Rural Health Path to Value Rural Health Innovations offers services to help you climb toward population health and improve the health status of your community.
Technical Assistance & Services Center (TASC) TASC provides performance improvement resources to CAHs and state Flex Programs on quality, finance, operations, systems of care and population health.
Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program (SHIP) SHIP provides funding to approximately 1,600 participating hospitals in 46 participating SORHs to help small rural hospitals participate in value-based payment and care delivery models.
Network Technical Assistance (TA) RHI provides technical assistance (TA) to over 60 networks in the Development and Allied Health rural health network grant programs.
Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project The Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project supports small rural hospitals nationally by providing on-site technical assistance to assist bridging the gaps between the current health care system and the newly emerging health care delivery and payment system.
Resource Library The Center's Resource Library features webinars, presentations, articles and toolkits developed by trusted industry leaders to guide and support rural health stakeholders.
Events Find information about upcoming webinars, workshops and more hosted by The Center or Rural Health Innovations.
Allied Health Webinars Find recordings and resources from recent technical assistance webinars for Rural Network Allied Health Training grantees.
Health Education and Learning Program (HELP) Webinars Eligible rural hospital leaders and staff can attend a HELP webinar to learn about current financial, operational and quality performance needs that impact their transition to the new health care environment.
Network Development Webinars Find recordings and resources from recent technical assistance webinars for Rural Health Network Development grantees.
Performance Management Group (PMG) Calls Learn from the experience of leading hospital administrators and nationally recognized field experts. PMG calls allow peer-to-peer education focused on preparing rural hospitals for new payment and care delivery models.
This list includes upcoming and past Technical Assistance and Services Center (TASC) events. Generally, the intended audience for live TASC events is State Office of Rural Health Directors and Flex Program Coordinators. Recordings posted in the past events list are available for anyone's use.
Virtual Knowledge Group recordings are available in the Flex Program Forum instead of the past events list below.
Register for an open office hours call to discuss MBQIP abstraction questions with Quality Data Specialist, Robyn Carlson of Stratis Health. Sessions are free of charge, but registration is required.
This quarterly webinar will include updates from TASC, RQITA, FMT, and FORHP, to include both the Flex Program and policies impacting critical access hospitals (CAHs).
MBQIP VKGs provide a networking opportunity for state Flex Programs and subcontractors. Topics for discussion are determined based on MBQIP Data Reports, technical assistance trends and requests.
Flex VKG webinars provide a forum for state Flex Programs to share successes, discuss challenges, and brainstorm strategies for improvement and Flex Program excellence.
The goal of the FORHP Flex Program Workshop is to provide new or existing Flex Program staff an orientation to the Flex Program. Attendance at this event is open only to state Flex grantees.
Flex VKG webinars provide a forum for state Flex Programs to share successes, discuss challenges, and brainstorm strategies for improvement and Flex Program excellence.
Flex VKG webinars provide a forum for state Flex Programs to share successes, discuss challenges, and brainstorm strategies for improvement and Flex Program excellence.
A webinar to review the EDTC measure, including revisions that start with January 1, 2020 encounters. The webinar is being offered on three dates with each session being the same. Registration is required and a link to register for the January 8th webinar can be found here.
Gain insights on mental and behavioral health initiatives for critical access hospitals, and learn what other Flex Programs are doing to address mental and behavioral health.
A webinar to review the EDTC measure, including revisions that start with January 1, 2020 encounters. The webinar is being offered on three dates with each session being the same. Registration is required and a link to register for the December 18th webinar can be found here.
A webinar to review the EDTC measure, including revisions that start with January 1, 2020 encounters. The webinar is being offered on three dates with each session being the same. Registration is required and a link to register for the December 12th webinar can be found here.
Explore the MBQIP Fundamentals Guide for State Flex Programs and understand how to use it. Review available resources to support MBQIP at the state and hospital level. Understand the role of RQITA and services available to support your work. Discuss additional MBQIP resource and support needs and requests.
Recognize the ROI of population health. Recall different scenarios from the Population Health Toolkit and how to use them. Discuss the purpose and benefits of the Population Health Readiness Assessment to CAHs and other safety net providers.
Describe the importance of CHNAs and meeting the health needs of a community. Discuss how to use the findings from CHNAs to develop activities in state Flex programs.
View a summary from the National Rural HIT Coalition meeting with state and federal updates. Discussion topics included cybersecurity, the FCC Connected Care Pilot, and Rural Health Care Program.
Learn about the new Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Performance Management/Evaluation Guide. Understand evaluation as a component of Flex Program management for program planning, implementation, and achieving outcomes. Recognize work plan and assessment templates, tools, and examples for performance improvement in Flex.
The goal of the FORHP Flex Program Workshop is to provide new or existing Flex Program staff an orientation to the Flex Program. Attendance at this event is open only to state Flex grantees.
Explore findings from the antibiotic stewardship focus groups with high performing CAHs. Engage in peer-sharing regarding state Flex Program approaches and obstacles to supporting CAHs with antibiotic stewardship. Review summary of public comments regarding MBQIP Performance Standards.
View the final webinar recording and supporting materials from the web-based 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 this week five webinar recording and supporting materials from a web-based 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.
This webinar playback will review of the Performance Improvement and Measurement System (PIMS) reporting process for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget year and the FY 2019 Flex Notices of Award.
View week four webinar recording and supporting materials from a web-based 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.
Understand the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) resources recently created. Learn about other resources available from partner organizations.
View week three webinar recording and supporting materials from a web-based 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 week two webinar recording and supporting materials from a web-based 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.
Understand the importance of closing out the Flex grant year and hear a discussion focused on processes other Flex programs have found beneficial for doing so.
View the week-one webinar recording and supporting materials from this web-based 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.
Review the purpose behind the development of the MBQIP Performance Standards. Review the methodology of the MBQIP Performance Standards. Participate in a question and answer session and learn more about next steps regarding the MBQIP Performance Standards.
Past Advanced Payment Models 101 Learning Collaborative
View week six webinar recording and supporting materials from a web-based 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 summary from the National Rural HIT Coalition meeting with state and federal updates. Discussion topics included updates from the Schools, Health, and Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition, Bipartisan Policy Center Rural Health Task Force, and the Praxis Center for Innovative Learning -Rural Healthcare Simulation Training Center, and cybersecurity.
In this webinar playback, discover the financial importance of providing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)/Pulmonary Rehab care and examine the reimbursement aspects of COPD-related care.
This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB1RH24206, Information Services to Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Grantees, $1,205,000 (0% financed with nongovernmental sources). This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
