Rural Health Value

Dramatic changes are underway in health care delivery and finance. The changing landscape creates new opportunities to design and strengthen local care systems in rural America.

The Rural Health Value (RHV) initiative leads to a better understanding of how evolving health care delivery and financing systems affect rural communities and providers. 

Funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, this national initiative utilizes the extensive analytic and technical assistance capacity of the University of Iowa Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis and Stratis Health to facilitate the transition of rural health care organizations and support success in a value-based care and payment environment. 

RHV focuses on understanding how changing health care delivery and financing systems affect rural communities and clinicians and help rural health care organizations transition to new approaches that support success in a value-based care and payment environment.

Components of this initiative:

• Providing technical assistance for rural communities and organizations focused on transitioning to value-based care across several states.
• Developing a variety of resources, including a catalog of relevant rural value-based initiatives, profiles of rural innovations, a strategic value-based care readiness assessment, tools to support physician and board engagement, and a guide for rural health care leaders focused on understanding and addressing social determinants of health.

Actions

• Convene groups to synthesize and share insights that enhance rural value-based care and payment.
• Develop actionable tools and resources to support rural value-based care and payment.
• Interpret health policies related to rural value-based care and payment.
• Highlight and disseminate best practices in rural value-based care and payment.
• Share experiences from rural healthcare organizations delivering value-based care.
• Infuse the rural perspective in organizations designing, implementing, and evaluating value-based care and payment.

We make lives better by…

Understanding and facilitating rural health transformation:

• Encouraging engagement of rural health care organizations in value-based care delivery that improves care and decreases costs.
• Synthesizing and sharing best practices and lessons learned from early adopters.
• Providing actionable tools, education, and support for rural stakeholders in navigating the ever-changing landscape of value-based care.