Stay ConnectedThe National Rural Health Resource Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to sustaining and improving health care in rural communities.
As the nation’s leading technical assistance and knowledge center in rural health, The Center focuses on five core areas:
-Transition to Value and Population Health
-Collaboration and Partnership
-Performance Improvement
-Health Information Technology
-Workforce
This webinar provides an overview of MACRA's Quality Payment Program (QPP), eligibility requirements, and impacts on payment, quality and cost. Small and rural hospitals play a key role in improving patient and community health, avoiding readmissions, and keeping patients healthy. Participants will learn how a Value Based Care system can leverage patient and provider engagement This webinar provides a basis for working with staff and providers affected by the QPP within and outside your organization.
Speakers:This webinar reviews the guidance for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program (SHIP) Fiscal Year 2017 Non-Competing Continuation (NCC) progress report, which is due on February 10, 2017. In addition, presenters will share information on how to complete the FY17 State Spreadsheet of SHIP Applicants and provide grant-writing resources.
Speakers:This recording will provide an update on the rural transition to value models of health care and will also include updates from the Technical Assistance & Services Center (TASC), the Flex Monitoring Team, Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance (RQITA) and the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), to include both the Flex program and policies impacting critical access hospitals (CAHs).
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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, $957,510 (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.
The Rural Provider Leadership Summit was held in 2016 with the purpose of identifying strategies for rural provider engagement in transitioning to value-based reimbursement systems.
A report with the findings of the Summit has been developed to assist rural hospital leaders in engaging rural health providers in the transition to value-based purchasing and population health. This report is designed to help rural hospitals leaders and providers during the transition.
Please click the following link to view the full findings document:
https://www.ruralcenter.org/srht/resources/rural-provider-leadership-summit-findings
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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, $957,510 (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.
With the support of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, The Rural Hospital Toolkit for Transitioning to Value-based Systems (Toolkit) was developed to disseminate consultant recommended best practices and transition strategies identified through the Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project. The Toolkit shares best practices for improving financial, operational and quality performance that position rural hospitals and networks for the future, as well as outlines strategies for transitioning to value-based payment and population health. Rural providers and leaders should use the Toolkit to identify performance improvement opportunities for their hospitals and networks, and develop strategies for successfully transitioning to population health.
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This webinar will present the findings of the 2016 Rural Provider Leadership Summit. You will learn the drivers and challenges related to engaging rural providers in value models as the speakers share the strategies and success stories identified for engaging rural providers in value and population health initiatives.
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, $957,510 (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.
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With the support of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), the National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center) developed this report to assist rural hospital leaders in navigating changes in the new health care environment. This report builds upon the knowledge gained from the Critical Access Hospital 2012 Financial Leadership Summit and includes key strategies discovered through the Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project's Rural Hospital Toolkit for Transitioning to Value-Based Systems.
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