Success Stories
Small hospital saves $1.2M in a year by affiliating with Adventist Health,
Premier healthcare alliance (2012)
CHALLENGE – Small independent rural hospitals trudge a difficult
path. Achieving financial security is more daunting than ever with reform
and growing state and federal reimbursement cuts. Hospitals with high
Medicare and Medicaid rates are even more vulnerable.
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For most hospitals, supply cost is the second largest expense. For a small, rural critical-access hospital, paying too much for supplies is to be avoided, especially now with government efforts to rein in healthcare costs through reduced reimbursement and other reform measures. Read more...
Supply Savings Nearly Top 30% After 10-Bed Facility Affiliates with Adventist
Health Through Western Healthcare Alliance
Accessing top tier pricing is definitely a challenge for any small independent
hospital. It's not surprising then that a 10-bed, rural New Mexico hospital,
one of the country's smallest, would fall into that category.
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