Supporting Advocacy with IMPLAN: The Case of Rural Hospitals

Rural hospitals sit at the center of their local economies. They employ nurses, technicians, and administrators. They anchor supply chains. They keep dollars circulating in communities that can’t afford to lose them. So when a closure looms, a Medicaid reimbursement rate shifts, or staffing shrinks, the ripple effects reach far beyond the hospital walls.

This webinar shows healthcare advocates, hospital associations, and their members how to quantify those ripple effects with IMPLAN. We’ll walk through real modeling scenarios and show how each one translates into the language policymakers respond to: jobs, GDP contribution, and value chain effects.

Join IMPLAN’s own Eric Clower, Director of Education Services, and Lauren Benavidez-Brouk, Education Support Specialist, as they review Lauren’s published case study on rural hospitals and show how the same modeling approach extends to reimbursement changes, workforce reductions, and beyond.

During this session, we discuss:

• Modeling a total hospital closure and the full economic footprint lost with it
• Quantifying policy changes to Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement
• Measuring the impact of healthcare workforce reductions
• Customizing analyses for individual hospitals, associations, and their members
• Translating every scenario into contribution to GDP, jobs supported, and value chain effects

Whether you work in government affairs, lead an association, or advocate on the ground, you’ll leave knowing how to turn what’s at stake into jobs and GDP.