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.

Additional Consulting Services

Strategic Planning, Leadership, and Workforce
The Center offers a variety of services to help with Strategic Planning, Leadership, Workforce, and Performance Improvement.

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.

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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

Events
Find information about upcoming webinars, workshops and more hosted by The Center or Rural Health Innovations.

Allied Health Webinars
Find recordings and resources from recent technical assistance webinars for Rural Network Allied Health Training grantees.

Health Education and Learning Program (HELP) Webinars
Eligible rural hospital leaders and staff can attend a HELP webinar to learn about current financial, operational and quality performance needs that impact their transition to the new health care environment.

Network Development Webinars
Find recordings and resources from recent technical assistance webinars for Rural Health Network Development grantees.

Performance Management Group (PMG) Calls
Learn from the experience of leading hospital administrators and nationally recognized field experts. PMG calls allow peer-to-peer education focused on preparing rural hospitals for new payment and care delivery models.

Hydration Infusions: Charge Capture and Medical Necessity

Event Details

Thursday, February 13, 2020

9:00am to 10:00am CST

Host:

National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center),

BKD LLP

Downloads & Links

Presentation

Presentation (PDF Document - 30 pages)

Webinar Recording (Adobe Flash)

Revenue Cycle Improvement Bootcamp (Session 4 of 5)

Hydration Infusions: Charge Capture and Medical Necessity

The Delta Region Community Health Systems Development (DRCHSD) Program is pleased to offer participating organizations a Revenue Cycle Improvement Bootcamp through BKD, LLP. The topic is Hydration Infusions: Charge Capture and Medical Necessity.

Purpose: To provide an informative update on the risks and challenges of capturing hydration services.

Audience: DRCHSD participating CFOs, Coders, Billers, ER and nursing staff.

Related Resources:

Publication

Best Practice Concepts in Revenue Cycle Management Guide

This updated guide provides rural hospital executive and management teams with generally accepted best practice concepts in revenue cycle management. It is also designed to assist State Offices of Rural Health directors and Flex Program coordinators.

Past Webinar

Revenue Cycle Improvement Billing and Coding Bootcamp

March 20, 2019 to March 22, 2019

View webinar recordings of an interactive bootcamp provided by BKD billing and coding experts, Paula Archer and Marla Dumm. Each webinar is composed of 2-hour sessions. The first webinar is rural hospital focused, and the second and third are focused on rural health clinic (RHC) billing and coding.