What makes Frontier Strategy Partners different from other healthcare consulting firms?

Frontier Strategy Partners is led by four former hospital CEOs with over 115 years of combined healthcare leadership experience. Unlike traditional consulting firms, our team has actually run hospitals — navigating the same financial pressures, workforce challenges, and board dynamics that community hospital leaders face today.

What types of hospitals does FSP work with?

FSP specializes in community hospitals, including critical access hospitals and rural health systems, primarily across the Midwest. Our experience is most directly applicable to hospitals under 200 beds where the leadership team wears many hats and resources are constrained.

What services does Frontier Strategy Partners offer?

FSP offers healthcare strategic planning, financial performance improvement, operational excellence consulting, leadership development, interim leadership, patient experience improvement, and accreditation survey readiness.

Where is Frontier Strategy Partners located and what areas do you serve?

FSP is based in the Midwest and serves community hospitals across the region — including Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Colorado, and Wyoming. We also work with hospitals nationally.

How do I start working with Frontier Strategy Partners?

The first step is a complimentary introductory conversation. Visit frontierstrategypartners.com/contact to reach out. We will listen to your situation and share relevant experience before any commitment is made.

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The Playing-to-Win Strategy Canvas - A Practical Guide for Rural Hospital Leaders (Part 2)

In Part 1, we walked through the Choice-Making stage of Matthew E. May's Playing-to-Win Strategy Canvas — the five interconnected elements that define your strategic position: Strategic Challenge, High-Level Option, Winning Aspiration, Where to Play, and How to Win, supported by Critical Capabilities and Required Systems.

If you stopped there, you'd already have a more rigorous strategy than most hospital strategic plans produce. But the Canvas doesn't stop there — and neither should you.

The real power of this framework lives in what comes next: two stages that force you to pressure-test your strategy before committing scarce resources. For Critical Access Hospital leaders managing 25-bed operations with limited capital and no margin for strategic error, these stages aren't optional. They're where you separate conviction from wishful thinking.