January 23, 2024- Value-based care is a highly sought after goal – yet often an elusive one – for healthcare providers of all shapes and sizes. No where is this more evident than the rural setting, where large geographic distances, reduced access to services, rising costs and lack of scale all come into play for providers.
To tackle those challenges, an alliance of 23 rural hospitals in North Dakota recently announced the formation of the Rough Rider High-Value Network,
The network, based in Cando, N.D., was formed to strengthen rural healthcare for providers and patients throughout the state. The network announced its formation at the end of 2023 as a collaboration between individual and independent critical access hospitals that all collaborate to address rural health challenges and enhance community health.
The hospitals work together on clinical and operational initiatives to strengthen the availability, affordability, and quality of care in communities across the state of North Dakota.
“The Rough Rider Network consists of 23 hospitals that came together to capitalize on the economies of scale that they all represent in unison. The goal is a triple aim of improving access to care, quality of care, and reducing the cost of healthcare,” said Alfred Sams, president, Rough Rider High-Value Network. “Those goals rely on being able to tackle all of the barriers in being an independent hospital, but also coming together and being able to pool resources with other hospitals while maintaining independence.”
The Rough Rider Network is committed to enhancing the sustainability of rural healthcare throughout North Dakota. Uniting a network of critical access hospitals and clinics, the alliance aims to combine resources while remaining independent.
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