Board of Directors | National Rural Health Resource Center

Community & Population Health

Rural Health Path to Value
Rural Health Innovations offers services to help you climb toward population health and improve the health status of your community.

Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA)
Work with us to set a course toward value-based payment and population health. A thorough assessment of your community's needs is the crucial first step.

Community Health Implementation Planning
We can help you to strategically build and carry out a community health implementation plan that addresses the needs identified in your CHNA.

Additional Consulting Services

Network and Partnership Development
More is possible when working together. Let us help you build bridges that lead to healthier communities.

Technical Assistance & Services Center (TASC)
TASC provides performance improvement resources to CAHs and state Flex Programs on quality, finance, operations, systems of care and population health.

Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program (SHIP)
SHIP provides funding to approximately 1,600 participating hospitals in 46 participating SORHs to help small rural hospitals participate in value-based payment and care delivery models.

Delta Region Community Health Systems Development (DRCHSD) Program
The DRCHSD Program works with rural Delta communities to address health care needs and strengthen the local health care system through comprehensive technical assistance.

Rural Healthcare Provider Transition Project (RHPTP)
RHPTP guides small rural hospitals and rural health clinics to prepare for participation in alternative payment and care delivery models.

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Network Technical Assistance (TA)
RHI provides technical assistance (TA) to over 60 networks in the Development and Allied Health rural health network grant programs.

Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project
The Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project supports small rural hospitals nationally by providing on-site technical assistance to assist bridging the gaps between the current health care system and the newly emerging health care delivery and payment system.

Population Health Projects

Dennis Berens

Dennis Berens

Dennis Berens, MA

Nebraska Times, LLC

Ray Christensen

Ray Christensen

Ray G. Christensen, MD

Associate Dean for Rural Health

University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth Campus

Kristin Juliar

Kristin Juliar

Kristin Juliar, MA

Former Director

Montana Office of Rural Health (MORH)

Geoff Kaufmann

Geoff Kaufmann

Geoff Kaufmann, FACHE

Former Vice President for Business Planning and Management

American Red Cross

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Alana Knudson, PhD, EdM

Program Area Director and Co-Director

NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis

Mary Ellen Pratt

Mary Ellen Pratt

Mary Ellen Pratt, MHA

Chief Executive Officer

St. James Parish Hospital

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Zora Radosevich

Director

Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Rural Health and Primary Care (ORHPC)

Pat Schou

Pat Schou

Pat Schou, FACHE

Executive Director

Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN)

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Shao-Chee Sim, PhD, MPA

Vice President for Research, Innovation and Evaluation

Episcopal Health Foundation

Qiana Thomason

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Qiana Thomason

President/CEO

Health Forward Foundation

Jesse Tischer

Jesse Tischer

Jesse Tischer, MHA, FACHE, NRP/FP-C

Senior Vice President & President, Regional Markets

Aspirus, Inc.