Month: December 2022

RHPTP Webinar – Health System Support for Rural Value-Based Care

December 16, 2022

RHPTP Webinar – Health System Support for Rural Value-Based Care

Webinar – Health System Support for Rural Value-Based Care

Date: February 15, 2023

Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM Central Time

Speaker: Clint MacKinney, MD

This presentation follows the Value-Based Care is Here: Let’s Learn About it webinar. The rural journey from volume to value need not be made alone. Health system affiliations (current or in the future) should advance rural healthcare organizations’ value-based care capacity, and thus future success. In this webinar, Dr. MacKinney will provide a brief overview of healthcare affiliations today. He will then discuss findings from his recent health system interviews that explored the health systems’ role in facilitating rural value-based care success. Finally, Dr. MacKinney will outline what rural value-based care support healthcare organizations should expect from health systems.

By participating in this LC, participants will be able to: 

  • Recognize rural healthcare organizations’ future in health system value-based care initiatives
  • Understand what support health systems should provide to rural healthcare organizations transitioning from volume to value
  • Make wiser affiliation decisions based on health system support for value-based care

This event meets the requirement for one ACHE qualified education credit.

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RHPTP Webinar – Making the ACO Decision: How to Select an ACO

December 16, 2022

RHPTP Webinar – Making the ACO Decision: How to Select an ACO

Webinar – Making the ACO Decision: How to Select an ACO

Date: March 15, 2023

Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM Central Time

Speaker: Ralph Llewellyn, Eide Bailly LLP

The decision to engage in the ACO movement is a significant one. The first decision is the overall decision to join and embrace the ACO model. As is the case in all major decisions, one needs to ensure the organization understands and embraces the goals and vision of an ACO. The next decision is related to selecting which ACO to participate in. There are large ACOs and there are smaller ACOs. Some are regional while others are national in scope. This session will explore the question of how to select an ACO that is right for an organization.

By the end of this session, participants will be able to: 

  • Identify variables to be considered when choosing an ACO
  • Compare the various financial models offered by ACOs
  • Recognize suitable questions to ask prior to joining an ACO

This event meets the requirement for one ACHE qualified education credit.

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RHPTP Webinar Value Based Care is Here – Let’s Learn about it!

December 16, 2022

RHPTP Webinar – Value Based Care is Here – Let’s Learn about it!

 Value-Based Care is Here – Let’s learn about it!

Date: January 18, 2023

Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM Central Time

Speaker: Clint MacKinney, MD

In this session, Dr. MacKinney will propose that value-based care advances the Triple Aim- better care, improved health, and smarter spending. He will discuss the basics of value-based care and value-based payment using a predominant example – accountable care organizations. Dr. MacKinney will emphasize the importance of robust primary care, such as provided in patient-centered health homes, to deliver value-based care. Finally, Dr. MacKinney will offer suggestions for rural health care organizations to start their journey to value-based care.

By participating in this LC, participants will be able to: 

  • Understand the origins of, and rationale for, value-based care and value-based payment
  • Appreciate the importance of robust primary care to advance value-based care
  • Consider next steps to enhance value-based care capacity in rural health care organizations

This event meets the requirement for one ACHE qualified education credit.

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2022 – 2023 RHPTP Cohort

December 16, 2022

2022 – 2023 Rural Healthcare Provider Transition  Project (RHPTP)  Cohort

On behalf of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), the National Rural Health Resource Center is excited to announce the 2022-2023 cohort of small rural hospitals and certified rural health clinics selected to participate in the third year of the Rural Healthcare Provider Transition Project.

 

  1. Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center, Cedartown, GA
  2. Meeker Memorial Hospital & Clinics, Litchfield, MN
  3. Mercy Health-Marcum and Wallace Hospital, Irvine, KY
  4. Swift County Benson Health Services, Benson, MN
  5. Northern Maine Medical Center, Fort Kent, ME
  6. Speare Memorial Hospital, Plymouth, NH

Organizations were selected based on leadership, commitment, and organizational preparedness for transitioning to alternative payment and care delivery models in the future. We look forward to working with these organizations over the next year and sharing their successes and outcomes in future newsletter editions. Congratulations!

Applications Being Accepted – Rural Healthcare Provider Transition Project (RHPTP) 2023-2024 Project Year

December 15, 2022

Applications Being Accepted – Rural Healthcare Provider Transition Project (RHPTP) 2023-2024 Project Year

The Rural Healthcare Provider Transition Project is accepting applicants for the 2023-2024 project year!

The application has been simplified and should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. 

With the support of the Health Resources Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), the National Rural Health Resource Center provides selected small rural hospitals and rural health clinics technical assistance through the Rural Healthcare Provider Transition Project (RHPTP). This project is designed to help strengthen their foundation in key elements of value-based care (VBC) including but not limited to efficiency, quality, patient experience, and safety of care.

RHPTP’s goal is to guide small rural hospitals and certified rural health clinics not currently participating in VBC to prepare for and position their organizations to be effective participants in a health system focused on value.

Additional Information

Funding Opportunity- FCC, USAC Rural Health Care Telecommunications (Telecom) Program – Applications Due April 1.

December 13, 2022

Funding Opportunity

FCC, USAC Rural Health Care Telecommunications (Telecom) Program – Applications Due April 1. The Telecom Program provides reduced rates to rural health care providers (HCPs) for telecommunications and voice services for the use of telemedicine and telehealth. Eligible services are discounted at the difference in cost between urban and rural areas in each state.

Flex Monitoring Team (FMT) Resources: Language Services

December 15, 2022

Two New Products from the Flex Monitoring Team (FMT)

The Flex Monitoring Team (FMT) has released two new products about English proficiency and use of interpreters in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). The first brief, Rates of Limited English Proficiency in Counties with Critical Access Hospitals, uses data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau to describe and visualize the share of the population with limited English proficiency (LEP) in each county containing a CAH. This information may be useful to understand the need for language interpreter services in CAH counties.

In the second brief, Interpretation Services for Patients with Limited English Proficiency in Critical Access Hospitals, the FMT describes common themes that emerged through interviews with six CAHs about their language interpretation services. Interviewees discussed challenges, strengths, and support needed for providing language interpreters.

Rates of Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Data Brief

Interpretation Services Policy Brief

Funding Opportunity- Rural Health Care Program – Healthcare Connect Fund- Applications Due April 1st

December 13, 2022

Funding Opportunity

FCC, Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) Rural Health Care Program – Healthcare Connect Fund – Applications Due April 1. The Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) Program provides a 65% discount on eligible broadband connectivity expenses for eligible rural health care providers (HCPs). Applications can apply as an individual health care provider or as a consortium, i.e., a group of HCPs that can be both rural and non-rural.

HRSA Funding Opportunity- RCORP – Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) HRSA-23-094

December 13, 2022

HRSA Funding Opportunity – RCORP – Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) HRSA-23-094

New! RCORP-Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) – Applications Due March 8. HRSA will fund approximately 40 awards of $500,000 per year to reduce the impact and incidence of NAS in rural communities.  There will be a technical assistance webinar for applicants on January 4, 2023 from 2-3PM, ET (no registration required; details on pg. iii of the NOFO).  All domestic public or private entities are eligible to apply, but all services must be exclusively provided in HRSA-designated rural areas.

HRSA Funding Opportunity- Rural Residency Planning and Development Program HRSA-23-037

December 13, 2022

HRSA Funding Opportunity – Rural Residency Planning and Development Program HRSA-23-037

Rural Residency Planning and Development Program – Applications Due January 27. HRSA will invest $11.25 million to support the creation of new rural residency programs or rural track programs to strengthen the rural physician workforce. There are two pathways for this program: General Primary Care and High Need Specialty Pathway and Maternal Health and Obstetrics Pathway.