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Stroudwater Capital Partners - Rural Healthcare wants to hear from you! We're reaching out to Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Healthcare Centers to share your experiences with seeking capital funding. Whether your attempts were successful or not, your stories are invaluable as we work to understand and improve access to funding in rural healthcare. Your insights could help us shed light on the challenges and opportunities faced by healthcare providers across the country and used in the current data and research we are conducting. 📧 Interested in sharing your story? Please email us at marketing@stroudwatercapital.us. Together, let's pave the way for better access to capital in rural healthcare. #HealthcareFunding #RuralHealth #StroudwaterStories #StroudwaterCapital #CriticalAccessHospitals #USDA

Kearney County Health System worked with Stroudwater to improve outcomes for swing-bed patients. This included putting mobility front and center for staff, patients, and families during the healing process. Read more here: https://hubs.li/Q02Vhnbt0 #StroudwaterAssociates #RuralHealthcare #SwingBeds

Compliance with accreditation standards is essential for rural and community facilities. While striving to adhere to these standards is crucial, achieving full compliance can be challenging. We know that addressing regulatory challenges requires a strategic approach. By helping rural healthcare organizations identify and resolve underlying root causes using process improvement methodology, we empower them to address critical vulnerabilities before the hospital receives a survey. Learn more here: https://hubs.li/Q02VhCb80 #StroudwaterAssociates #RuralHealthcare #SurveyReadiness

Creating a positive patient experience and smooth revenue cycle begins before patients arrive at your rural or critical access hospital. Which front-end activities does your hospital struggle with? Read our blog for solutions to these issues: https://hubs.li/Q02Tp-dn0 #StroudwaterAssociates #RuralHealthcare #RCM

Recently, our team published a white paper, Critical Access Hospital Swing-Bed Programs Outperform Skilled Nursing Facilities on Quality Performance. The white paper was based on three years of data from our Swing-Bed Quality Reporting Program for CAHs and a comparison to similar data that SNFs reported to CMS. Key results include: - 73.6% of CAH swing bed patients were discharged to their community, significantly exceeding SNFs’ rate of 49.7% - 8% of CAH swing-bed patients experienced unplanned returns to acute care, compared to SNFs' 11.4% - 9.2% of CAH swing-bed patients had returned to acute care within 30 days post-discharge, whereas SNFs' rate stood at 10.5% Learn more here: https://hubs.li/Q02Tqws50 #StroudwaterAssociates #RuralHealthcare

Staff competencies, provider availability, and ancillary services provided often dictate a hospital’s ability to care for certain populations of patients or acuity levels. Therefore, it is critical to have a clear understanding of who can be cared for at your facility. Defining a clinical care delivery spectrum helps your hospital be intentional about the patients you admit and transfer. Learn more about the 5 steps your rural hospital can take to develop a clinical care spectrum: https://hubs.li/Q02RdYZp0 #StroudwaterAssociates #RuralHealthcare

Time is running out to reserve your spot for the Stroudwater Swing Bed Bootcamp on October 9th! If you haven’t already, now is the time to secure your place in this free, in-depth session designed to help you elevate your swing bed program. Whether you’re looking to ensure compliance, improve quality outcomes, or enhance your financial performance, this bootcamp will offer you the practical tools and strategies to succeed. Register here: https://hubs.li/Q02SyFPh0 #StroudwaterAssociates #RuralHealthcare

Next week, we’ll be hosting the Stroudwater Swing Bed Bootcamp on October 9th. This free, hands-on webinar is tailored to help healthcare leaders optimize their swing bed services, improve patient outcomes, and streamline operations. The bootcamp is designed to provide actionable insights you can implement right away to make a measurable impact on your hospital's swing bed program. Whether you’re focused on improving compliance or seeking strategies to boost growth, this bootcamp covers it all. Register here: https://hubs.ly/Q02S4M810 #StroudwaterAssociates #RuralHealthcare

For CAHs to compete with market retail competition, they will have to move away from the current fee-for-service payment system and work toward a value-based payment system. With this, hospitals will receive payment on a per capita basis and must determine how to care for a specific population within their service area. To help guide hospitals, Stroudwater Associates developed the Transition Framework. These initiatives help position provider organizations to succeed in both the current, transitional environment and the coming one. Learn more here: https://hubs.li/Q02RQT320 #StroudwaterAssociates #RuralHealthcare #CAHs

Yesterday at the National Rural Health Association RHC & CAH Conferences, Jeff Sommer was featured in a panel discussion about the challenges of rural obstetrics programs and innovative practices for maintaining and delivering obstetrics care. Our team, in collaboration with the T.L.L. Temple Foundation, the National Rural Health Association, and the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, recently released a report detailing the state of rural OB programs in Texas. Click here to read the full report: https://hubs.li/Q02RddjT0 #StroudwaterAssociates #RuralHealthcare