Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Evaluation
The North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center is collaborating with the University of Minnesota and the University of Maine in a comprehensive multi-year review of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex Program). UNC will use a combination of primary and secondary data to evaluate the program effects in a number of focal areas, including:
- Financial Performance Measures of Critical Access Hospitals
- CAH Conversion Tracking
- Predicting Financial Distress of Critical Access Hospitals
Principal Investigator: Mark Holmes, PhD.
Funding Source: Office of Rural Health Policy, HRSA (subcontract with the University of Minnesota)
Total Project Period: 09/08 – 08/13