Analyzing Financial, Quality, and Community Impact Performance of Critical Access Hospitals

Project Lead:
Megan Lahr
Contact Person:
Megan Lahr
Status:
Current Project

The purpose of this project is to fulfill the Flex Monitoring Team’s three-pronged evaluation of the operational and financial health, quality improvement, and community impact performance of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Through data analyses, this project will further efforts to regularly produce CAH data as well as state-specific and national reports to guide CAH improvement efforts.

Related Publications:
  1. Analysis of CAH Inpatient Hospitalizations and Transfers: Implications for National Quality Measurement and Reporting (Briefing Paper #13)
  2. Differences in Measurement of Operating Margin (Briefing Paper #17)
  3. Financial Indicators for CAHs (Briefing Paper #7)
  4. Developing Financial Benchmarks for CAHs
  5. Quality Improvement Strategies and Best Practices in CAHs
  6. Financial Indicators for CAHs
  7. Variations in Financial Performance among Peer Groups of CAHs
  8. Impact of Conversion to CAH Status on Hospital Financial Performance and Condition (Policy Brief #1)
  9. CAHs and Financial Benchmark Performance (Policy Brief #11)
  10. Risk of Financial Distress Among CAHs: A Proposed Model (Policy Brief #20)
  11. The Capital Investment Needs of CAHs: Results of the 2007 National CAH Survey (Policy Brief #9)
  12. CAH Financial Indicators Data Summary Reports: Medians & Quartiles by State & Peer Group
  13. CAH Year 8 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Policy Brief #34)
  14. CAH Year 8 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Briefing Paper #33)
  15. CAH Year 7 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Policy Brief #30)
  16. CAH Year 7 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Briefing Paper #31)
  17. CAH Year 6 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Briefing Paper #28)
  18. CAH Year 5 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Briefing Paper #26)
  19. CAH Year 5 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Policy Brief #15)
  20. CAH Year 4 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Briefing Paper #22)
  21. CAH Year 4 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Policy Brief #10)
  22. CAH Year 3 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Briefing Paper #20)
  23. CAH Year 3 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Policy Brief #8)
  24. CAH Year 2 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Policy Brief #4)
  25. CAH Year 2 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Briefing Paper #16)
  26. CAH Year 1 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results (Briefing Paper #9)
  27. MBQIP Reporting & Performance: Regional and State Comparisons, 2012 vs. Q1-Q2 2013 (FMT Data Summary Report #15)
  28. HCAHPS Results for US CAHs, Q2 2014 - Q1 2015 (FMT Data Summary Report #17)
  29. Hospital Compare Quality Measure Results for US CAHs, Q2 2014 - Q1 2015 (FMT Data Summary Report #19)
  30. Patients' Experiences in CAHs: HCAHPS Results, 2015 (FMT Data Summary Report #21)
  31. Patients' Experiences in CAHs: HCAHPS Results, 2016 (FMT Data Summary Report #24)
  32. Hospital Compare Quality Measure Results for US CAHs, 2016 (FMT Data Summary Report #25)
  33. Summary of 2016 Indicator Medians by State
  34. Patients' Experiences in CAHs: HCAHPS Results, 2017 (FMT Data Summary Report #27)
  35. Hospital Compare Quality Measure Results for US CAHs, 2017 (FMT Data Summary Report #28)
  36. Summary of 2017 Indicator Medians by State
  37. Patients’ Experiences in CAHs: HCAHPS Results, 2018
  38. Hospital Compare Quality Measure Results for US CAHs, 2018
  39. CAH Financial Indicator Reports
  40. Financial Performance of CAHs in Indiana
  41. Improving Financial Performance of CAHs
  42. CAH Finances in Turbulent Times
  43. Health Care Reform, Quality, and CAHs
  44. Using the Flex Monitoring Team Financial Indicators Report and Other Financial Resources
  45. Financial Performance Measures of CAHs
  46. CAH Financial Indicators Report
  47. Quality Performance Measurement and Use of Health Information Technology in CAHs
  48. A Tool for Measuring Quality in Small Rural Hospitals
  49. The Flex Program at 10 Years: The Financial Experience of Small Rural Hospitals
  50. The Flex Program at 10 Years: Quality Improvement and Measurement Lessons Learned and Future Directions
  51. Health Care Reform and Rural Health Quality
  52. The Financial Performance of CAHs in North Dakota
  53. Best Practices from 14 CAH Executives Operating in Challenging Environments
  54. Impact of CAH Participation in Flex Financial and Operations Improvement Activities on Hospital Financial Indicators
  55. CAH Medicaid Payer Mix in Expansion vs. Non-Expansion States
  56. CAHMPAS Financial Data Revisions
  57. MBQIP Quality Measures National Annual Report - 2019
  58. Community Impact and Benefit Activities of CAHs, Other Rural, and Urban Hospitals, 2019
  59. 2020 CAH Financial Indicators Report: Summary of Indicator Medians by State
  60. Community Impact and Benefit Activities of Critical Access, Other Rural, and Urban Hospitals, 2020
  61. Financial Characteristics of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) Participating in Accountable Care Organizations (ACO)
  62. 2021 CAH Financial Indicators Report: Summary of Indicator Medians by State
  63. Community Impact and Benefit Activities of Critical Access, Other Rural, and Urban Hospitals, 2021
  64. Community Impact and Benefit Activities of Critical Access, Other Rural, and Urban Hospitals, 2022
  65. 2022 CAH Financial Indicators Report: Summary of Indicator Medians by State