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Hello Everyone!
Please note that the quick link indicating that the Small Rural Hospital Transition Project (SHRT) application was open was an error; the application is no longer open. Please visit the
SHRT website for more information.
I wasn't sure if the saying, "April showers bring May flowers" would hold up if they were snow showers but it seems to have. Minnesota is green again and the tractors have been in the fields planting.
The Center, on behalf of the Small Rural Hospital Transition Project (SRHT) and the Technical Assistance Center (TASC), convened 11 field experts in Minneapolis last week to identify key indicators that impact financial success for small rural hospitals and clinics in the transition to value. Participants included rural hospital and network leaders, Flex Programs, state offices of rural health (SORH), state hospital associations, the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), Flex Monitoring Team (FMT), Rural Health Value and financial consultants. We were very excited by the discussions and findings and look forward to sharing with everyone as soon as we complete the full report this summer.
Enjoy this month's edition of
Rural Route
and thanks for reading.
As always please send any pictures you happen to take along your travels. We enjoy highlighting the beauty found in the places we serve.
Until next time,
Caleb Siem, MH
Program Specialist
Technical Assistance and Services Center (TASC)
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Welcome and Farewell
Welcome to:
- Bruce Adkins, Interim Director, Division of Rural Health and Recruitment, West Virginia
- Zora Radosevich, State Office Director, Department of Primary Care and Rural Health Minnesota
- Tricia Franklin, Flex Coordinator, Alaska
- Tracy Zayac, Flex Coordinator, Kansas
- Clarissa Pacheco, Flex/SHIP Coordinator, Virginia
Farewell to:
- Melissa Wheeler, Director, Division of Rural Health and Recruitment, West Virgina
- Rozelia Harris, State Office Director, Mississippi
We encourage you to keep your Flex staff contact information current by completing the
Flex Contact Information Form
as soon as possible whenever there are changes in your office. Please review your contacts as listed in your
State Flex Profile
and complete the form as necessary for any additions or changes.
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Hi Flex Coordinators,
Thank you to everyone for sending us your Funding Extension Progress Reports on time! Your project officers are busy reviewing both the progress reports and the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Sustainability Project proposals and we will let you know if we have any questions or anything requires revision.
The reviews and the related funding process will be taking up much of our time and attention over the coming weeks. Despite all of that work, I really value this annual opportunity to get a deep dive on your projects, collaboration and hard work over the past year. We communicate regularly, but through this annual progress report we step back and see the big picture of your work and how it all fits together to improve rural health care in your states. The work is not easy but you persist and make a difference.
Looking ahead, the
2018 Flex Reverse Site Visit will kick off July 17 in Washington, DC. This annual program meeting is our chance to get together and share successes and lessons learned. If you haven't yet registered, please do so right away. We have invited a speaker from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the closing keynote so make sure your travel plans allow you to stay at the hotel until 3:30 p.m. on July 18-you don't want to miss anything. Also, if you have any rural health policy questions for our expert panel, please
post them in the Flex Forum.
New this year, the Flex meeting will run concurrently with the grantee meeting for the Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program (SHCP) which is a
FORHP Community-Based Division grant program supporting rural health care providers conducting quality improvement initiatives. We are calling this joint meeting the 2018 Rural Health Care Improvement Collaboration. Don't be surprised to see that title used along with the Flex Reverse Site Visit. Our Flex Program meeting hasn't gone away; instead, we have broadened it with more opportunities to make connections and share best practices with fellow rural stakeholders.
I'm looking forward to seeing you all in July.
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CAH Regulatory Update
VA Publishes Final Rule on Telehealth
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a final rule that would allow any VA health care provider to provide telehealth services across state lines. While such policy is currently in place, many VA medical centers have not expanded telehealth services due to conflicting state regulations for licensure, registration, certification or other requirements. This final rule allows for the VA to preempt state law for telehealth providers working within the scope of their VA employment. The VA views this as an opportunity to expand health care to veterans, especially those living in remote, rural or medically underserved areas.
Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Medicare Skilled Nursing Facilities - Proposed Rule
CMS displayed its
proposed rule for FY 2019 updating payment rates and rules for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) and non-critical access hospital (CAH) swing beds. The rule includes an overall proposed payment rate increase of 2.4%, with rural SNFs and non-CAH swing beds experiencing this payment rate increase as 2.5%. CMS has also proposed replacing the current case-mix system with a new system called the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) to be implemented by October 2019. The PDPM is projected to increase payments to small and rural SNFs and non-CAH swing beds. The proposed rule also includes changes to the SNF quality reporting program, changes to the SNF value-based purchasing program, and a request for information regarding electronic health information and interoperability.
Comments are due June 26, 2018. See the
CMS Fact Sheet for more information.
For more details on any of the above updates, and for the complete regulatory update, please visit the
Regulatory Updates Website
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Rural Health Information Hub: Health Care Leaders Offer Practical Solutions to Workforce Challenges
Across the county, turnover rates for nursing care centers reached 43.9% for all employees and over 50% for registered nurses, according to the latest American Health Care Association Staffing Report. Recruitment and retention challenges are common across rural health care entities providing post-acute care (PAC). Empowering and training staff, maximizing community partnerships, involving community health workers and applying new technology are just some ways for rural health care leaders to create incentives for staff to join, or stay on, a health care team.
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Registration is Open: 2018 Flex Program Reverse Site Visit
The 2018 Rural Health Care Improvement Collaboration is scheduled for
Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time to Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time in Washington, DC. Registration for this event is
required - please make every effort to attend the entire meeting.
Different from prior years, this will be a shared meeting.
The purpose of this collaborative meeting is to create a shared learning environment that supports innovations and discovery of successful rural health improvement and program implementation across Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) programs.
The meeting will engage participants from two rural health care improvement grant programs: the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program in the FORHP Hospital State Division (HSD) and the Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program (SHCP) in the FORHP Community-Based Division (CBD).
In addition to program-specific meeting objectives, this meeting will also provide participants with an enhanced opportunity to make connections, share best practices and gather lessons learned from fellow rural programs across the country that are focusing on improving rural health care services.
Overall Learning Objectives
- Discover ways to communicate the value of your FORHP Program
- Understand the future direction of the national transition to value in health care
- Identify opportunities to implement best practices and lessons learned
- Strengthen the leadership of your FORHP program
- Share and learn from the experiences of fellow rural programs
- Make connections and identify opportunities for collaboration with fellow rural programs across FORHP
Flex Program Reverse Site Visit (RSV)
FORHP HSD's RSV is an opportunity for state Flex Program recipients to convene and share information about the Flex Program and critical access hospitals (CAHs). This event will focus on the latest information in the Flex Program including discussion of strategies to engage CAHs in measurement and performance improvement to deliver value in rural health care. States will share stories of their Flex Program experiences and successes with one another, with their FORHP project officers and with other rural partners and stakeholders. We look forward to your attendance at this educational and informative event.
Flex
Program
RSV Learning Objectives
- Discover ways to communicate the value of your state Flex Program
- Understand the future direction of the national Flex Program
- Identify opportunities to implement best practices and lessons learned by CAHs and state Flex Programs in supporting performance improvement in all Flex Program areas
- Strengthen the leadership of your state Flex Program in the Core Competencies for State Flex Program Excellence, including Managing the Flex Program
Intended Audience
There are no registration fees associated with this event. The intended audience for the Flex Program Reverse Site Visit is State Office Directors, Flex Coordinators/other key Flex personnel (two per state), SCHP Program grantees, the Flex Monitoring Team, Stratis Health's Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance (RQITA), the TASC Advisory Committee and FORHP staff. If you would like to have more than two attendees, please contact your project officer at FORHP for approval.
Lodging will need to be arranged separately from RSV registration. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. The room block rate begins at $199 per night plus tax. Reservations can be made by using this online form or by calling Omni Shoreham Hotel at (202) 234-0700 and referencing the National Rural Health Association event block. The deadline to make your hotel reservations at the group rate is Friday, June 22, 2018. After that date, the group rate may no longer be available.
The 2018 Reverse Site Visit webpage will be updated as additional information becomes available. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing all of you in Washington, DC in July! .
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MBQIP Spirit Award Announcement
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) is accepting nominations for public recognition of state Flex Coordinators who exemplify the collaborative and innovative spirit of the Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP).
The goal of the MBQIP Spirit Award is to recognize state Flex Coordinators who have made strives to be innovative, improve and advance the objectives of MBQIP in their state.
State Flex Coordinators can nominate themselves, individuals on their staff, or other state Flex Coordinators. Members of the Flex team, Technical Assistance Service Center (TASC), Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance (RQITA) and the Flex Monitoring Team (FMT) can also nominate state Flex Coordinators. Nominations can be for individuals or groups.
To submit a nomination, it must include these elements:
- Nominator: Name, state, position, role
- Nominee: Name, state, position, role
- Explanation of why you are nominating this person and how he/she exemplifies the collaborative and innovative spirit of MBQIP
Nominations are limited to a maximum of 250 words, excluding elements 1 and 2. No attachments or hyperlinks within the document will be viewed/opened. Any nominations that does not adhere to these requirements will not be considered.
The nomination period will be from June 1 - 22, 2018. Please contact
MBQIP@hrsa.gov with any questions.
Awards will be presented at the 2018 Flex Reverse Site Visit.
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National Rural Health Association Recognizes Partners and Individuals with the 2018 Rural Health Awards during the 41st Annual Rural Health Conference
Earlier this month, the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) announced their 2018 Rural Health Award Recipients at the largest gathering of rural health professionals in the country, the 41st Annual Rural Health Conference. There are too many recipients to list individually but we would like to bring your attention to Michelle Mills and the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health's (NOSORH) National Rural Health Day, as they were both recognized.
Michelle Mills, CEO, Colorado Rural Health Center, has been named NRHA's Volunteer of the Year. Mills has been indispensable to NRHA as the chair of the Rural Health Clinic constituency group. She has delivered exemplary service in the finance committee, membership committee, state office council, state association council and board of trustees. Mills has assisted NRHA in many endeavors, including judging conference submissions and award nominations, helping with conference sessions and providing encouragement to NRHA staff. She is always willing help when she is needed and is an active and powerful voice for rural Americans. Mills is currently the chair of the TASC Advisory Committee.
The National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health's National Rural Health Day has been named NRHA's Outstanding Rural Health Program. NOSORH developed National Rural Health Day in 2010 as an opportunity to celebrate the "power of rural" and to bring positive attention to the unique health care needs of rural America. Now in its eighth year, National Rural Health Day continues to see success in the form of national awareness, new collaborations, community engagement, resource development and more. With the support of state offices of rural health, NRHA, and their partners, National Rural Health Day has brought much-needed attention to rural health issues.
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Population Health Portal Updated: Two New Data Scenarios Added
The
Population Health Portal is continually updated with new resources and data scenarios to
Get Motivated, Get Informed and Get Going to help your facility or county navigate the journey towards improved population health along each milestone. The new data scenarios are:
Emergency Department Utilization and Mental Health Shortage and
Transportation and Health Status. The 11 scenarios listed below have been updated with new data and now include benchmarks for hospital or county-level users to compare their metrics to state and national benchmarks. All scenarios include explanations and instructional videos on how to export and use the data. Be sure to view the videos on how to analyze claims data.
- Diabetes Demographics
- Discharge Instructions
- Emergency Department Access
- Emergency Department Utilization and Mental Health Shortage
- Injury Demographics
- Patient Satisfaction
- Social Determinants of Health
- Socioeconomic Status and Well-being
- Transportation and Health Status
- Understanding of Care and County Race Demographics
- Uninsured Rates, Behavior and Mental Health
- Using Claims Data
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Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Overview: Vendor Directory Updated
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CAH Financial Indicator Medians by State
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Critical Access Hospital Swing-Bed Quality Measures: Findings from Key Informant Interviews
Swing-beds are an important source of post-acute care for many patients residing in rural communities. Approximately 1,182 critical access hospitals (CAHs), 88% nationally, provide swing-bed services. Medicare requires rural hospitals that receive reimbursement through the Prospective Payment System (PPS) to report data on their swing-bed patients through the Minimum Data Set (MDS), but does not require CAHs to collect similar information.
The University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center identified CAH networks and hospitals to conduct 20 key information interviews to discuss efforts to assess CAH swing-bed quality of care, including measures being used or considered by CAHs, data collection strategies and usefulness of measures. The key information interview data were summarized and analyzed to identify common themes, including CAHs motivations to assess swing-bed quality and challenges measuring CAH swing-bed outcomes.
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MBQIP Highlights & Resources
As a reminder, please send your MBQIP questions to the Technical Assistance and Services Center (TASC) email address
. TASC will ensure your question reaches the appropriate person.
MBQIP Data Reporting Reminders
Notices
QualityNet Request for Feedback
CMS is investing in changes to QualityNet.org and the team is interested in feedback from people who use the QualityNet Secure Portal. As the team begins to work on the QualityNet Secure Portal, they want to hear about what works and what's challenging. If you're interested in participating or have any questions, please fill out this form: 2018 HQR Sign Up Form. If you have any trouble accessing the form, please email the research team at HQRResearch@bellese.hcqis.org.
Resources
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed a
set of instructions
that walks users step-by-step through the process of accessing the NHSN Patient Safety Component Annual Survey. Completing this survey fulfills the reporting requirement for the MBQIP Antibiotic Stewardship measure.
In this Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) video, David M. Williams, PhD, Executive Director & Improvement Advisor, talks about what tools improvers need to do their work, including:
- PDSA
- Time Series Charts: Run Chart and Control Chart
- Process Map
- Scatter Diagram
- Driver Diagram
- Pareto Chart
- Cause and Effect Diagram
This Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub) Rural Monitor article details how rural and critical access hospitals are activating their stewardship programs to combat the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Upcoming Events
Ask Robyn - Quarterly Open Office Hour Calls for Data Abstractors
Scheduled approximately one month before data submission deadlines each quarter, Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance (RQITA) Quality Data Specialist, Robyn Carlson, will be offering open office hour calls to respond to MBQIP data abstraction questions
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2018 dates:
- June 20, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Central Time
Note: registration is required, please follow this
link
for details.
MBQIP Monthly
MBQIP Monthly is a monthly e-newsletter that provides CAHs with information and support for quality reporting and improvement and highlights current information about MBQIP. State Flex Programs are encouraged to distribute MBQIP Monthly to their CAHs as an additional resource to supplement state level MBQIP support. The most current version is always available on the
MBQIP Monthly webpage
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MBQIP Virtual Knowledge Groups (VKGs)
RQITA and the Technical Assistance and Services Center (TASC) have teamed up to host MBQIP VKG webinars to give you the opportunity to share MBQIP successes, challenges, barriers and brainstorm strategies to assist hospitals towards reporting, participating, improving and excelling in the four MBQIP quality domains.
These calls/webinars are intended for state Flex Program personnel and designated contractors. The next MBQIP VKG call
is scheduled for
June 21, 2018, from 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Central Time.
More information will be sent to the appropriate email lists prior to the call. Recording of previous MBQIP VKG webinars are available in the Flex Program Forum. Contact
Jodi Winters
at Stratis Health with any questions.
Contact TASC with your inquiries, questions and comments related to MBQIP and/or resources.
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Registration for the 2018 Reverse Site Visit (RSV), July 17-18 in Washington DC is now open, please see above for information and registration links. We are excited to get everyone together for what will surely be a great visit!
It was great to see everyone at the NRHA Annual meeting earlier this month and learn about the new efforts throughout the country.
We've updated the Population Health Portal with two new data scenarios: ED Utilization and Mental Health Shortage, Transportation and Health Status. Be sure to check those out and let us know if you have any questions.
If you are in a FY17 Supplemental Funding state that is doing work with your hospitals on substance abuse, you should have received an invitation to attend an in-person learning meeting on July 19 in conjunction with the RSV. If you did not receive an invite, please reach out to TASC.
The June TASC VKG webinar will focus on Board Engagement and Leadership Support. Join us June 4 at 2:00 p.m. Central Time for a great conversation.
Please feel free to post your questions in the Flex Program Forum. If you have a question, someone else likely does too and will benefit from seeing the question and answer.
If you have any questions on any of the above work under development, or an idea for TASC to consider, please let us know by emailing
Tracy Morton.
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Announces Agency's First Rural Health Strategy
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the agency's first Rural Health Strategy intended to provide a proactive approach on health care issues to ensure that the nearly one in five individuals who live in rural America have access to high quality, affordable healthcare.
"For the first time, CMS is organizing and focusing our efforts to apply a rural lens to the vision and work of the agency," said CMS administrator Seema Verma. "The Rural Health Strategy supports CMS' goal of putting patients first. Through its implementation and our continued stakeholder engagement, this strategy will enhance the positive impacts CMS policies have on beneficiaries who live in rural areas."
The agency-wide Rural Health Strategy, built on input from rural providers and beneficiaries, focuses on five objectives to achieve the agency's vision for rural health:
- Apply a rural lens to CMS programs and policies
- Improve access to care through provider engagement and support
- Advance telehealth and telemedicine
- Empower patients in rural communities to make decisions about their healthcare
- Leverage partnerships to achieve the goals of the CMS Rural Health Strategy
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New Substance Use Resources
With the additional efforts and projects relating to substance use, TASC worked with John Gale from the Flex Monitoring Team to identify resources that might be useful to
you and your hospitals as you work to meet the challenges of substance use/abuse. TASC continues to identify and add new resources to the website.
Resources available in the TASC resource library focus on prevention, tools for providers and examples of other programs, among other topics. Please take a look at a sample of the resources below. Please share with those who can benefit from these resources and suggest any others to TASC that you have found helpful.
- **NEW** CMS Proposed Opioid Indicators and Algorithms
- The five opioid-related indicators, once finalized, will bolster Health and Human Services (HHS) collective capacity in responding to and reversing the national opioid epidemic
- Evidence-Based Tele-Behavioral Health Network Program
- The two-fold purpose of this program is to use telehealth networks to increase access to behavioral health care services in rural and frontier communities and to conduct evaluations of those efforts to establish an evidence-base for assessing the effectiveness of tele-behavioral health care for patients, providers and payers. A telehealth network consists of a series of originating sites receiving services from a collaborating distance site. For the purposes of this notice, telehealth is defined as the use of electronic information and telecommunication technologies to support and promote long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration. Applications are due June 25, 2018.
- Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site based Program (COAP) Grant Announcement
- This program, administered by the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has six categories: first responder partnerships; technology-assisted treatment projects; system level diversion projects; statewide planning, coordination and implementation projects; Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program implementation and enhancement; public safety, behavioral health and public health information-sharing partnerships
- DOJ Funding for Drug Courts
- The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will make approximately 40 grants with an award ceiling of $2 million to develop and improve adult drug courts with evidence-based treatment for substance use disorders and other practices proven to reduce obstacles to recovery. Eligible applicants include city, county and state governments, and Native American tribal governments. Opioid Use Disorder has had a proportionally larger impact on rural areas but abuse of alcohol and other substances has also contributed to low education attainment, poverty and high-risk behaviors. Applications are due June 5, 2018.
- Consumer Advisory: Older Adults and Medication Safety
- Older Adults and Medication Safety is part of the Eldercare Locator's Critical Conversations series of fact sheets, which address emerging topics and important issues impacting the health and well-being of older adults. It is a new fact sheet for the Eldercare Locator website on medication safety and older adults, with a special section on opioids. This project is supported, in part, by the Administration for Community Living (ACL).
Many more resources can be found on the
TASC website by searching for "substance use" or other key words in the search field.
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Weekly Rural Health Leadership Radio Program
A weekly radio program,
Rural Health Leadership Radio
, was launched a year ago to support rural health leaders to share stories and information about what is working and what is not. To read the story of the program's development, please visit an
article
promoting the resource from the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health. Here are a few recent speakers:
- Carrie Henning-Smith, Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
- Hilda Heady, Rural Health Initiative
- Tommy Barnhart, National Rural Health Association
- Alan Morgan, National Rural Health Association
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| Now that the April showers are finished (snow showers, not rain) I'm ready for some May flowers! |
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New & Updated Resources
The following resources on the TASC website are new or recently updated:
Author: Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS)
Read a white paper that describes an innovative model of post-acute care that creates a new niche for critical access hospitals (CAH) and provides a desperately needed solution to address present gaps in our health care system.
Author: Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub)
Learn about tools to compile data from federal and other publicly-available sources in a variety of formats. See the Chart Gallery with national and state-specific charts, as well as Rural Data Explorer, an interactive map with county-level data that is printable.
Author: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), and Information Exchange (TRACIE)
ASPR TRACIE has developed a series of tip sheets for hospitals and other health care facilities planning for no-notice incident response. Traditional concepts and approaches have not kept pace with real-world incidents in the U.S. and other countries or the challenges the health care system faces in managing the resulting extraordinarily large number of casualties. The tip sheets are based on discussions with health care personnel who were involved in the October 2017 mass shooting response in Las Vegas and supplemented with information from other recent no-notice incidents. While there is great variance in the scope and healthcare needs resulting from no-notice incidents, these tip sheets focus on some of the identified challenges.
Author: Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP)
The Center for Connected Health Policy's (CCHP) annual State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies report offers the nation's most current summary guide of Medicaid provider manuals, applicable state laws and telehealth-related regulations for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. This report serves as a vital resource for policymakers, health care professionals and health advocates on how each state defines, governs and regulates technology-enabled health care, noting policy trends across eleven key categories. This report is updated annually.
Author: RHIhub
The toolkit is designed to help organizations identify and implement a health promotion program. It also provides resources and best practices for rural communities. The toolkit is made up of several modules concentrating on different aspects of health promotion and disease prevention programs. Modules also include resources that can be used in developing a rural community program
New/updated MBQIP Resources are in the 'MBQIP Highlights' section above.
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Connect Peer to Peer in Flex Program Forum
Do you have a question, idea, success or challenge to share with your Flex Program peers? Don't miss the ongoing discussions on the
Flex Program Forum
.
Please note, you need to log in to read recent postings, which include:
If you have questions about the Flex Program Forum, please contact
TASC.
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Webinar Playbacks and Event Materials
Are you looking for resources in the topics of: TASC, SHIP, SRHT, Networks or Allied Health? Look no further!
TASC
Learn about the development and outcomes of a hospital initiative to manage overuse of pain management in the ED. Understand the role that Flex has played in supporting their community engagement initiatives, including resources and opportunities for Flex to address substance abuse challenges.
Learn about what Community Health Workers (CHWs) are and their role in the transition to value. Hear how Flex Programs can support CHW initiatives. Hear how and why CAHs are using CHWs.
This webinar explored the characteristics of a collaborative group and strategies for increasing stakeholder engagement. It also looked at ways to identify stakeholder priorities and considered tools and approaches for communicating and working with group members that encourage engagement from everyone involved.
SRHT
Understand the core elements of community health assessments and community health plans required of accredited public health agencies. Explore sources of public health data and ways to address the social determinants of health by working in collaboration with public health and other community-based partners.
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Grow your Career: Save the Dates
Below is a list of upcoming events relevant to rural health:
June 4, 2018 2:00 p.m - 3:00 p.m. Central Time
Join us for a conversation about board engagement and leadership support.
June 13, 2018 2:00 p.m Central Time
Best practices for grant and contract development.
June 25, 2018 - June 26, 2018
Duluth, Minnesota
Join us for one of the largest rural health conferences in the nation, with over 600 participants!
July 17 - 18, 2018
Washington, DC
The purpose of this collaborative meeting is to create a shared learning environment that supports innovations and discovery of successful rural health improvement and program implementation across FORHP programs.
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