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Skyline Hospital has a Critical Access hospital designation from the State of Washington. The Critical Access hospital program relieves the financial burden placed upon small rural hospitals. Critical Access hospitals are allowed more flexibility with federal rules and regulations and are also eligible for higher level of reimbursement from the Medicare and Medicaid programs without increasing out-of-pocket costs from patients.

To qualify for the critical access designation, a hospital needs to meet several criteria:

• Be located in a rural area;
• Limited to 25 in-patients per day.
• Patients tend to stay relatively short periods of time in the hospital.
• Hospital has a family-practice orientation.