The 20 highest-ranked critical access hospitals (CAHs) in the country, as determined by the Chartis Center for Rural Health, were recently announced by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA). An awards ceremony will be held during NRHA’s Critical Access Hospital Conference in September in Kansas City, Missouri.
The determining factors for the top 20 CAHs are based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX and its eight indices of performance: inpatient market share, outpatient market share, quality, outcomes, patient perspective, cost, charge, and finance. This elite group of hospitals was selected from the Chartis Center for Rural Health’s 2022 top 100 CAH list, which was released earlier this year. Forty best practice designations were also given to facilities that achieved success in one of two key areas of performance: 1) quality: a rating of hospital performance based on the percentile rank across ruralrelevant process of care measures, and 2) patient perspective: a rating of hospital performance based on the percentile rank across all 10 HCAHPS domains.
“NRHA is committed to ensuring our members have the best information to manage their hospitals,” says Brock Slabach, NRHA chief operations officer. “We’re pleased to recognize the accomplishments of these rural hospitals.” The list of national winners for best practice recipientspatient satisfaction in alphabetical order is below:
Best Practice Recipients – Patient Satisfaction:
• Avera Dells Area Hospital - Dell Rapids, S.D.
• Bigfork Valley Hospital - Big Fork, Minn.
• Fairview Hospital - Great Barrington, Mass.
• Guttenberg Municipal Hospital & Clinics - Guttenberg, Iowa
• Hamilton General Hospital - Hamilton, Texas
• Holton Community Hospital - Holton, Kan.
• Hopedale Medical Complex - Hopedale, Ill.
• Kirby Medical Center - Monticello, Ill.
• Kittson Healthcare - Hallock, Minn.
• Madelia Health - Madelina, Minn.
• McDowell ARH Hospital - McDowell, Ky.
• Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County - Darlington, Wis.
• Moab Regional Hospital - Moab, Utah
• Platte Health Center Avera -
Platte, S.D.
• Sabetha Community Hospital - Sabetha, Kan.
• Sanpete Valley Hospital - Mount Pleasant, Utah
• St. James Parish Hospital - Lutcher, La.
• Syracuse Area Health - Syracuse, Neb.
• Tallahatchie General Hospital - Charleston, Miss.
• Union General Hospital - Farmerville, La.
About NRHA
NRHA is a nonprofit organization working to improve the health and well-being of rural Americans and provide leadership on rural health issues through advocacy, communications, education, and research. NRHA’s membership is made up of diverse individuals and organizations from across the country, all of whom share the common bond of an interest in rural health.
About the Chartis Group
The Chartis Group provides comprehensive advisory services and analytics to the health care industry. Chartis helps leading academic medical centers, integrated delivery networks, children's hospitals, and health care service organizations achieve transformative results and build a healthier world. For more information, visit <www.chartis.com>.