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Rural Health Innovations, the consulting arm of The Center, in partnership with @Health4Texas, has released a series of recommendations that offer guidance on how to successfully implement future #rural value-based payment models. View the recommendations: bit.ly/TexasCHART

The 2025 update to our Population Health Toolkit includes the most current measures from a half-dozen publicly available datasets, presented in an interactive dashboard that can help you identify social drivers of health in your community. 🔗 bit.ly/PopHealthToolk…

Today, we honor and celebrate the dream and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose unwavering commitment to peace and justice transformed the world, and continues to transform the world. #MLKDay

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Due to the strong interest expressed by hospitals, we’ve extended the deadline for applications to participate in the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program’s first cohort to Friday, January 17, 2025. 🔗bit.ly/RHSP-Website

Applications to participate in the first cohort of the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program — open to critical access hospitals, prospective payment system hospitals, rural emergency hospitals and tribal hospitals — are being accepted until 1/15/2025. 🔗 bit.ly/RHSP-Website

Happy Holidays from The Center's Board of Directors and staff!

There’s just a few spots left for the Rural Healthcare Provider Transition Project’s upcoming Leadership Learning Collaborative (January 14 and 28, February 11 and 25) — so be sure to apply today: bit.ly/RHPTP-LC.

Check out two new guides from our Technical Assistance and Services Center: 🔗 Critical Access Hospital Financial Sustainability Guide: bit.ly/CAH-Sustainabi… 🔗 Strategies for Critical Access Hospitals to Address Outmigration: bit.ly/CAH-Outmigrati…

Thanks to @PNS_News for calling attention to the launch of @HRSAgov 's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy-supported Rural Hospital Stabilization Program! Register for tomorrow's webinar (12/18, 2 pm CT) introducing the program: bit.ly/RHSP-Webinar.

Join us on Dec. 18 (2 p.m. CT) to learn more about the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program, a new @HRSAgov initiative helping rural hospitals improve their financial stability by enhancing or expanding health care services. Learn more & register: bit.ly/RHSP-Webinar

Apply today for the Rural Healthcare Provider Transition Project’s upcoming Leadership Learning Collaborative (Jan-Feb 2025) to learn more about value-based care and drive change in your organization! 🔗bit.ly/RHPTP-LC

Join us on Wed., Dec. 11 for our next HELP Webinar which focuses on collaboration in rural communities. Alana Knudson from @WalshCenter will discuss rural health leaders’ roles as connectors & share resources that can support their work to improve health. bit.ly/HELP-Collabora…

This Thanksgiving, we give thanks for the dedication of #ruralhealth care providers, State Offices of Rural Health and other rural stakeholders. Your hard work and commitment make a difference every day, ensuring that rural communities have access to quality care. #Thankful

There's just ONE WEEK to go! ⏳ On Nov. 21, we're gearing up to celebrate #NationalRuralHealthDay with @NOSORH! Let's rally together to honor the #PowerOfRural! Learn more at powerofrural.org.

Interested in making an impact on the health of #rural America? We're currently hiring for a remote Program Specialist to join the Technical Assistance and Services Center, and Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program teams. Learn more and apply today: bit.ly/Center-Careers

Center CEO Sally Buck & COO Alyssa Meller recently hosted staff from @SenTinaSmith's office—Sarah Sandgren & Orion DiFranco—to discuss our work in the state and throughout the country, including our new cooperative agreement with @HRSAgov's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.

Happy National #NPWeek to the more than 385,000 nurse practitioners who are at the heart of health care in the U.S.! The care they provide helps to expand health care access, promote health equity and improve health outcomes.

Today, on #VeteransDay, we honor all who have answered the call to serve — and their courage, sacrifices and unwavering commitment to protect the common good.

Our Technical Assistance and Services Center team has been in Rockville, MD, this week, facilitating the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy’s annual Fall Flex Program Workshop. Participants came from @ADHPIO, @UACRH, @HealthyFla, @GADCH, @KYRuralHealth and @WVDeptofHealth.

The countdown is on! 🙌 There’s just ONE MONTH until we celebrate #NationalRuralHealthDay on Thursday, Nov. 21! Let's rally together and honor the #PowerOfRural — the people, providers and organizations making a big impact. Join the movement today: powerofrural.org.