Rural providers have tremendous capital needs and are increasingly affiliated with larger health care systems that face questions about what the facility strategy should be. The risk of investment can be mitigated by using the right approach: position the rural hospital as part of the system’s ambulatory care strategy to increase market capture and deploy accountable care strategies. The session will reveal the framework for planning and execution to achieve these outcomes. This session will enable attendees to:

Identify the roles for rural health care providers that generate facility investment ROI in a post-reform delivery system.
Review the data and best practices in developing facilities in non-urban locations.
Discuss the implications for facility leaders, managers, architects, builders, and developers.
Utilize a case study to illustrate system and affiliate perspectives on facility investment.