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The 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 
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  2. Preparing for the New Flex Program Year: August 2017

Preparing for the New Flex Program Year: August 2017

Aug 11, 2017

This webinar includes tips and best practices from the Technical Assistance and Services Center (TASC) and the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) for Flex Programs to wrap up the current Flex program year and start the new program year on September 1st. The webinar also includes updates from TASC, the Flex Monitoring Team (FMT), Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance (RQITA), Rural Health Value and FORHP, to include both the Flex Program and policies impacting critical access hospitals (CAHs).

Download webinar slide decks from The Center's website.

Host

  • Tracy Morton, MPH, Program Manager, National Rural Health Resource Center

Speakers

  • Wakina Scott, MPH, PhD, Policy Coordinator, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration
  • Kristin Reiter, PhD, Research Fellow, North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, Flex Monitoring Team
  • Laura Grangaard Johnson, MPH, Research Analyst, Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance, Stratis Health
  • Mike McNeely, Deputy Director, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration
  • Sarah Young, MPH, Flex Program Coordinator, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration
  • Caleb Siem, MHA, Program Specialist, National Rural Health Resource Center

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.