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Emergency Support for Distressed Hospitals

Strategize with Rural Hospital Experts to Succeed

  • Immediate and comprehensive support for distressed hospitals

  • Expert guidance for successful recovery

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Your Partner in Overcoming Operational Challenges

We work directly with distressed hospitals to address operational challenges and mitigate closure risks. Our team provides immediate action and comprehensive analysis to ensure sustainable, long-term success.

How it Works

Management Coaching and Leadership Development

Provide ongoing coaching to stabilize operations.

Operational Planning

Create and implement strategic plans to improve operational efficiency and sustainability.

Stakeholder Engagement

Engage with state and federal agencies, payers, staff, physicians, vendors, and the community.

Hospital Financial Analysis

Conduct detailed reviews of accounts receivable, billing practices, financial statements, budget and payroll processes, staffing productivity, and financial modeling.

Service Line and Outmigration Analysis

Evaluate service lines, assess ROI, develop staffing plans, analyze designation-conversion options, and provide ongoing financial review and support.

Regulatory Compliance & Risk Mitigation

Ensure adherence to regulatory standards and develop risk mitigation strategies.

Testimonials

“The RHRC has been an invaluable partner and great help at this time. They have provided insight, instructions, professionals, support, you name it. Their work and commitment [are] totally different from any other advisor or consultant we have been able to hire. Their goal is our success, the same as ours—that is their difference [from] others we have hired.”
Carla FlackBoard Member Bucktail Medical Center

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Ken Harman RHRC Regional Liaison
Ken Harman
Regional Liaison

Ken Harman is a Regional Liaison with the Rural Health Redesign Center and the Rural Emergency Hospital Technical Assistance Center for the Midwest and Western States. He brings over 30 years’ healthcare experience, with the last 20 years being a rural Critical Access Hospital CEO. He has served in Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, California, Utah and Minnesota. He graduated in 1996 from the University of Minnesota with a Master’s in Healthcare Administration and from the University of Utah in 1990 with a Bachelors of Science in Economics. He has a passion for rural healthcare and in assisting organizations and communities in sustaining and growing to take care of community needs.

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tom harlow
Tom Harlow
Program Director

Tom has over 43 years of healthcare experience, with 24 in executive leadership and 16 in rural settings. In his role, he provides tactical assistance to rural providers in areas such as workforce, strategic planning, and value-based care.

janice walters
Janice Walters
Executive Director

Janice has been leading the work of the RHRC since its inception. She has a background in health nance and is a highly rated rural health expert with over 20 years of relevant leadership experience. She works closely with rural health executives, state and federal partners, and other community stakeholders to ensure access to quality healthcare in maintained across the rural U.S.