Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Critical Access Hospitals
Changes in Obstetrical Services Among Critical Access Hospitals
Reports trends and changes in the provision of obstetrical services in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) using data from 2000 to 2009.
Author(s): Mark Holmes, Saleema Karim, George Pink
Date: 03/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Reports trends and changes in the provision of obstetrical services in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) using data from 2000 to 2009.
Author(s): Mark Holmes, Saleema Karim, George Pink
Date: 03/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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A Guide to Financing Strategies for Hospitals: With Special Consideration for Smaller Hospitals
Explores seven strategies that help hospitals achieve capital access. Discusses smaller organizations, such as rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, and stand-alone community hospitals.
Date: 12/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Research & Educational Trust
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Explores seven strategies that help hospitals achieve capital access. Discusses smaller organizations, such as rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, and stand-alone community hospitals.
Date: 12/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Research & Educational Trust
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Geographic Differences in Potentially Preventable Readmission Rates in Rural and Urban Hospitals
Presents results from a study that estimated potentially preventable hospital readmissions (PPRs) in three types of acute care hospitals: urban prospective payment system (PPS) hospitals, rural PPS hospitals, and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Focuses on rural/urban differences and whether patient demographics or health condition severity affects PPR rates.
Author(s): Marilyn G. Klug, Alana Knudson, Kyle Muus
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Presents results from a study that estimated potentially preventable hospital readmissions (PPRs) in three types of acute care hospitals: urban prospective payment system (PPS) hospitals, rural PPS hospitals, and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Focuses on rural/urban differences and whether patient demographics or health condition severity affects PPR rates.
Author(s): Marilyn G. Klug, Alana Knudson, Kyle Muus
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Critical Access Hospital Replacement Process: The Manual
Describes the facility replacement process, including the phases, actions, and involved parties that are needed. Offers guidance on the facility replacement process, including assessing the Critical Access Hospital's physical and financial situation, gaining community support, identifying and obtaining financing, working with lenders and Federal enhancement programs, and completing the design and construction process.
Date: 10/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Describes the facility replacement process, including the phases, actions, and involved parties that are needed. Offers guidance on the facility replacement process, including assessing the Critical Access Hospital's physical and financial situation, gaining community support, identifying and obtaining financing, working with lenders and Federal enhancement programs, and completing the design and construction process.
Date: 10/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Critical Access Hospital Replacement Process: The Roadmap
Provides a visual overview of the entire facility replacement process. Divided into four phases including Planning, Design and Financing, Endorsement, and Construction. Each phase is further described by events, actions, duration, costs/fees, and involved parties.
Date: 10/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Provides a visual overview of the entire facility replacement process. Divided into four phases including Planning, Design and Financing, Endorsement, and Construction. Each phase is further described by events, actions, duration, costs/fees, and involved parties.
Date: 10/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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A Comparison of Rural Hospitals with Special Medicare Payment Provisions to Urban and Rural Hospitals Paid Under Prospective Payment
Compares the financial performance and condition of rural hospitals with special Medicare payment provisions - Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Medicare Dependent Hospitals (MDHs), Sole Community Hospitals (SCHs), and Rural Referral Centers (RRCs) - to urban and rural hospitals paid under prospective payment.
Additional links: Findings Brief: A Financial Comparison of Rural Hospitals With Special Medicare Payment Provisions to Hospitals Paid Under Prospective Payment, 4/2010, Findings Brief: Profitability of Rural Hospitals Paid Under Prospective Payment Compared to Rural Hospitals with Special Medicare Payment Provisions, 9/2010
Author(s): G. Mark Holmes, George H. Pink, Sarah A. Friedman, Hilda A. Howard
Date: 08/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Compares the financial performance and condition of rural hospitals with special Medicare payment provisions - Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Medicare Dependent Hospitals (MDHs), Sole Community Hospitals (SCHs), and Rural Referral Centers (RRCs) - to urban and rural hospitals paid under prospective payment.
Additional links: Findings Brief: A Financial Comparison of Rural Hospitals With Special Medicare Payment Provisions to Hospitals Paid Under Prospective Payment, 4/2010, Findings Brief: Profitability of Rural Hospitals Paid Under Prospective Payment Compared to Rural Hospitals with Special Medicare Payment Provisions, 9/2010
Author(s): G. Mark Holmes, George H. Pink, Sarah A. Friedman, Hilda A. Howard
Date: 08/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Is Your Hospital's Board Prepared to Govern? Rural Acute Care Hospital Boards of Directors: Education and Development Needed
Examines the structural, leadership, and educational needs of rural hospital boards, as viewed by rural hospital board chairs and chief executive officers (CEOs).
Additional links: Fact Sheet
Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Royce Adams, Amy B. Martin
Date: 06/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Minority Health Research Center (formerly the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center)
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Examines the structural, leadership, and educational needs of rural hospital boards, as viewed by rural hospital board chairs and chief executive officers (CEOs).
Additional links: Fact Sheet
Author(s): Janice C. Probst, Royce Adams, Amy B. Martin
Date: 06/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Minority Health Research Center (formerly the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center)
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Electronic Medical Record Systems in Critical Access Hospitals: Leadership Perspectives on Anticipated and Realized Benefits
Examines the efficacy of electronic medical records (EMRs) in reducing healthcare costs while also improving performance and quality in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Also discusses the reasons CAH leadership may choose to implement an EMR, and whether anticipated benefits have generally been realized. Results are based on a survey of leadership from 15 Iowa-based CAHs.
Author(s): Troy R. Mills, Jared Vavroch, James A. Bahensky, Marcia M. Ward
Citation: Perspectives in Health Information Management, 7, 1c
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
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Examines the efficacy of electronic medical records (EMRs) in reducing healthcare costs while also improving performance and quality in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Also discusses the reasons CAH leadership may choose to implement an EMR, and whether anticipated benefits have generally been realized. Results are based on a survey of leadership from 15 Iowa-based CAHs.
Author(s): Troy R. Mills, Jared Vavroch, James A. Bahensky, Marcia M. Ward
Citation: Perspectives in Health Information Management, 7, 1c
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
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States' Use of Cost-Based Reimbursement for Medicaid Services at Critical Access Hospitals
Explains cost-based reimbursement for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Documents which of the 45 states with CAHs utilize a cost-based reimbursement methodology for Medicaid.
Author(s): Andrea Radford, Mike Hamon, Caitlin Nelligan
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Explains cost-based reimbursement for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Documents which of the 45 states with CAHs utilize a cost-based reimbursement methodology for Medicaid.
Author(s): Andrea Radford, Mike Hamon, Caitlin Nelligan
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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A Manual on Effective Collaboration Between Critical Access Hospitals and Federally Qualified Health Centers
Highlights how through cooperation and collaboration, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), especially those near each other and serving similar communities, can meet community needs, enhance roles, and stabilize and expand needed services and rural delivery systems.
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Highlights how through cooperation and collaboration, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), especially those near each other and serving similar communities, can meet community needs, enhance roles, and stabilize and expand needed services and rural delivery systems.
Date: 04/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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