Resources

Resources to support hospitals interpret Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP) reports and make use of their data.

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.

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.

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.

The guide for state Flex Programs contains relevant and practical recommendations and tools to strengthen staff engagement and retention through the Staff Sustainability Cycle described within, which consists of recruiting, onboarding, learning and development, engagement and retention, and succession planning.

This list includes quality improvement resources that can be used across a variety of project topic areas.

These resources provide information about how to submit Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP) data and how to interpret data reports in order to inform quality improvement efforts.

These resources focus on quality improvement for care transitions.

These resources focus on quality improvement for outpatient hospital services, primarily those provided in the emergency department (ED).

These resources focus on quality improvement related to the patient experience.

These resources focus on quality improvement related to patient safety and inpatient care.

The Flex Program and CAHs rely on leadership and a skilled workforce to advance program goals and deliver high-quality, high-value care for patients.

Provides examples of Accountable Care Organization investment activities and resources that align with the SHIP category to support SHIP-eligible hospitals with investments in training and improvement activities.

Provides examples of Value-Based Purchasing investment activities and resources that align with the SHIP category to support SHIP-eligible hospitals with investments in training and improvement.

Provides examples of Payment Bundling/Prospective Payment System investment activities and resources that align with the SHIP category to support SHIP-eligible hospitals with investments in training and improvement activities.

SHIP Allowable Investments support activities by small rural hospitals in meeting value-based care goals for their respective organizations through purchases in hardware, software, and related training.

The process of bringing a new employee into the organization.

The extent to which employees are passionate about their work and committed to the organization (engagement) and the choice by an employee to stay with an organization instead of seeking employment elsewhere (retention).

Evaluation reporting to program stakeholders should be included in Flex Program activities. Reporting supports overall program transparency and development, stakeholder buy-in, engagement, and accountability.

State Flex Programs remain vital because of the web of relationships developed and maintained within communities, providers, networks, states, regions, and nationally. It is imperative that state Flex Programs have the skills, capacity, and commitment to build and sustain partnerships, new and old, to support rural providers and rural stakeholders.