- EMS Receives $9.9 Million to Expand Ambulance-Based Telemedicine
- VA Awards $52.5M to Community Organizations Working to Prevent Veteran Suicide
- In Montana, 911 Calls Reveal Impact of Heat Waves on Rural Seniors
- Building Trust and Collaboration for Local Health Solutions
- In the Face of Climate Change, Ho-Chunk Nation Working Toward Food Sovereignty
- 'Dismayed, but Not Surprised:' Health Gap Between Urban and Rural America Is on the Rise
- Native-Led Suicide Prevention Program Focuses on Building Community Strengths
- Genetic Testing for Rare Diseases Is Hard to Find if You Live in Rural Kansas, but Now There's Help
- EMS Agencies, Communities Work to Make Wyoming Safer amid Serious Challenges
- Prescription for Crisis: Rural Pharmacies Struggle to Stay Open
- As an Oklahoma Hospital Breaks Ground, USDA Looks to Better Health, High Speed Internet and Housing
- In a Rural Small Town, a Group of Locals Steps up to Support Senior Health
- As an Oklahoma Hospital Breaks Ground, USDA Looks to Better Health, High Speed Internet and Housing
- The Cost of Senior Care: Why Aging Farmers Fear the Nursing Home
- MAHEC Launches Tiny Home Project to Boost Healthcare Training in Rural WNC
New Brief Published! Advancing Value-Based Payment Policies Relevant to Rural Areas
The Rural Health Value team is pleased to share a policy paper entitled Advancing Value-Based Payment Policies Relevant to Rural Areas – Continued Challenges and New Opportunities.
Building on RHV’s “How to Design Value-Based Care Models for Rural Participant Success: A Summit Findings Report,” this paper suggests potential Innovation Center and CMS policy opportunities to ensure that all fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries will be in a care relationship with accountability for quality and total cost of care by 2030, and to ensure the inclusion of rural health care providers in CMS models, programs, and quality improvement initiatives.
Related resources on the Rural Health Value website:
- Catalog of Value-Based Initiatives for Rural Providers – Find federal Health and Human Services (HHS) value-based programs that might be appropriate for rural participation. (2023)
- How to Design Value-Based Care Models for Rural Participant Success: A Summit Findings Report – Based on the input from a two-day virtual summit of rural participants in value-based care models and programs, this report summarizes themes and actionable recommendations that can be used by those designing and supporting value-based care models to improve the viability, relevance, and likelihood of rural health care organization participation and success. (2020)