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Rural Value-Based Care - The Payer Perspective, Rural Health Value Summit Report

The Rural Health Value team convened professionals and executives from national and regional health care payer organizations to share and explore insights, innovations, successes, and challenges in rural health value-based care (VBC) contracting. This report summarizes challenges and solutions followed by suggestions for rural health care organization leaders from the Summit participants. (2024)

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Catalog of Value-Based Initiatives for Rural Providers

One-page summaries of Health and Human Services (HHS) value-based programs that might be appropriate for rural participation. (2024)

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Advancing Value-Based Payment Policies Relevant to Rural Areas - Continued Challenges and New Opportunities

This paper suggests potential Innovation Center and CMS policy opportunities to ensure that all Traditional, 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. (2023)

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Medicare Shared Savings Program: Rule Changes and Implications for Rural Health Care Organizations

A summary of the changes made to the Medicare Shared Savings Program taking effect January 2023 and 2024. This Rural Health Value analysis outlines how the changes would reduce barriers to participation for potential or reentering ACOs that operate in rural contexts. (2022)

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State Innovation Model Testing Awards

Learn about activities and early accomplishments of eleven states with rural focus areas that were awarded State Innovation Model (SIM) funds from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). (2022)

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The Future of Rural Value-Based Health Care and Surge Capacity

Healthcare service demands consequent to the COVID-19 pandemic have challenged preconceived rural value-based priorities such as inpatient-care reduction and just-in-time inventories. This Rural Health Value commentary outlines questions for consideration about the future of rural value-based care and payment as rural healthcare organizations struggle with conflicting demands for surge-ready healthcare infrastructure and value-oriented business processes. (2020)

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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)

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