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Define what virtual primary care is and what a visit looks like for a patient. Recall data and evidence related to the effectiveness of virtual primary care. Identify the opportunities and challenges of virtual primary care for rural health providers. Describe how COVID is affecting and may affect virtual primary care as a service line.

Explain the basic components of remote patient monitoring (RPM) services. Describe the value of RPM to rural patients. Recall data and evidence related to the effectiveness of RPM. Recognize the opportunities and challenges of RPM for rural health providers. Understand what RPM means for value-based models.

Describe the financial and quality impacts of rural hospital and clinic telehealth use. Express market protection concerns for rural hospitals from non-traditional competitors with broad increased use and acceptance of telehealth. Recognize enhanced access to health care for rural patients. Recognize the benefits of telehealth use in value-based payment models.
Recall peer Flex Program experiences with telehealth initiatives

During this presentation, Dr. Clint MacKinney will discuss the state of rural value-based care and payment, and recommend four strategies to inform value-based contract decision-making to help prepare rural healthcare organizations for value-based care.

Recall the usual elements of telehealth reimbursement policy. Recognize pre-COVID telehealth policy. Explain how the public health emergency (PHE) has affected telehealth policy. Describe other federal developments around telehealth policy. Summarize effects of PHE-related telehealth changes on rural health care organizations.

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.

Understand changes and updates to CAHMPAS including the return of CAH Financial Indicator Reports (CAHFIR) Reports. Hear how other Flex Coordinators utilize CAHMPAS including methods for pulling data, generating reports, and determining what data to look at.

Learn the basics of telehealth including how to get started, payment and policy considerations in value-based care.

This SHIP Technical Assistance (TA) explored SHIP activities surrounding telehealth and mobile health hardware/software. Speakers from the Iowa, Kentucky, Oregon, and Washington SHIP Programs will discuss their telehealth investments and implementation experiences.

View a summary from the National Rural HIT Coalition meeting with state and federal updates. Discussion topics included HIT updates related to telehealth, COVID-19, infrastructure and broadband, and industry-based telehealth and the impact on rural health.

This IDPTV Project webinar shares best practices and strategies to identify partners as well as tips to engage them and sustain those partnerships.

Dive into the importance of the transition to value basics for rural health care providers, establishing and strengthening the foundation of their business.

This resource includes a compilation of cited references that describe the impact of previously implemented CP initiatives. Those considering CP systems can review results as applicable to their initiative and use the information to inform implementation.

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!

This is the third 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!

This is the fourth 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!

The COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Campaign, updated in March 2022 and translated into Spanish, supports rural community-based groups, faith-based organizations, businesses, public health agencies, schools, and health care organizations in their efforts to develop internal and external communication materials promoting COVID-19 vaccination. 

The guide for state Flex Programs contains relevant and practical recommendations and tools to strengthen staff engagement and retention through the Staff Sustainability Cycle described within, which consists of recruiting, onboarding, learning and development, engagement and retention, and succession planning.

The Pulmonary Rehabilitation Campaign — with messages tied to the themes of “From Winded to Wonderful,” “Breathing is Easy. Until it’s Not.” and “Breathe Relief Into Your Life” — is designed to educate health care consumers and providers about services that can be easily accessed locally.