University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health

North Dakota State Flex Program

What is one Core Competency your state Flex Program is working on developing through Flex activities?

Core Competency: Improving Financial Sustainability

ND Flex is working to improve financial sustainability for ND CAHs through multiple activities: CFO mentoring; Board Education; Billing and Coding Education; Peer Exchange; CAHMPAS Data Education; CAH-owned RHC Financial and Operational Benchmarking & Education; and, competitive funding opportunities for ND CAHs to improve upon a self-identified finance/operations area of greatest need. Additionally, ND Flex supports a critical access hospital quality network of all 37 ND CAHs; and financially supports all CAH-owned and operated rural health clinic network.

What is one activity your state is funding through SHIP?

ND SHIP funding is structured to allow for each of the 36 SHIP-eligible ND CAHs to select individual activities that further their efforts within the SHIP scope of work. As such, a variety of activities are selected by the CAHs. Commonly selected activities include HCAHPS data collection/process-related training; telehealth/mobile health; and, ICD-10 software.