In September 2023, Rural Health Innovations, the for-profit consulting arm of the National Rural Health Resource Center, was contracted by the Episcopal Health Foundation to conduct a review and assessment of the Texas Community Health Access and Rural Transformation (CHART) Model design and rollout. The assessment included an examination of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation initiatives, an analysis of the Texas CHART Model design and related communications with hospitals and partners, an analysis of state hospital finances, and interviews with more than a dozen key informants.
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This video provides board of directors, leaders, and physicians a basis to understand what a corporate compliance program is and why the seven elements are important to include in a hospital’s corporate compliance program.
This video discusses the importance of board engagement in the physician-driven activities within its organization and provides practical approaches and methods for engagement with management (and physicians). Board members and senior leaders will gain a better understanding of How physicians can drive strategy, How to govern the risk associated with physician contracts, and The importance of ‘leaning-in’ on the numbers related to provider arrangements.
In this module, we’re going to take a broad look at your health care organization and help you think about how you and your team contribute to its long-term success. We’ll also explore the ways you impact culture and relationships through your daily interactions with others.
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Managing Performance
In this module, we’re going to explore ways that you can work to influence the behavior of those on your team. We’ll share best practices for communicating expectations, giving and receiving feedback, and recognizing others.
In this module, we’re going to dig into some things that are hard for many of us: Communication, conflict, and difficult conversations. We’ll look at what it means to be a collaborative communicator and share tips for becoming a better listener, keeping conflict constructive, and having difficult conversations.
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Leading Change
In this module, we’re going to dive into the topic of change. We’ll talk about common experiences that people have through the course of change. We’ll talk about specific things you can do as a leader of change to smooth the process and help others through the transition – and help yourself as well.
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Engaging Your Team
In this module, we’ll explore what it means to engage your team and share some strategies for strengthening engagement by developing your team’s knowledge and skills, making collaborative decisions, and building a strong team identity.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Access the answers to questions frequently asked about the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program (RHSP).
The National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center) has launched the 2025 update to its Population Health Toolkit, which is designed to assist State Offices of Rural Health, state Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Programs and individual health care organizations as they seek to better understand, manage and improve population health in their communities and states.
Review the process the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program uses to analyze applications and select hospitals to participate.
The Cancer Screening and Prevention Toolkit features messaging that emphasizes cancer prevention and awareness, highlighting the powerful motivation of living not just for oneself, but for others.
America’s rural health care system faces growing challenges in accessing capital funding for essential infrastructure projects. This paper provides a historical overview of major capital funding programs and analyzes the persistent challenges that prevent rural health care providers from converting available funding into usable capital—undermining sustainability in rural health systems.
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MBQIP Measure Change Summaries
These summaries provide information about measures added and removed from MBQIP since fall 2017. For more information about measure changes to MBQIP, see Appendix B in the MBQIP Fundamentals Guide for State Flex Programs.
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Behavioral Health Campaign
The Behavioral Health Toolkit contains messaging focused on stopping mental health stigma and starting the conversation, as well as highlighting the new 9-8-8 national hotline.
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Step One: All Aboard
These tools and resources will help the Community Champion build a comprehensive foundation to identify and connect with diverse community partners to host a Community Connect Event.
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Step Two: Navigate the River
These tools and resources will help the Community Champion collaborate with community joint partners to identify and address community/patient health needs by maximizing capacity and available assets during their Community Priority Action Planning Workshop.
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Step Three: Stay The Course
These tools and resources will help the Community Champion monitor progress, strengthen collaboration and strategize for sustainability to ensure underserved populations benefit from coordinated care and support the facilitation of the Stay the Course Workshop.
Learn about how the DRCHSD program defines Community Care Coordination.
The DRCHSD Program (The Program) supports one Community Champion (CC) per selected organization to assist executive leadership with the Program goal of strengthening the local Health Care delivery system to position for population health.