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Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
Tracking Project
The Tracking Project was funded by the
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration
(Cooperative Agreement #U27 RH 00235).
The Tracking Project team is made up of staff from the following centers:
Project HOPE Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis (Hope)
Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI)
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center (Minnesota)
University of North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Program (UNC)
University of Southern Maine Rural Health Research Center (So. Maine)
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center (WWAMI)
DRAFT
September 1, 2000
Table of Contents
Executive Summary (WWAMI)
Chapter 1: Introduction (WWAMI)
Chapter 2: Dissemination of Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Tracking
Project Findings (RUPRI)
Chapter 3: Report on the Implementation of the Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
(UNC)
Chapter 4: State Implementation of the Rural Hospital Flexibility Program:
The First-Year Experience (So. Maine)
Chapter 5: Hospital Conversion Experiences (Minnesota)
Chapter 6: Financial Condition of Critical Access Hospitals: 1996-1999
(UNC)
Chapter 7: EMS Initiatives Under the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
(Hope)
Chapter 8: Conclusions and Unexpected Findings (WWAMI)
Appendices:
1. Literature Review
2. Sampling Plan
3. Protocols
A.
Final Full Site Visit Guide
B. State-Level Site Visit Guide
C. State-Level Site Visit Protocol and
Interview Guide (Final)
D. Site Visit Interview: Financial
and Strategic Aspects
E. Pre-Site Visit Data Collection
Instrument
4. Log of Conference Calls and Meetings
5. Findings from the Field Reports:
- Findings From the
Field, Vol.1 Num.1 - From Idaho: The CAH Start-Up Kit
- Findings From the
Field, Vol.1 Num.2 - From North Carolina: Strengthening Billing
Systems for Rural EMS
- Findings From the
Field, Vol.1 Num.3 - From North Carolina and Wisconsin: The RHFP as a
Vehicle for State Policy
- Findings from the
Field, Vol.1 Num.4 - From Oklahoma and Wisconsin: "Right
Sizing" - Matching the Scope of Services to the Population.
- Findings From the
Field, Vol.1 Num.5 - From Wisconsin, Idaho, and Florida: Approaches to
Collecting Information About Rural Emergency Medical Service Systems
- Findings From the
Field, Vol.1 Num.6 - From Wisconsin: Strategies for Hospital
Communication With the Community
- Findings From the
Field, Vol.1 Num.7 - State Office of Rural Health and Hospital
Association Partnerships: An Important Ingredient for Success
- Findings From the
Field, Vol.1 Num.8 - From Washington: Modeling Economic Changes in
Communities and Their Health Systems
- Findings From the
Field, Vol.1 Num.9 - From Kansas and Idaho: Supporting Quality
Assurance / Improvement in Critical Access Hospitals -- A Role for
Networks and State Agencies
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