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.
Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA) Work with us to set a course toward value-based payment and population health. A thorough assessment of your community's needs is the crucial first step.
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Network and Partnership Development More is possible when working together. Let us help you build bridges that lead to healthier communities.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This webinar will build state Flex Program knowledge and understanding of telehealth and the rural application. It will share examples of rural models and provide access to educational information and resources that can be disseminated to rural providers.
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.
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy's (FORHP) Flex Program Virtual Reverse Site Visit (RSV) is an opportunity for state Flex Programs to make connections, share best practices and gather lessons learned to better engage and empower CAHs in activities to support healthy rural communities.
Hear from the FMT about updates coming to CAHMPAS. Participate in a discussion and provide feedback to the FMT about CAHMPAS and forthcoming updates. Discover how peer Flex Programs are using CAHMPAS data for activity planning.
Understand the current state and expectations for CAH implementation of antibiotic stewardship. Learn about an opportunity for high performing CAHs to share their implementation successes. Explore opportunities to align Flex and SHIP activities to support antibiotic stewardship. Engage in peer-sharing regarding quality in the 2019 Flex Program funding proposal.
Learn the Recommendation Adoption Progress (RAP) interview process as a tool for project evaluation. Identify opportunities to integrate the RAP interview process into your state Flex Program. Understand methods state Flex Coordinators can use to manage RAP conversation.
Explore the new work plan template for the Flex Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), including its instructions, layout and example content. Participate in a live Q&A with Flex Program peers and TASC to ask questions about how to use the work plan template and tie it to other components of the NOFO submission.
View a summary from the National Rural HIT Coalition in-person meeting with state and federal updates. Discussion topics included the Federal Communications Commission Rural Health Care Program, opioid initiatives and funding, and cybersecurity.
The topic for the January Flex VKG is Flex Program support for provider-based RHCs. Flex VKG webinars provide a forum for state Flex Programs to share successes, discuss challenges and brainstorm strategies for improvement and Flex Program excellence.
Understand Flex application components and submission requirements. Hear best practices for application review and submission, such as looking at scoring criteria, creating an internal review process, making sure you connect the dots from need to activity outcome, etc.
View a summary from a National Rural HIT Coalition conference call with state and federal updates. Discussion topics included Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule changes, federal opioid initiatives and HIT and security resource updates.
Explore ways of utilizing the antibiotic stewardship Annual Facility Survey data to inform work with CAHs. Share and hear ideas around MBQIP planning for the Flex funding application. Hear an overview of the MAP Rural Health Workgroup Report and Quality Peer Group Indicators for CAHs FMT brief.
Learn how to utilize your PIMS data to help inform activities and projects for your Flex program. Hear tracking and data collection suggestions from other Flex programs.
View a recorded webinar from the FOHRP Hospital State Division (HSD) for a webinar that will provide an overview of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 PIMS reporting process.
This recording is targeted specifically to state-level grantees to provide tips and advice for successfully managing your award and will be useful to ensure that you are effectively managing your Federal Award.
View a summary from a National Rural HIT Coalition conference call with state and federal updates. Discussion topics included educational outreach for cybersecurity and Interoperability Advisory Standards and a review of federal programs related to the opioid epidemic.
Understand the methodology involved in calculating the MBQIP Quality Improvement Benchmarks and the intended uses of the measures. Hear about the outcomes of the Abstracting for Accuracy project and how Flex partners can leverage the learnings to improve reporting practices
Learn how the transition to value affects EMS. Discuss the potential for EMS to adapt in a value-based health care system. Discover how Flex Programs are working with EMS in the transition to value.
View week five webinar recordings and supporting materials related to a web-based learning collaborative for Flex Programs to gain knowledge and understanding about the ways they can support CAHs as they transition to value-based payment and population health.
Understand the basic program goals of common partners in supporting CAH quality. Hear how Flex Programs are managing their partner relationships, including challenges and successes. Identify opportunities for your Flex Program to expand partner relationships in support of your CAHs.
View week four webinar recordings and supporting materials related to a web-based learning collaborative for Flex Programs to gain knowledge and understanding about the ways they can support CAHs as they transition to value-based payment and population health.
View week three webinar recordings and supporting materials related to a web-based learning collaborative for Flex Programs to gain knowledge and understanding about the ways they can support CAHs as they transition to value-based payment and population health.
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, $1,009,121 (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.
