Critical access hospitals: Lessons from the Frontier Community Health Integration Project
Despite notable challenges like staffing shortages, CAHs remain committed to meeting community need by making improvements in care delivery. With low population volume and thus minimal demand for certain services, expectations that volume-based payment policies can financially bolster CAHs may need to be tempered.
Authors
- Melissa A. Romaire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0022-0487)
- Alison Banger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3507-8601)
- Regina Rutledge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5703-519X)
- Saira Haque (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8866-9005)
Institutions
- RTI International (US)
- Pfizer (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Rural Health
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.70024
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services