Rural Hospitals and ACOs
Rural hospitals are at a crossroads as accountable care organizations (ACOs) push hospitals to re-examine their plans for the future.…
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Clinic Considerations for PBs, RHCs, and FQHCs
This resource provides a side-by-side comparison of organizational and programmatic options available to rural health care entities.
Portneuf Medical Center emerges as a unique hybrid
Portneuf Medical Center emerges as a unique hybrid majority-owned by a for-profit company but with significant governance sharing with the…
Part Two 2010 Rural Hospital Replacement Facility Study
IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD Part Two of the study analyzes the impact of replacement hospitals’ volume, financial, and operational…
Part One 2010 Rural Hospital Replacement Facility Study
COMMUNITY PROFILES Part One of the study examines the make-up of communities that have successfully completed a replacement facility.
Why do some replacement hospitals have lower operating costs?
This analysis looks at a set of hospitals’ abilities to improve their organization’s cost position while replacing their hospital and…
Asset Efficiency: Why it matters and how to measure it
With hospital construction costs of $300+ per square foot and capital scarce, asset efficiency – defined as production per unit…
Getting Past Stop
How to keep development projects moving forward in a challenging environment. This article appeared in the January/February 2009 issue of…