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The National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center) has named Thomas Schumacher, a health care executive with extensive experience building sustainable hospital programs that prioritize patient outcomes, community well-being and workforce engagement, as the director of the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program, a new federal initiative designed to help rural hospitals improve their financial stability by enhancing or expanding health care services.

Effectively transitioning to a VBC payment system can be a challenge for many HCOs, therefore, State Offices of Rural Health (SORH) can be particularly vital partners in helping connect clinics and hospitals with additional tools, resources, and a valuable local perspective. Learn more about how one participating RHPTP HCO partnered with their SORH in 2024 to further their work toward a health system focused on value.

Eight hospitals have been selected to participate in the first cohort of the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program, a new federal initiative designed to provide in-depth technical assistance to rural hospitals, helping them develop or enhance health care services that meet community needs and keep care close to home.

MDMC shares successes and lessons learned from an RHPI FOA in preparing for a new payment and care delivery model and discusses next steps for participation in a shared savings plan and/or ACO.

PCH shares their experience with their RHPI Leadership and Balanced Scorecard Development project, which focused on strategies to improve quality and customer service, staff and physician satisfaction, hospital growth and hospital financial health.

Access the answers to questions frequently asked about the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program (RHSP).

View the hospitals selected to participate in the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program.

This page contains information about eligibility and the application process for the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program (RHSP)

LGH designs an innovative marketing strategy and shares suggestions for other hospitals wanting to create a marketing committee.

MMC shares their experience and outcomes from their RHPI Strategic, Financial and Operational Assessment.

Jim Blackwood, Administrator of TGH, discusses ways they used an RHPI FOA to focus on developing leadership abilities, especially regarding handling the “business” end of their departments.

RPH uses their RHPI business office assessment project and shares outcomes and next steps.

Hear RPH's successes of their RHPI QI Care Management project.

RMMC's chronic disease project focused on improving patient care processes in an effort to decrease unnecessary admissions and readmissions and ultimately decrease the long-term cost of care.

JMC shares outcomes and next steps about their RHPI case management project.

HCHC share outcomes of their RHPI Lean Process Planning and Value Stream Mapping project to improve effectiveness in the ED.

FMC worked to improve HCAHPS and core measures through their RHPI project and they share outcomes and impact.

SCH improves care transitions through their RHPI care management and TOC project, and they share their consultant implementation progress and outcomes.

MCB prepares for the future with an RHPI FOA. CEO discusses outcomes, impact and next steps.