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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.

Following the webinar, participants gained knowledge regarding new and emerging models of care influencing rural health care providers and improved their ability to recognize and locate resources related to emerging models of care that can inform their office, partners, and rural providers.

“We get to build relationships with people who are on the ground and seeing the impact."

In this month's employee spotlight, hear how TASC and SHIP Program Manager Rachel Endo's rural roots shaped her passion for public health and how it continues to fuel her work supporting rural providers nationwide.

3-Part Series on the SHIP Performance Management/ Program Evaluation Guide, a publication with our partner Rochelle Spinarski, founder of Rural Health Solutions.

Northern Maine Medical Center (NMMC), a 49-bed, perspective payment hospital located in Fort Kent, Maine, was one of six organizations selected to participate in the 2022-2023 Rural Health Provider Transition Project (RHPTP). Read more about their year-long engagement in RHPTP, as NMMC worked with RHPTP’s technical assistance consultants on financial and operational improvements, as well as strategy and infrastructure to improve quality in preparation for participation in alternative payment and care delivery models.

Ellenville Regional Hospital is recognized for implementing an innovative project to fight the opioid crisis in collaboration with a federally qualified health care center (FQHC). The Opiate Reduction Medicaid Accelerated Exchange Series Pilot (Max) Project has provided a new model of care in an effort to decrease the administration of opioids in the Emergency Department (ED).

Is your rural health care organization working toward improved care coordination? Learn about the many strategies adopted by Meeker Memorial Hospital, a critical access hospital in Litchfield, Minnesota, that participated in the 2022-2023 RHPTP cohort. Since completing the project, the hospital has achieved many of its RHPTP goals and plans to proceed with initiatives that will allow it to continue on the path toward value-based care.

The dramatic turnaround at Pershing General Hospital began with a top-to-bottom facility assessment by hospital administration of unprofitable service lines and a comprehensive review of community health needs.

The Customizable Communications Toolkit is designed to support the communication needs of rural hospitals and clinics that are seeking to promote health care confidence, along with specific organizational programs and services.

RHPTP Eligible Learning Collaborative is designed to help you assess your organizational strengths and weaknesses in preparing for the transition to value-based care (VBC). Through education and group discussion, you will gain a better understanding of a variety of VBC topics that lend themselves to help strengthen your organizational foundation for becoming effective participants in a health system focused on value.

Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital (SGCMH), located in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, is one of only four CAHs that received national recognition for demonstrating innovative care coordination initiatives to improve population health.

This webinar series equips health care leaders with the skills to adapt their communication and coaching approaches to better engage employees, enhance retention, and drive stronger results. Participants will explore how individual characteristics shape the way employees respond to feedback and coaching, learn practical strategies for tailoring their interactions, and gain access to tools that reinforce these skills on the job.

This is the second podcast in our six-part podcast leadership series, Managing from the Middle: Leading Through Change, designed for mid-level management (MLM). Learn best practices for leading through the transition to value and population health!

Planning ought to be purposeful, active, and relevant, with input from key stakeholders such as internal staff, rural provider leaders and staff, and the state rural health and clinic organizations.

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Identify promising practices other state Flex programs have implemented in their states. Recognize activities state Flex programs can support to ensure critical access hospitals (CAHs) in their state are prepared for the transition to value-based payment models. Develop next steps needed to implement programs and services related to building capacity towards population health.