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The purpose of the Summit was to identify strategies for rural provider engagement in transitioning to value-based reimbursement systems. A report with the findings of the Summit has been developed to assist rural hospital leaders in engaging rural health providers in the transition to value-based purchasing and population health. This report is designed to help rural hospitals leaders and providers during the transition.

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.

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.

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.

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 .

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.

This Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Performance Management and Evaluation Guide aims to support Flex Program Coordinators towards incorporating performance management into program operations, leading towards program improvement and evaluation.

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.

View a list of key resources curated by the Technical Assistance and Services Center (TASC) for use by state Flex Programs to support incorporation of performance management into program operations, feeding into program improvement and evaluation

This updated guide provides rural hospital executive and management teams with generally accepted best practice concepts in revenue cycle management. It is also designed to assist State Offices of Rural Health directors and Flex Program coordinators.

This guide is designed to offer small rural hospitals a basic overview of the key models developed to address the transformation from volume to value-based purchasing of health care services. Recommendations and strategies for managing this shift in payment structure are also included to aid rural health providers.

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.

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 document summarizes the consensus of a discussion with CAH financial leaders and experts about the most important performance indicators, the CAH financial distress model from the FMT, CAH interventions for optimizing financial performance and the evolving health care system.

Identify opportunities and mitigate challenges for rural safety net providers in the current state of health care policy and regulations with the everchanging environment

This final session of the 2020 Reverse Site Visit featured the Calico Quality Leadership Award presentation as well as closing remarks from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.