Effectively transitioning to a VBC payment system can be a challenge for many HCOs, therefore, State Offices of Rural Health (SORH) can be particularly vital partners in helping connect clinics and hospitals with additional tools, resources, and a valuable local perspective. Learn more about how one participating RHPTP HCO partnered with their SORH in 2024 to further their work toward a health system focused on value.
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Coteau des Prairies Healthcare System: Engaging Patients and Staff on their Road to Value-Based Care
During their year-long engagement in RHPTP, Coteau des Prairie Health Care System (CDP Health Care) worked with RHPTP’s technical assistance (TA) consultants on financial and operational improvements, to develop a strategy and infrastructure to embed quality improvement into practice. Read more about CDP's top accomplishments and early outcomes made possible through their RHPTP participation.
Electra Memorial Hospital, a 19-bed, publicly owned critical access hospital (CAH) located in Electra, TX, was one of three organizations selected to participate in the 2021-2022 Rural Health Provider Transition Project (RHPTP). Read more about their continuing progress and top accomplishments since taking part in the project.
Clark Fork Valley Hospital (CFVH) has been recognized by the National Rural Health Resource Center for its use of innovative employee retention strategies.
Fairview Regional Medical Center (FRMC) has been recognized by the National Rural Health Resource Center for its use of innovative approaches for recruiting and retaining clinical and administrative staff.
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare (GVMH), a 42-bed, not-for-profit, short-term care hospital located in Clinton, MO, was one of three organizations selected to participate in the 2020-2021 Rural Health Provider Transition Project. During the hospital’s year-long engagement in RHPTP, GVMH worked with RHPTP’s technical assistance (TA) consultants on finance and operations improvements, as well as developing a strategy and infrastructure to improve patient experience and engagement in preparation for participation in alternative payment and care delivery models. Below are some of GVMH’s top accomplishments and early outcomes made possible through their RHPTP participation.
Guadalupe County Hospital (GCH) is a 10-bed, not-for-profit, Sole Community Hospital providing acute care, emergency medicine, imaging, pain management, laboratory, and related outpatient ancillary services to the residents of Santa Rosa, New Mexico, and the surrounding communities.
The Lawrence County Health Department (LCHD) is a public health department offering behavioral, environmental, public, and home health services to the residents of Lawrence County, IL, and surrounding communities. LCHD was one of four organizations selected to participate in the 2020-2021 Rural Health Provider Transition Project. Read more about their top accomplishments here.
Marshall Browning Hospital improves Care Coordination.
Lincoln County Medical Center (LCMC) in Ruidoso, New Mexico is owned by Albuquerque-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services and has served the Ruidoso and Lincoln County communities since 1950.
Sudan Medical Clinic, located in Sudan, Texas is a family-owned clinic that opened in 2006 and expanded in 2016 serving the community in Muleshoe, Texas. SMC is a certified rural health clinic that participated in the first year of the RHPT Project with the goal to guide small rural hospitals and certified rural health clinics not currently participating in VBC to prepare for and position their organization to be effective participants in a health system focused on value. Read their progress here.
Grant Memorial Hospital is recognized for demonstrating an innovative approach to collaboration through telehealth. They have successfully minimized barriers by connecting rural populations to needed health care to address clinical issues and patient needs, as well as provide support, resources, and education in behavioral health and cardiology.
UPMC Cole, located in Coudersport, Pennsylvania, is one of three critical access hospitals CAHs that received national recognition for demonstrating an innovative approach to post-acute care that supports a patient’s continued recovery from illness or management of a chronic illness or disability.
Harrison County Community Hospital (HCCH), located in Bethany, Missouri, is one of three critical access hospitals (CAHs) that received national recognition for demonstrating an innovative approach to post-acute care that supports a patient’s continued recovery from illness, or management of a chronic illness or disability.
Pinckneyville Community Hospital, located in Pinckneyville, Illinois, is one of just three critical access hospitals that received national recognition for demonstrating an innovative approach to post-acute care that supports a patient’s continued recovery from illness or management of a chronic illness or disability.
Blue Mountain Hospital (BMH) is an 11-bed not-for-profit, Critical Access Hospital (CAH) providing acute care, obstetrics, swing bed, emergency medicine, surgery, dialysis, and related outpatient ancillary services to the residents of Blanding, Utah and surrounding communities.
Cibola General Hospital (CGH) located in Grants, NM, is a 25-bed, not-for-profit, Critical Access Hospital (CAH) providing acute care, obstetrics, ICU, emergency medicine, surgery, and related outpatient ancillary services to residents of Grants, NM and surrounding communities.
Lexington Regional Health Center (LRHC), located in Lexington, Nebraska, was one of only four CAHs that received national recognition for demonstrating innovative care coordination initiatives to improve population health.
Lincoln County Medical Center (LCMC), located in Ruidoso, New Mexico, was one of only four CAHs that earned national recognition for demonstrating innovative care coordination initiatives to improve population health.