operating challenges brought on by new reimbursement models, new care models, changing patient demographics, increasing migration of services to ambulatory settings, and other industry challenges. Traditional operating strategies that sustained community hospitals in the past will not sustain them into the future. Where do community hospital boards and leadership teams go from here?