RubinBrown’s rural health consulting team, led by former rural hospital CFOs, combines a deep understanding of legislative, billing, and regulatory guidelines to help rural hospitals overcome financial, reimbursement, payment, and operational challenges. With firsthand experience navigating the complexities unique to rural health, our team provides strategic insight to optimize reimbursement, strengthen revenue flow, and build financial stability. We offer guidance tailored to the structure of your facility, clinics, and the broader health system where you play an essential role.

Our consultants are dedicated to creating effective, long-lasting solutions that allow hospitals to continue serving as vital healthcare resources in their communities. Through in-depth analysis of data trends and performance metrics, we identify opportunities for revenue growth, cost optimization, and improved operational efficiency. Partnering with RubinBrown means gaining a team committed to ensuring your facility’s financial health and sustaining essential healthcare services where they are needed most.

Regardless of whether your system is a Rural Hospital, a Sole-Community Hospital, a Medicare Dependent Hospital, a Critical Access Hospital, a Rural Emergency Hospital, a Rural Health Clinic, or a Federally Qualified Health Center, our consultants work with rural health entities to address reimbursement and payment issues through frequent communication and timely service. To better improve your financial performance, we can guide you through reviewing and assessing your cost structure and cost allocations to ensure you are capitalizing on the appropriate reimbursement opportunities and receiving the maximum reimbursements your facility is due.
 

• Cost report strategies
• Medicaid optimization
• Reimbursement and payment optimization
• Financial management and reimbursement support
• Rural health clinic (RHC) strategies
• Provider-based status determinations
• Payor negotiations and contract optimization
• Revenue cycle optimization
• Critical access hospital strategies
• Assist health systems in optimizing rural hospitals
• CAH/REH/RCHD feasibility study
• Financial projections and proformas
• Volume decrease adjustment