Rural Hospitals’ Perspectives On Health System Affiliation The Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Health Panel

As rural hospital leaders consider mergers and affiliations, the financial impacts of the affiliation (rural hospital and the health system impacts) must be carefully explored. [...] Throughout affiliation deliberations the advisors and boards selected to steer the process must ensure that the planning and documentation of procedures are standardized and properly recorded so that a unified exposition can be given to partners during the process and to government regulators after finalization. [...] Through all points of the process – from the search, to negotiations, to the transaction agreement – the objectives of the rural hospital must guide discussion and action. [...] The process to affiliate requires comprehensive and strategic planning that incorporates the core values, missions, and business strategies of the acquired, the acquirer, and community stakeholders. [...] The Rise Of Cross-Market Hospital Systems And Their Market Power In The US: Study examines the increase in cross-market hospitals systems and their market power in the US.