Publications

The Flex Monitoring Team completes projects each year in a variety of topic areas such as CAH financial and operational improvement, patient safety, quality of care, Emergency Medical Services, and social determinants of health. These publications aim to evaluate the Flex Program and disseminate information to State Flex Programs, CAHs, and the general public. Our publications offer a wide range of information about Flex Program activities, best practices in CAHs, financial, quality, and community measures, and hospital services. Below is a list of publications from the Flex Monitoring Team. Publications are listed chronologically, in descending order. You can search by title and filter by topics and state. For data reports and publications relevant to specific states, please visit our State Profiles.

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Michelle Casey
In 2007, the Flex Monitoring Team conducted a national telephone survey of 381 CAH administrators inquiring about their organizations’ most important…
George Pink, Ann Howard, Mark Holmes, Roger E. Thompson, Rebecca Slifkin
Recently, Modern Healthcare published a list of the 25 most profitable critical access hospitals, based on operating margin, as calculated by Thomson…
Stephanie Loux, Andrew Coburn, John Gale, Jennifer Lenardson
In 2007, the Flex Monitoring Team conducted a national telephone survey of 381 CAH administrators covering a wide variety of questions concerning…
Jennifer Lenardson, John Gale, Melanie Race, Walter Gregg, Michelle Casey, Indira Richardson, Stephen Rutledge
To document effective state initiatives using Flex Grant Program funds, Flex Coordinators in all 45 participating states were asked to identify and…
John Gale, Jennifer Lenardson, Melanie Race, Walter Gregg, Michelle Casey, Indira Richardson, Stephen Rutledge, Rebecca Slifkin
To document effective state initiatives using Flex Grant Program funds, Flex Coordinators in all 45 participating states were asked to identify and…
John Gale, Jennifer Lenardson, Melanie Race, Walter Gregg, Michelle Casey, Indira Richardson, Stephen Rutledge, Rebecca Slifkin
To document effective state initiatives using Flex Grant Program funds, Flex Coordinators in all 45 participating states were asked to identify and…
John Gale, Jennifer Lenardson, Melanie Race, Walter Gregg, Michelle Casey, Indira Richardson, Stephen Rutledge
To document effective state initiatives using Flex Grant Program funds, Flex Coordinators in all 45 participating states were asked to identify and…
George Pink, Mark Holmes, Roger E. Thompson, Rebecca Slifkin
Among the sizable CAH population, there is substantial variation in facility revenue as well as the number and types of services provided. If these…
All hospitals, regardless of size and organizational structure, benefit from comparative data on financial condition and performance. The unique…
Michelle Casey
This report examines the second year participation and quality measure results for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the Centers for Medicare and…