{"id":319,"date":"2016-06-07T21:28:18","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T21:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/?page_id=319"},"modified":"2024-12-04T13:00:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T18:00:15","slug":"medicare-rural-hospital-flexibility-program-flex","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/medicare-rural-hospital-flexibility-program-flex\/","title":{"rendered":"State Office of Rural Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-319\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-319-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-319-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-319-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-319-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-319-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-319-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-d14ffd89b73e-319\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"sow-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMedicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (FLEX)\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-319-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-319-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-features panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-features so-widget-sow-features-default-20c33c4a6bd7-319\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><ul\n\tclass=\"sow-features-list\n\tsow-features-responsive\">\n\n\t\t\t<li\n\t\t\tclass=\"sow-features-feature sow-icon-container-position-top\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; width: calc(100% - 25px);\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-icon-container sow-container-round\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"color: #1e73be; \"\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/division-of-rural-health\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-fontawesome sow-fas\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf015;\"\n\t\tstyle=\"font-size: 60%; color: #fff\" \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-319-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-319-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-319-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>The Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (FLEX) is a federal funding program designed to improve and sustain access to appropriate and quality health care services in rural areas. Established by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/OP_Home\/ssact\/title18\/1820.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Supports the conversion and designation of small rural hospitals to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/critical-access-hospitals-cah\/\">Critical Access Hospital (CAH)<\/a> status;<\/li>\n<li>Assists in developing and maintaining quality health care network systems;<\/li>\n<li>Strengthens and further integrates Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in rural areas; and<\/li>\n<li>Facilitates the development of state specific model community-based collaborative systems in rural areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Introduction:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Flex Program supports Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to promote quality and performance improvement including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stabilizing finances;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrating emergency medical services into health care systems;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incorporating population health; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fostering innovative models of health care.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the Flex Program, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrsa.gov\/rural-health\/rural-hospitals\/mbqip\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> seeks to improve the quality of care provided in CAHs by voluntarily reporting measures not required by CMS.\u00a0 States coordinate technical assistance based on the needs of hospitals in their state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The Virginia FLEX Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Virginia FLEX Program exists to assist Virginia Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in moving toward a value-based payment model that provides high quality and appropriate care to all. The goal of the Virginia Flex program is to partner with Critical Access Hospitals to improve the quality of care, financial and operational performance, and population health needs of their communities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Virginia Department of Health has managed this program since 1999. Accomplishments have included:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Continuously increasing rural health partners;<\/li>\n<li>Leveraging program funding to cost-effectively extend various Flex program services to include 7 CAH facilities and 17 other small rural hospital facilities;<\/li>\n<li>Acquiring of $1.1 million in additional federal funds to pilot a health information technology project at one of Virginia\u2019s CAH facilities;<\/li>\n<li>Expand the use of technology, EMS and collaboration to improve healthcare in rural areas;<\/li>\n<li>Provided over $100,000 to CAH facilities for health information technology upgrades.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Recent FLEX-funded projects:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Congregational Health Assessments<\/li>\n<li>Incentives for small rural hospitals to participate in a statewide assessment of the ability of emergency departments to treat pediatric patients<\/li>\n<li>Multi-state Performance Improvement Project<\/li>\n<li>Telehealth educational programs<\/li>\n<li>Annual Virginia Rural Health Conference<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Virginia Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.balladhealth.org\/hospitals\/dickenson-community-clintwood\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ballad Health Dickenson Community Hospital<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.balladhealth.org\/hospitals\/lee-county-community\">Ballad Health Lee County Community Hospital<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bathhospital.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bath County Community Hospital<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonsecours.com\/locations\/hospitals-medical-centers\/richmond\/rappahannock-general-hospital\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bon Secours Rappahannock General Hospital\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carilionclinic.org\/locations\/carilion-giles-community-hospital\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carilion Giles Community Hospital<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carilionclinic.org\/locations\/carilion-stonewall-jackson-hospital?utm_source=local-listing&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=website-link\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyhealthlink.com\/page-memorial-hospital\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valley Health Page Memorial Hospital<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyhealthlink.com\/shenandoah-memorial-hospital\/\">Valley Health Shenandoah Memorial Hospital<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Virginia Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Application Materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2020\/10\/Virginia-CAH-Application-Introduction-.pdf\">Virginia CAH Application Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2020\/10\/VA-CAH-Application-Checklist.pdf\">Virginia CAH Application Checklist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2020\/10\/VA-CAH-ApplicationChecklist.pdf\">Virginia CAH Application Checklist &amp; Application<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Virginia FLEX Program Partners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrsa.gov\/rural-health\/rural-hospitals\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hqi.solutions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Healthcare Quality Innovators (HQI)\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralhealthweb.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Rural Health Association<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralcenter.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Rural Health Resource Center<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/chatr\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VDH Office of EMS Community Health and Technical Resources Division<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vhha.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vhhafoundation.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association Foundation<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vrha.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia Rural Health Association<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stratishealth.org\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stratis Health<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stroudwater.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stroudwater Associates<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flexmonitoring.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Flex Monitoring Team<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/licensure-and-certification\/\">VDH Office of Licensing and Certification<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Virginia FLEX Program Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Quality Improvement Resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralcenter.org\/tasc\/mbqip\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement (MBQIP) Project<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralcenter.org\/tasc\/mbqip\/mbqip-monthly\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Archive MBQIP Monthly Newsletters<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flexmonitoring.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Flex Monitoring Team<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/Center\/Provider-Type\/Critical-Access-Hospitals-Center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahrq.gov\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicare.gov\/hospitalcompare\/search.html?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hospital Compare<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualitynet.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CMS Quality Net<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jointcommission.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Joint Commission<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vhha.com\/quality-patient-safety\/scorecard\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VHHA Hospital Quality &amp; Patient Safety Scorecard<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vhha.com\/quality-patient-safety\/virginia-rural-hospital-coaching-collaborative\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia Rural Hospital Coaching Collaborative<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nhsn\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finance\/Operational Improvement Resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flexmonitoring.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Flex Monitoring Team\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stroudwater.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stroudwater Associates<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/Outreach-and-Education\/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN\/MLNProducts\/downloads\/RuralChart.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medicare Billing Information for Rural Providers and Suppliers<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cms.gov\/Medicare\/Coding\/ICD10\/index.html?redirect=\/ICD10\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ICD 10 Regulations and Information<\/span><\/a> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- Rules, regulations, and the latest news on ICD-10<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralcenter.org\/events\/help-webinars\/small-rural-hospital-and-clinic-finance-101-%E2%80%93-an-update\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Small Rural Hospital and Clinic Finance 101<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/innovation.cms.gov\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CMS Innovation Center<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/innovation.cms.gov\/innovation-models\/chart-model\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CMS: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community Health Access and Rural Transformation (CHART) Model<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Learn More<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ruralhealth.hrsa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Federal Office of Rural Health Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruralcenter.org\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rural Health Resource Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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