Resources

The sample project plan is a Microsoft Project template with activities we have identified based on our experience conducting ICD-10 assessments. This plan can be used as a basis for your facility to build a comprehensive implementation plan.

The sample budget is a Microsoft Excel template to assist in tracking costs related to ICD-10 remediation. These costs can include both people and material costs, such as additional support staff, project management, software/hardware, and consulting assistance.

WEDI estimates a 20% to 40% impact on your cash flow due to ICD-10 implementation after go-live. To help you estimate the potential impact to your organization for planning purposes, we have developed a template in Microsoft Excel to show the impact on days cash.

Managing an ICD-10 project is like managing many smaller projects as part of a larger program or group of related projects. The project control templates available above can assist with managing a large program of projects.

A critical component of ICD-10 compliance is ensuring your trading partners are ready when you are. If your trading partners are not ready, it could lead to claim denials or revenue loss impacting cash flow.

This guide has been developed to provide rural hospital executive and management teams with generally accepted best practice concepts in developing the necessary financial strategies to survive the transition from a volume-based to a system based on value.

The Summit was held to provide leaders with templates that improve organizational planning, strengthen actionable steps and operationalize key strategies to effectively transition to value.

Learn how one hospital expanded their primary care base to prepare for population health, and discover resources that assist providers in transitioning to value-based system.

Presenters discuss resources and funding sources, including the Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project and the Rural Health Network Development Planning Program which have helped rural hospitals and communities address health care challenges.

These podcasts compliment the one-hour webinar playback and slides. Use the first two podcasts to help educate frontline staff in meetings and trainings. The third podcast is a coaching model that leadership can use to close the loop of accountability.

This toolkit includes a survey of available resources from various governmental and non-profit organizations. It includes checklists and tools that are appropriate for all audiences, hospitals or clinics, including those in a rural setting.

Provides an overview of SHIP for new SHIP Coordinators.

This report is designed to help rural hospital and clinic leaders meet the transition to value-based payment with financial success by identifying the key financial indicators and strategies. It also highlights success stories and resources.

View week one webinar recordings and supporting materials related to a web-based learning collaborative to gain knowledge and understanding about the ways state Flex Programs can support CAHs as they transition to value-based payment and population health.

View a summary of SRHT hospital outcomes from 2014 through 2017.

A series of five webinar recordings with rural hospitals and experts guiding them through a process to use the downloadable, pre-filled templates to develop and tailor their own Balanced Scorecard (BSC) & Strategy Map. The recordings also include educational slides from our subject matter experts and facilitated hospital discussion.

The purpose of the Telehealth Assessment is to identify strategies and develop tactics that outline opportunities for performance improvement in the organizations’ provisions of telehealth services.

Listen to episode four of a six-part podcast from the National Rural Health Resource Center about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and its prevalence in rural America. This episode features Michelle Collins, a registered respiratory therapist at Lincoln Health, Franklin Memorial Hospital, and Central Maine Medical Center in Maine.

EMS assists communities with ensuring access to, and availability of, emergency care. The DRCHSD Program goal is to help create a local coordinated system of care that includes community joint partners working in collaboration with first responders and leaders for our participating health care organizations.

Listen to episode five of a six-part podcast from the National Rural Health Resource Center about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and its prevalence in rural America. This episode features Lindsay Corcoran and Laurie Daigle of Stroudwater Associates .