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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Melanie Race, John Gale, Andrew Coburn
Non-profit hospitals, including Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), are required to report their community benefit activities (programs and services…
John Gale, Jennifer Lenardson, Andrew Coburn, Melanie Race
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy has created clear expectations and incentives for CAHs to engage with their communities, develop…
Stephanie Loux, Andrew Coburn, John Gale, Jennifer Lenardson
In 2007, the Flex Monitoring Team conducted a national telephone survey of 381 critical access hospital administrators covering a wide variety of…
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…
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…
John Gale, Andrew Coburn, Victoria Freeman, Walter Gregg, Rebecca Slifkin
This publication presents the findings of a project to understand the community involvement and impact of CAHs and the Flex Program.  A briefing…
John Gale, Andrew Coburn, Victoria Freeman, Walter Gregg, Rebecca Slifkin
This publication presents the findings of a project to understand the community involvement and impact of CAHs and the Flex Program. It provides…
Stephanie Poley, Rebecca Slifkin
This report describes the ways in which Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) are engaged with their communities, through analysis of data from a national…