Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify emerging capabilities, documents, and resources used to identify, aggregate, report, and analyze quality performance
• Create a one-stop shop for resources on education and marketing of current outcomes
• Identify new and quick tool for quality reporting of MBQIP measures, and new models of care to enhance overall CAH performance

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the financial pressures facing critical access hospitals and other rural providers during COVID-19 response
• Describe the purpose and elements of the Rural Health Care Providers COVID Funding Resource Tool
• Give examples of actions a state Flex Program could take to support the financial stability of their rural providers during the pandemic

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Replicate strategies and frameworks that CAHs and RHCs can use to address mental health and substance use issues
• Examine opioid prescription reduction and successful outcomes from the Hopi Tribal Departments, Law Enforcement, and Hopi Substance Abuse Prevention Center collaboration

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Differentiate roles peer programs have had with pre- and post- closure facilities
• Identify innovative models that have been implemented in other states
• Compare state-wide approaches to the rural hospital closure situation

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Navigate the financial portal of the CAHMPAS system
• Access and manipulate CAH data related to financial measures

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the purpose and importance of CAH and state Flex Program participation in MBQIP
• Differentiate the roles of various players in implementing MBQIP, including FORHP, state Flex Programs, the Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance (RQITA) team and more
• Identify MBQIP resources and available support

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify at least one “silver lining” in the current pandemic
• Describe the evidence-based leadership components that produce sustainable excellence
• Adapt their leadership actions in a time of crisis, modelling, vision, understanding, courage, and adaptability

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Name at least two disparities within rural communities
• Identify two drivers of health disparities
• Identify one resource that can be used to help reduce disparities

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Compare best practices and lessons learned for administering and integrating efforts across Flex, Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program (SHIP), and State Office of Rural Health (SORH) programs from state government, nonprofit, and university settings
• Identify innovative models of care implemented by CAHs
• Apply various approaches to support CAHs facing challenges

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify the need for value-based care
• Conclude projects progress and impact
• Apply ways for Flex Programs to step into the value-based care arena

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Recall two state Flex Programs’ needs assessment examples
• Recognize ways to replicate similar methods in their Flex Program work
• Describe how information gathered empowered clear decision-making for future activities

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Connect with Flex Program peers in small group discussions to share challenges and strategies of managing the state Flex Program during the pandemic
• Recognize resources, initiatives or tactics to implement supporting program management and project execution

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify opportunities and mitigate challenges for rural safety net providers in the current state of health care policy and regulations with the ever changing environment

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Interpret how Arizona Center for Rural Health leveraged federal grant funds, and their process for forming the Weaver Mountains Health Initiative
• Assemble local and regional organizations to improve health care access
• Replicate various state Flex Program/CAH community projects, and apply current tools and resources to assist and encourage CAHs to undertake substantive community engagement efforts to address social determinants of health

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify key components of palliative care and relevance in rural settings
• Outline a model for supporting development of palliative care services in rural communities
• Discuss lessons learned from implementation across multiple states

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify specific measures to capture patient experience
• Create a swing bed patient survey to enhance the overall program
• Determine patient needs and improvement opportunities to enhance care transitions
• Identify pros and cons of pilot project using tablet versus paper surveys

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Participate in a consensus workshop to determine Flex Program technical assistance (TA) strategies to provide relevant TA to system-affiliated, managed, or owned CAHs
• Adapt the identified strategies to your Flex Program’s work plan to support similar facilities in your state

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify emerging capabilities, documents, and resources used to identify, aggregate, report, and analyze quality performance
• Create a one-stop shop for resources on education and marketing of current outcomes
• Identify new and quick tool for quality reporting of MBQIP measures, and new models of care to enhance overall CAH performance

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the financial pressures facing critical access hospitals and other rural providers during COVID-19 response
• Describe the purpose and elements of the Rural Health Care Providers COVID Funding Resource Tool
• Give examples of actions a state Flex Program could take to support the financial stability of their rural providers during the pandemic

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Replicate strategies and frameworks that CAHs and RHCs can use to address mental health and substance use issues
• Examine opioid prescription reduction and successful outcomes from the Hopi Tribal Departments, Law Enforcement, and Hopi Substance Abuse Prevention Center collaboration

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Differentiate roles peer programs have had with pre- and post- closure facilities
• Identify innovative models that have been implemented in other states
• Compare state-wide approaches to the rural hospital closure situation

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Navigate the financial portal of the CAHMPAS system
• Access and manipulate CAH data related to financial measures

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the purpose and importance of CAH and state Flex Program participation in MBQIP
• Differentiate the roles of various players in implementing MBQIP, including FORHP, state Flex Programs, the Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance (RQITA) team and more
• Identify MBQIP resources and available support

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify at least one “silver lining” in the current pandemic
• Describe the evidence-based leadership components that produce sustainable excellence
• Adapt their leadership actions in a time of crisis, modelling, vision, understanding, courage, and adaptability