Rural Health Research Centers

Objectives: The Rural Health Research Center program supports policy-relevant research to help decision makers understand challenges faced by rural communities and providers. The Rapid Response Rural Data Analysis and Issue Specific Rural Research Studies program assists communities to conduct rapid data analyses and short-term research studies to understand the impact of policies and regulations and improve access to health care. The Rural Health Research Dissemination Program disseminates and markets policy-oriented information for use by diverse audiences to raise awareness of issues regarding policy implications, access, quality and status of health care delivery, services, and management. The Rural Health Innovation and Transformation Technical Assistance Program provides technical assistance (TA) to rural stakeholders and the public to understand and engage in value-based care landscape in rural health care. The Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Evaluation Cooperative Agreement improves healthcare in rural areas by analyzing Critical Access Hospital (CAH) data, capturing best practices, and targeting limited CAH resources. The Information Services to Rural Hospital Flexibility Recipients Cooperative Agreement provides TA, capacity building and support to the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program and the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program. The National Rural Health Policy, Community, and Collaboration Program identifies and educates rural stakeholders about national policy issues and promising practices for rural health; supports engagement of communities; facilitates collaborations to support rural health. The State Offices of Rural Health Coordination and Development Program (SORHCDP) builds the capacity of the 50 State Offices of Rural Health (SORH) and rural stakeholders nationwide to better coordinate and improve rural health services. The Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement provides TA to FORHP recipients, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), and other rural providers, using data to demonstrate improvement in quality of care for rural patients. The Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement provides TA to Rural Health Clinics and disseminates information regarding issues such as Medicare survey, certification, billing, payment, and regulatory issues. The Rural Residency Planning and Development - Technical Assistance program establishes a rural residency planning and development TA center to assist HRSA Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) recipients creating new allopathic medicine rural residency programs associated with specialties such as primary care, psychiatry, and general preventive medicine. The Targeted Technical Assistance for Rural Hospitals Program improves healthcare in rural areas by providing targeted, in-depth TA to rural hospitals within communities struggling to maintain health care services. The Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program develops newly, accredited and sustainable rural residency programs to support expansion of physician workforce in rural areas. The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Evaluation cooperative agreement evaluates the impact of RCORP initiatives, which currently include eight active RCORP grant programs. -Medication Assisted Treatment Access, RCORP-Implementation, and pilot programs. The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program- Rural Centers of Excellence on Substance Use Disorder builds the evidence base for what prevention, treatment, and recovery interventions are effective and sustainable in communities and disseminates this information to strengthen the substance use disorders (SUD) services. The Rural Healthcare Provider Transition Project provides TA to assist eligible small rural hospitals and RHCs in strengthening their foundation in key elements of value-based care. The Rural Telementoring Training Center program trains academic me