Resources

This document provides examples of supplemental trainings, events and resources for SHIP hospitals.

This report is designed to help rural EMS leaders and health care providers during the transition to value-based payment, providing ideas for collaboration and potential strategies to better prepare and integrate into the new value-based environment.

Listen to episode 6A 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 Tracy Conroy, Valerie Roark, and Connie Wilson of Daviess Community Hospital.

Listen to episode 6B 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 Dr. Steve Barnett of Mckenzie Health System.

View recordings and materials from this six-week learning collaborative to gain knowledge about the transition to value and how Flex Programs can help support CAHs regardless of where they are in the transition to value.

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View a guide designed to provide rural hospital leadership with information regarding the 340B Drug Pricing Program. It is also designed to assist SORH directors and Flex Program coordinators to better understand the process hospitals must follow to participate in the 340B Program.

View a webinar recording on injection and infusion coding and billing for facility-based locations. Topics include definitions, the hierarchy, rules and guidelines, sample scenarios, and helpful resources.

View a webinar recording on modifier usage. Topics include definitions, an overview of common modifiers with sample scenarios, and helpful resources.

This practical guide is for ambulance agencies to use in pursuit of sustaining effective and efficient delivery of patient care and developing into an integrated system with other agencies. It provides various examples that have been used by agencies to benefit them, their staff, and most importantly, their patients.

The purpose of this guide is to provide a framework for rural organizations to actively plan for the sustainability of their already established care coordination programs. There is an accompanying workbook to navigate the process.

This series, designed for critical access hospital board members, focuses on developing systems thinking and visionary leadership skills as keys to thriving in the changing health care landscape.

This reference resource is intended to support rural health care providers, along with their state and local partners, navigate the availability of federal funds to support the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic response and recovery efforts.

This first module will introduce the basics of the transition to value and population health, explain the role of a board in the journey, give tips to deal with uncertainty in the transformation, and encourage boards to think about the local health care environment as a system.

This second module will help CAH boards understand their role in creating and communicating the vision. Learn the importance of systems thinking and how to incorporate the vision into planning, decisions, and interactions.

This third module will help CAH boards understand their role in creating and communicating the vision. Learn the importance of systems thinking and how to incorporate the vision into planning, decisions, and interactions.

This third module will help you understand the role that communication plays. Learn strategies for communicating across audiences and creating compelling messages.

This fifth module will help you understand the importance of identifying the skills and knowledge of your workforce and senior leadership need to have in order to achieve your organization’s vision.

This fifth module will build on the ideas from previous videos to look at how the board directs others toward your vision by creating a culture of accountability and feedback.

This session of the 2020 Flex Program Virtual Reverse Site Visit (RSV) featured four small group discussions where participants shared their challenges and strategies to managing the state Flex Program during the COVID-19 pandemic.