The Financial Benefits of Critical Access Hospital Conversion for FY 1999 and FY 2000 Converters
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Date
01/2004
Description
Discusses the impact of conversion to Critical Access Hospital (CAH) status on the financial condition of rural hospitals one and two years after conversion. CAHs pre- and post-conversion revenues are compared, and CAH revenues are compared to small rural hospitals that did not convert to cost-based Medicare reimbursement.
Center
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Authors
Jeffrey Stensland, Gestur Davidson, Ira Moscovice