Nevada Rural Hospital Partners

MISSION: 

Our mission is to improve the viability of member hospitals through shared services, resources, and advocacy.

PURPOSE: 

Our purpose is to maintain access to hospital-based healthcare services in rural settings.

VALUES: 

We are effective because we are self-governing, highly credible, and fully committed to our members.  We strive to be accessible, collaborative, and responsive, both to our members and to the environment in which they operate.  We accomplish our mission by being proactive, focused, and energetic.

VISION: 

NRHP is widely recognized as a successful network. Our members are exceptionally cohesive, and share the belief that each member is stronger through united effort.  NRHP staff effectively leverage this cohesion for the benefit of all of our members.

GOALS:   

NRHP goals are closely related to its mission – to support member viability.  NRHP believes the viability of small hospitals rests on:

1.  a supportive operating environment;

2.  adequate financial resources;

3.  quality human resources;

4.  an appropriate array of high quality services that meet community needs; and

5.  appropriate facilities and technology.

Accordingly, NRHP offers a wide array of programs and services, all aimed at supporting these five foundations of member viability.

STRUCTURE:

NRHP has four entities through which it carries out its purpose and mission:

• NRHP Inc. is a 501(e) Shared Services Organization
  
• NRHP Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Charitable Organization
  
• NRHP Management Services Inc. is a for-profit corporation
  
• Liability Cooperative of Nevada ( LiCON ) is a self-funded professional liability insurance trust

HISTORY:

NRHP began in 1987 as the Nevada Rural Hospital Project, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of their "Hospital-Based Rural Health Care Program." The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's  goals were to improve the viability of rural hospitals, improve access to healthcare for rural residents, and to improve the quality of health services in rural areas. NRHP was a voluntary consortium of eleven of Nevada's small, rural and frontier hospitals, that already had a history of working together as part of the Nevada Hospital Association's Rural Council. There are now fourteen regular NRHP members and two associate NRHP Foundation members. Members pay dues to NRHP and in return receive numerous services as benefits of membership, as well as access to fee-for-service programs and grant-funded programs.