Resources

Evaluation reporting to program stakeholders should be included in Flex Program activities. Reporting supports overall program transparency and development, stakeholder buy-in, engagement, and accountability.

State Flex Programs remain vital because of the web of relationships developed and maintained within communities, providers, networks, states, regions, and nationally. It is imperative that state Flex Programs have the skills, capacity, and commitment to build and sustain partnerships, new and old, to support rural providers and rural stakeholders.

State Flex Programs need to have an in-depth understanding of the policies and regulations governing the Flex Program, as well as a basic understanding of the policy-making process and other policies and regulations affecting rural providers.

State Flex Programs must understand QI principles, resources, and trends to support CAHs in advancing QI.

The Flex Program and CAH designation was established and remains in place because of the financial vulnerability of small rural hospitals. CAH financial and operational improvement is one of the required program areas of the Flex Program.

It is important for state Flex Programs to understand the community needs of CAH and RHC service areas to develop or leverage program activities in support of health system development, community engagement, and population health improvement.

These summaries provide information about measures added and removed from MBQIP since fall 2017. For more information about measure changes to MBQIP, see Appendix B in the MBQIP Fundamentals Guide for State Flex Programs.

The Behavioral Health Toolkit contains messaging focused on stopping mental health stigma and starting the conversation, as well as highlighting the new 9-8-8 national hotline.

These tools and resources will help the Community Champion collaborate with community joint partners to identify and address community/patient health needs by maximizing capacity and available assets during their Community Priority Action Planning Workshop.

These tools and resources will help the Community Champion monitor progress, strengthen collaboration and strategize for sustainability to ensure underserved populations benefit from coordinated care and support the facilitation of the Stay the Course Workshop.

Blue Mountain Hospital has been recognized by the National Rural Health Resource Center for its use of innovative approaches to improve the organization’s financial stability.

This updated guide provides rural hospital executive and management teams with generally accepted best practice concepts in revenue cycle management. It is also designed to assist State Offices of Rural Health directors and Flex Program coordinators.

These policy models are adapted from the Markle Connecting for Health Common Framework for Private and Secure Health Information Exchange. This framework provides several useful tools for HIE; P2 contains much of the necessary policy and procedure language needed for an HIE.

Learn about one hospital’s experience, successes and next steps in preparing for population health, and discover resources that assist providers in transitioning to value-based system.

Leadership tools are a guide to assist with identifying the best structure in which to manage your ICD-10 implementation for the best results. We encourage providers to manage this effort as a program due to the complexity of the project.

The purpose of the impact diagram and overview is to provide a discussion document that can be leveraged to identify areas within your organization that may be impacted by ICD-10. The diagram and supporting documents provide a good overview of the various tasks to be completed.

The impacted systems diagram is designed to illustrate the complexities of the information technology systems that are impacted by ICD-10. Once you have an understanding of your impacted systems, you can use the included template to build your own map. This is very useful in planning for testing activities and sequencing.

The major activity diagram represents an illustration of the major activities and approximate timeline in which these activities should be completed as part of ICD-10 implementation. You can leverage this timeline to compare your progress in specific activities to determine if you should modify planning assumptions or accelerate your work efforts.

The sample project plan is a Microsoft Project template with activities we have identified based on our experience conducting ICD-10 assessments. This plan can be used as a basis for your facility to build a comprehensive implementation plan.

The sample budget is a Microsoft Excel template to assist in tracking costs related to ICD-10 remediation. These costs can include both people and material costs, such as additional support staff, project management, software/hardware, and consulting assistance.