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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.

This webinar will explain this study, funded by the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, on trends and disruptors of health care, creating a roadmap that will ensure health across rural Minnesota in 2030 through elevated rural health policy.

In this webinar, participants will learn about issues surrounding maternal health in rural settings and explore whether small rural hospitals, rural health clinics, and communities can leverage Federally Qualified Health Centers to stabilize maternal health care access and improve outcomes.

This is the third podcast in our Rural Minnesota Path to Value Mini-Podcast Series. The basics of population health and social determinants of health are applicable to everyone that works in a hospital. Use these 10-minute podcasts during departmental/staff meetings or share as applicable.

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Lincoln County Medical Center (LCMC), located in Ruidoso, New Mexico, was one of only four CAHs that earned national recognition for demonstrating innovative care coordination initiatives to improve population health.

This is the second podcast in our Rural Minnesota Path to Value Mini-Podcast Series. The basics of population health and social determinants of health are applicable to everyone that works in a hospital. Use these 10-minute podcasts during departmental/staff meetings or share as applicable.

See this profile to learn about the SHIP and Flex Program in Massachusetts.

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.

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.

See this profile to learn about the SHIP and Flex Program in Indiana.

See this profile to learn about the SHIP and Flex Program in Minnesota.

See this profile to learn about the SHIP and Flex Program in Iowa.

See this profile to learn about the SHIP and Flex Program in Arkansas.

See this profile to learn about the SHIP and Flex Program in Florida.

This presentation describes rural health networks, including why networks form, the role of networks in the transition to value, and the value of networks to Flex Programs.