Strategic Options Analyses: Having Difficult Conversations Before It’s Too Late
A strategic options assessment can be a powerful approach to help hospital and health system leaders evaluate performance against a…
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Analytics for Assessing Partner Fit
This article addresses one of the crucial questions that influence the success of an affiliationthat of partner risk. The two…
Solving the Rural Healthcare Conundrum
Rural hospitals in most states have an opportunity to achieve critical population mass through multihospital relationships (independently or in alliance…
Hospitals on the Brink: An Rx for Population Health
Fee-for-service (FFS) has outlived its usefulness as the revenue model for America’s hospitals. Driving volume at the expense of value,…
Strategies for CAH Success in the New Healthcare Market, Achieving the Triple Aim in Healthcare
The current environment driven by healthcare reform and market realities now offers a new set of challenges. Many rural healthcare…
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.…
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…
