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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Walter Gregg
This policy brief describes the findings of a national telephone survey of CAHs to determine the nature of their capital needs and experiences in…
Walter Gregg
Strengthening the economic viability of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to maintain access to appropriate healthcare services of high quality in…
All hospitals, regardless of size and organizational structure, benefit from comparative data on financial condition and performance. The unique…
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…
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…
Mark Holmes, George Pink, Rebecca Slifkin
This policy brief analyzes seven financial ratios associated with Critical Access Hospital profitability, liquidity, and capital structure. Each of…
George Pink, Mark Holmes, Rebecca Slifkin, Roger E. Thompson
There is a growing recognition of the need to measure and report hospital financial performance. However, there exists little comparative financial…
In Summer 2006, the third issue of the CAH Financial Indicators Report was distributed to all Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) with a Medicare Cost…