Winona Health CFO Mike Allen discusses what it's like to be a small, independent provider when so many peers are deciding bigger is better. Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch interviewed Allen at the Healthcare Financial Management Association's 2013 National Institute in Orlando, Fla. Small hospitals and systems, as Allen points out, may have a harder time recruiting physicians and are pinched especially hard by national trends in reimbursement. But they also benefit, he says, from community leadership and agility.
