How 24 rural hospitals look to improve value-based care
05/22/25 at 02:00 AM
How 24 rural hospitals look to improve value-based care
Modern Healthcare; by Alex Kacik; 5/15/25
Two dozen critical access hospitals in Montana have created a clinically integrated network, following similar rural provider-led coalitions in other states. The Yellowstone High Value Network, announced Thursday, looks to improve independent rural hospitals’ care models while also lowering their costs. The network, which resembles coalitions launched in Ohio, Minnesota and North Dakota through rural hospital advisory firm Cibolo Health, is designed to give hospitals the combined patient volume and technology infrastructure to expand alternative payment models that are tailored to the rural communities where they operate.