Civitas Networks For Health

TO ACTIVATE AND SUPPORT REGIONAL HEALTH IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATIVES BY INCREASING COLLAB & SHARED LEARNING ACROSS COMMUNITIES; PROVIDE THOUGHT LEADERSHIP & TECHNICAL EXPERTISE ON COMMUNITY-LEVEL IMPROVEMENT.

COVID-19 TESTING TO SUPPORT THE REOPENING OF SCHOOLS: A NATIONAL FORUM FOR REGIONAL LEADERS: BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND JULY OF 2021, NRHI, WITH SUPPORT FROM THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION, HELD A TWELVE-PART INNOVATIONS SERIES- COVID-19 TESTING TO SUPPORT THE REOPENING OF SCHOOLS: A NATIONAL FORUM FOR REGIONAL LEADERS. THE INNOVATION SERIES WAS DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT SCHOOL LEADERS AND THEIR CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERS WORKING TO IMPLEMENT ONSITE SCREENING TESTING PROGRAMS TO IDENTIFY AND CONTAIN CASES OF COVID-19. EACH OF THE TWELVE EVENTS IN THE SERIES HIGHLIGHTED THE WORK OF SPECIFIC SCHOOLS AND THEIR PARTNERS, AND/OR SHOWCASED TOOLS AND RESOURCES DEVELOPED BY NATIONAL THOUGHT LEADERS SUCH AS THE DUKE-MARGOLIS CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY, THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION, CHIEFS FOR CHANGE, AND COVID RESPONSE ADVISORS. THE SERIES REACHED 621 ATTENDEES REPRESENTING MANY DIFFERENT SECTORS AND ORGANIZATION TYPES INCLUDING REGIONAL HEALTH IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATIVES, PUBLIC HEALTH, COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENT, HEALTH SYSTEMS/MEDICAL PRACTICES, K-12 SCHOOLS, AND SOCIAL SERVICES. KEY TAKEAWAYS WERE SUMMARIZED AFTER EACH EVENT, AND ALL TAKEAWAYS AND EVENT RECORDING WERE DISSEMINATED BROADLY. BLOGS WERE ALSO PRODUCED AND PUBLISHED IN LOCAL AND NATIONAL MEDIA OUTLETS.

QUALITY PAYMENT PROGRAM SMALL, UNDERSERVED, AND RURAL SUPPORT (QPP SURS): NETWORK OF REGIONAL HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT PARTNERED WITH TWO OF ITS MEMBERS- COMAGINE HEALTH (FORMERLY HEALTHINSIGHT) AND MOUNTAIN-PACIFIC QUALITY HEALTH - TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SMALL PRACTICES IN UTAH, OREGON, NEVADA, MONTANA, WYOMING, AND ALASKA. NETWORK FOR REGIONAL HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT WAS 1 OF 11 ORGANIZATIONS CHOSEN BY THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL OR SMALL GROUP PRACTICES OF 15 OR FEWER TO SUPPORT THEIR TRANSITION OF MEDICARE PAYMENTS FROM A FEE-FOR-SERVICE SYSTEM TO ONE BASED ON PERFORMANCE AND PATIENT OUTCOMES UNDER THE QUALITY PAYMENT PROGRAM (QPP) SMALL, UNDERSERVED, & RURAL SUPPORT (SURS) PROGRAM. THE QPP-SURS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2017 AS PART OF THE MEDICARE ACCESS AND CHIP REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2015 (MACRA) TO ENABLE LOCAL, EXPERIENCED ORGANIZATIONS HELP INDIVIDUAL MERIT-BASED INCENTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM (MLPS)- ELIGIBLE CLINICIANS AND SMALL PRACTICES: SELECT AND REPORT ON APPROPRIATE MEASURES AND ACTIVITIES TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF EACH PERFORMANCE CATEGORY UNDER MIPS ENGAGE IN CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT OPTIMIZE THEIR HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (HIT) EVALUATE THEIR OPTIONS FOR JOINING AN ADVANCED ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT MODEL (APM) QUALITY, COST, IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES, AND ADVANCING CARE INFORMATION PROVIDING THIS SUPPORT TO CLINICIANS IS HELPING THEM TO NAVIGATE THE QUALITY PAYMENT PROGRAM, WHILE MAKING SURE THEY ARE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF THEIR PATIENTS.

HEALTHDOERS NETWORK- PHASE 3: WITH FUNDING FROM THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION BEGINNING IN 2014, NRHI HOSTED THE HEALTHDOERS NETWORK, A PREMIER NETWORK FOR HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE CHANGEMAKERS TO COME TOGETHER TO CONNECT, COLLABORATE, AND ACCELERATE THEIR WORK. THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT, WE CONVENED OVER 1,000 ORGANIZATIONS AND 5,000 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH INPERSON AND VIRTUAL EVENTS, ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITIES, AND DISSEMINATION OF RELEVANT CURATED CONTENT. DURING THE THIRD AND FINAL PHASE OF THE PROGRAM, RWJF PROVIDED OPERATIONAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY OF NRHI VIA MEMBERSHIP GROWTH AND FOCUS ON STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS.

THE ORGANIZATION IS A NATIONAL NETWORK OF MORE THAN 30 REGIONAL HEALTH IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATIVES (RHICS) AND STATE PARTNERS, REPRESENTING 36 STATES WORKING TO TRANSFORM HEALTHCARE AND ACHIEVE BETTER HEALTH, AND HIGH QUALITY AFFORDABLE CARE. NRHI ACCELERATES REGIONAL EFFORTS BY PROVIDING ITS MEMBERS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND COLLABORATE ACROSS REGIONS LEVERAGING REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR NATIONAL IMPACT. HEALTHCARE IS LOCAL AND ORGANIZATION'S MEMBERS SERVE AS NEUTRAL TRUSTED CONVENERS BRINGING THEIR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER AT A COMMON TABLE TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS AND IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS TO THEIR MOST PREVALENT HEALTH ISSUES.