The Flex program supports state
designated entities that assist critical access hospitals (CAHs)
improve across Flex initiatives. These initiatives are meant to
ensure residents in rural communities have access to high quality
health care services. These initiatives cover the following
principal topic areas: quality reporting and improvement; financial
and operational improvement; population health management;
Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Integration; critical access
hospital (CAH) conversion; and Integration of Innovative Care
Models. Flex program performance measures were drafted, and
approved with stakeholder feedback to aggregate program data
required by Congress under the Government Performance and Results
Act (GPRA) of 2010. Such data is also of interest to the Federal
Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) and Flex Program for
identifying and understanding programmatic improvement across
initiatives, prioritizing areas of need, targeting technical
support, and guiding future iterations of the Flex
Program.
The measures have been revised
and the burden to respondents has been reduced.
$9,720
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Lisa Wright-Solomon
3014430985
No
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