CAH Financial Leadership Summit Summary

On June 7 and 8, 2012, the National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center), with funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), brought a small group of critical access hospital (CAH) financial leaders and experts together in Minneapolis, Minnesota to address issues related to CAH financial performance. A summary document was developed which includes:

  • Consensus from the attendees identifying the most important CAH financial performance indicators
  • Information about the CAH financial distress model used by the Flex Monitoring Team
  • Interventions for CAHs that were identified as a means of optimizing financial performance
  • A look ahead as the focuses of the health care system continue to evolve

This document is relevant to state Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program personnel, CAH administrators and boards.

2012 CAH Financial Leadership Summit Summary (June 2022) (2.58 MB)

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