Rural Hospital Flexibility Program

Completed Projects

Alphabetical list. You can also view by project completion date.

• Community Impact Assessment
  This project will evaluate the impact of the Flex program on local communities. Activities will focus on identifying the ways in which the program could have a measurable effect, as well as the ways in which Flex program coordinators intended to affect community health. A briefing paper that integrates information on scope of services, networking, and quality will be produced. Additionally, case studies will be conducted in six CAH communities.
  Research centers: Maine Rural Health Research Center, North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
  Topics: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Networking and collaboration, Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
  
• Development of State Flex Program Logic Models and Related Toolkit
  Research center: Maine Rural Health Research Center
  Topic: Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
  
• Evaluation of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
  Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
  Topics: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
  
• Evaluation of the Rural Hospital Flexibility Act and the Critical Access Hospital Program
  Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
  Topics: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
  
• Financial Performance of Critical Access Hospitals, Pre- and Post-Conversion
  Making use of the financial indicators developed by project staff, the focus of this project is a longitudinal analysis of the dimensions and indicators of financial performance. Descriptive analyses are used to capture changes in all dimensions of financial performance pre- and post-conversion.
  Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
  Topics: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Healthcare financing, Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS), Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
  
• National Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Review
  Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
  Topics: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
  
• National Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Tracking Project
  Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
  
• National Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Tracking Project Dissemination
  Research center: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  Topics: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
  
• National Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Tracking Project: Emergency Medical Services
  Research center: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
  Topics: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Emergency medical services (EMS) and trauma, Networking and collaboration, Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
  
• National Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Tracking Project: Perceptions of Community Physicians
  Research center: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
  Topics: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Physicians, Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
  
• National Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Tracking Project: Tracking State Policy and Program Development
  Research center: Maine Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
  
• State Flex Program Quality Improvement Activities
  Research center: Maine Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Quality, Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
  
• Using Program Logic Models to Monitor the Performance of State Flex Programs
  This project will use a program logic model approach to track state program activities and develop tools that allow states to systematically monitor and manage their accomplishments in the context of Flex Program goals.
  Research center: Maine Rural Health Research Center
  Topic: Rural Hospital Flexibility Program