Here’s your chance to share your best practices at the national, state and local level by submitting them for the National Rural Task Force’s (NRTF) 2013 compendium.
The National Rural Task Force is a group of members of the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) and the National Association of Community Health Centers established in 2007 to “discuss rural issues, communication strategies and build partnerships to promote the long-term growth and sustainability of rural community and migrant health centers” through a cooperative agreement with HRSA’s Office of Rural Health Policy.
While NRHA will continue to accept submissions surrounding best practices and models for workforce development, technology, training and quality improvement, it is planned that the 2013 compendium will be centered around preparing for and implementing the Affordable Care Act in 2014. NRHA is specifically issuing a call for submissions of best practices/models surrounding education, outreach, enrollment and provision of services during previous large insurance program implementations. This could include state expanded Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Programs, and/or prescription coverage expansion.
The last compendium titled “Innovations to Strengthen Rural Health Care: Technology, Quality Improvement, Collaboration, and Training” was developed as a dynamic document, designed for ongoing use and modification by various entities. The compendium is utilized to help highlight best practices and inform rural health stakeholders. The 2012 compendium and other NRTF resources can be found on the National Rural Task Force webpage.
Best practices will be incorporated in this year’s compendium that will be used to better inform community health center peers, other rural health providers, as well as local, state and national rural health stakeholders, so please take a moment to fill out the template on the National Rural Task Force webpage and return it to Laura Hudson at Hudson@NRHArural.org by Oct. 11.