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Rural Federally Qualified Health Centers Financial and Operational Performance Analysis 2018-2021

Year Developed: 2023

Resource Type: Publication.

Primary Audience: Administrative Staff Board of Directors C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIO, COOs, CMOs, etc.) Clinicians Enabling Staff Outreach Staff PCAs

Language(s): English

Developed by: Capital Link (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: This report, prepared by Capital Link with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), provides an aggregate financial and operational profile of rural Federally Qualified Health Centers. The report offers a framework for identifying the financial strengths, challenges, and benchmarks that support opportunities for rural FQHC performance improvement through an examination of multi-year trends and median results. (Released in 2023)

Resource Details: Through an evaluation of multi-year trends and median results, the following analysis provides a framework for identifying financial strengths and challenges for rural FQHC performance improvement. This report also highlights the variances between rural, urban, and national FQHC performance, as well as selected target benchmarks that support long-term financial sustainability. The analysis incorporates health center financial audits as well as operational and utilization data reported by the Uniform Data System (UDS) from 2018 to 2021 for Section 330-funded health centers and Look-Alikes (LALs)— collectively, Federally Qualified Health Centers or FQHCs.

Resource Topic: Finance

Resource Subtopic: Financial trends.

Keywords: Data Collection, Management, and Analytics, Patient Demographics, Uniform Data System (UDS).