Program Details
Alabama Flex State Profile
The Technical Assistance and Services Center (TASC), a program of the National Rural Health Resource Center, provides technical assistance for the Rural Hospital Medicare Flexibility (Flex) Program in the form of information, tools and resources. State Flex Programs benefit from sharing information with one another and the Flex State Profiles are meant to be a method to encourage that sharing.
State Contacts
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State Office Director, Alabama
Flex Co-Director, Alabama
Flex Co-Director, Alabama
Survey Results
In each core area, what are the top Flex activities in your state?
Core Area 1: Support for Quality Improvement
Rural Quality Network: Providing funding and logistics for hospitals to network; provide training, information, and best practices; benchmarking core measure scores; and, sharing best practices for the measures tracked.
Core Area 2: Support for Operational and Financial Improvement
ICD-10 Training: Providing billing and coding training, to include ICD-10 training, for the purpose of improving coding accuracy and compliance, to capture missed revenue, and to increase productivity.
Core Area 3: Support for Health System Development and Community Engagement
Rural Health Clinic Conversion Feasibility Study: To provide information and funding for 1) the creation of rural health clinic (RHC); or, 2) the conversion of existing clinics to RHC status.
Please describe a success story or innovative program from the Flex program in your state:
Linking hospitals with information and opportunities to support partnerships and telemedicine; in particular, links with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and support from the Rural Hospital Improvement Project (RHPI).
State Contact Details
Chuck Lail
State Office Director, Alabama
(334) 206-5396
Specialty Areas / Background
Information technology, program management, and rural health development
State Office Director since July 2005
Debra Robbins
Flex Co-Director, Alabama
(334) 206-5441
Specialty Areas / Background
Rural health programs management, health information technology, and recruitment
Flex Co-Director since December 2009
Jane Knight
Flex Co-Director, Alabama
(334) 272-8781
Specialty Areas / Background
Vice President, Alabama Hospital Association, rural hospitals program manager and Flex Program management
Flex Co-Director since 1999