Anthelio and Community Hospital 100 3rd Annual Community Hospital Survey Reveals Downtrend in Operating Margins and Increased Interest in Partnerships (Not Mergers) with Other Hospitals
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Anthelio, the leading independent provider of comprehensive healthcare information technology and services to hospitals and other healthcare providers, today announced the results of the 3rd annual community hospital survey completed with Community Hospital 100. The survey provides insights into the financial health and new initiatives of community hospitals across the country, and was released on October 21, 2013 at the 2013 Community Hospital 100 Executive Management Conference in Greensboro, Georgia.
The survey found that responding community hospitals are struggling financially and facing significant challenges due to federal or state cuts to Medicare and Medicaid:
Community hospitals surveyed identified following initiatives to improve their operational efficiencies:
“The results of this survey indicate that the continuing financial pressures on community hospitals are forcing a majority to develop plans to integrate with other organizations,” said Asif Ahmad, CEO of Anthelio. “However, the survey shows that 74 percent of responding community hospitals are only willing to pursue partnerships with other hospitals that do not relinquish ownership, and only 9 percent will consider consolidation with a hospital system compared to 41 percent last year.”
A copy of the full survey results is available on the Anthelio website at
The community hospital financial health and new initiatives survey was conducted between August and September 2013 based on the results of an email questionnaire sent to community-based hospitals and health systems with up to 500 acute beds. Responses were received from 135 community hospital executives representing 123 community-based hospitals. The survey was released to the community hospitals executives who attended the 2013 Community Hospital 100 Conference in Greensboro, Georgia.
Community Hospital 100’s mission is to help lead the future of health in our communities by providing exceptional learning and relationship building opportunities for community hospital and system executives. The centerpiece of this group is an annual leadership conference, which is complemented by additional knowledge-sharing activities throughout the year.
Anthelio is the largest independent provider of technology and services to hospitals, physician practice groups and other healthcare providers. Anthelio is the only healthcare services company that has "end-to-end" services expertise, including IT, service desk, patient portal, EMR implementations, data warehousing, clinical analytics, clinical transformation, coding, ICD-10, transcription and revenue cycle services. Enabled through a highly integrated technology platform powered by skillful people, Anthelio drives high value for healthcare organizations by solving complex clinical and business problems while enabling delivery of high quality patient care. Anthelio is an icon of innovation, operational prowess and service excellence in healthcare, serving hundreds of health organizations and touching millions of patients across the U.S. Anthelio is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and has over 1,500 technology and clinical professionals.