January 27 2:00 p.m. EDT
In each of the past six years, Stroudwater’s rural hospital replacement study has consistently shown that Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) enjoy enhanced financial performance after replacement, in addition to other benefits such as higher employee retention and ease of recruitment. But the combination of a severe economic downturn and landmark healthcare reform legislation presents hospitals with a unique and perhaps unprecedented set of challenges. The 2011 study looks at the impact of the slumping economy and makes a first attempt to measure the performance of replacement CAHs against a standard which is becoming an increasingly important factor in healthcare reimbursement: quality.
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