State Flex Activities and CAH Designation

• State Initiatives Funded by the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program (Policy Brief No. 3, December 2007)
• State Initiatives Funded by the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program (Briefing Paper No. 15, October 2007)
• Review of State Flex Program Plans 2004-05 (Executive Summary No. 10, March 2006)
• A Review of State Flex Program Plans 2004-2005 (Briefing Paper No. 10, March 2006)
• CAH National Survey (Aug. 2004)
• A Synthesis of State Flex Program Plans 2003-2004 (Briefing Paper No. 1, May 2004)
• A Critical Access Hospital Update, Findings From the Field, Volume 2, Number 6, September 2002
• CAH Conversion, Network Linkages and the Implementation of Quality Improvement Initiatives.
  Presented at the National Rural Health Association 24th Annual Conference, Dallas, Texas, May 23, 2001. Walter Gregg, Deputy Director, University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center.
• From Idaho: The CAH Start-Up Kit, Findings From the Field, Volume 1, Number 1, May 23, 2002
• Overview of Flex Monitoring Project, (PowerPoint)
  Duluth, MN Dec. 2003
• Participation in the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program: Documenting Trends and Changes, Findings From the Field, Volume 1, Number 15, March 30, 2002
• Reauthorizing the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program: Lessons From the Field, Findings From the Field, Volume 2, Number 5, Feb. 8, 2002
• Strengthening the Rural Health Infrastructure: Improving Rural Health Systems. The Final Year of FLEX.
  Melissa A. Fruhbeis, MSPH, North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.