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Small & Rural Hospitals Constituency Section

The IHA Small & Rural Hospitals Constituency Section supports small and rural hospitals as they strive to provide needed health care services to the communities they serve.

Members of the Constituency Section are short-term care hospitals that either have fewer than 150 acute care beds and/or are located outside a metropolitan statistical area (MSA). The Constituency Section membership also includes the 25 public (i.e., city, county, district, and township) hospitals in Illinois. The Constituency Section represents hospitals reimbursed under Medicare's Prospective Payment System (PPS) and its Critical Access Hospitals program (CAH).

The Constituency Section is guided by a Steering Committee composed of more than 20 leaders representing the Constituency's membership. The leaders advise IHA's staff on policy issues, advocacy positions, member service strategies, and emerging trends. They provide expertise to IHA as issues arise from proposed health care legislation, rules or regulations.

Small and Rural Hospitals by the Numbers:

• 87 total
• S = 150 beds or less (82 total)
• R = Rural (outside a Metropolitan Statistical Area) (64 total)
• CAH = Critical Access Hospitals (50 total)
• DSH = Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospitals (19 total)
• P = Public (City, Township, District, County) (25 total)
• RRC = Rural Referral Center (9 total)
• SCP = Sole Community Provider (7 total)

Staff Contact: Lori Williams: (217) 541-1164; Anne Stilwell: (217) 541-1163; Sue Kaufman: (630) 276-5486

IHA Springfield Office Main Phone: (217) 541-1150
IHA Springfield Office Fax Numbers: (217) 541-1166 or (217) 541-1176

8/1/08