Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program Performance Measures

The Flex Program enables state designated entities to support critical access hospitals (CAHs) in quality improvement, quality reporting, performance improvement, and benchmarking; to assist facilities seeking designation as critical access hospitals; and to create a program to establish or expand the provision of rural emergency medical services (EMS). These initiatives are meant to ensure residents in rural communities have access to high quality health care services. These initiatives cover the following program areas: quality improvement; financial and operational improvement; population health and EMS improvement; critical access hospital (CAH) conversion; and integration of innovative care models. Flex program performance measures were developed with stakeholder feedback to provide aggregate program data required by Congress under the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010. The information collected is used for identifying and understanding programmatic improvement across program areas, as well as guiding future iterations of the Flex Program and prioritizing areas of need and support.

The latest form for Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program Performance Measures expires 2028-12-31 and is listed under ICR 202509-0915-003.