Rural healthcare facilities face unique challenges magnified by their location, volume, and decreased reimbursement levels. Community Partners knows that in addition to often being the largest employer in town rural hospitals are vital economic and employment engines to the communities they serve, often generating a highly visible economic development impact in a community. According to the American Hospital Association’s Trend Watch publication, rural hospitals have direct and indirect employment that totals 10 to 15 percent of a rural community’s employment. AHA’s Trend Watch also states, “…each hospital job supports about two additional jobs and every dollar spent by a hospital supports $2 of additional business activity…” Community Partners has made it our mission to keep the healthcare resources in non-urban communities strong and stable so the people who live in rural areas can depend on them.

     Community Partners is a full-service healthcare ownership and management company focusing on the growth and success of your hospital. Working together with local leadership, we will identify just the right combination of options from our partnering, consulting, development, and training menus to meet the facility’s current needs and provide the tools necessary for your hospital’s long-term viability. Our experience in operating hospitals that are not located in major metroploitan areas gives us a unique perspective on the “rural” market. We understand the importance of your hospital to the sense of community and your local economy, and we can tailor a program designed to maintain both into the future.

     The founders of Community Partners have over 85 years of operational and financial expertise working as senior executives in hospitals and healthcare systems. Our cornerstone is success in helping hospitals sustain growth and financial health through delivering a measurable return on investment while continuing a tradition of quality medical care. When you are ready to talk to a company that will be a true partner with your organization and your community, call us because experience really does make the best partner.