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FLORIDA OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH OVERVIEW

JANUARY 2016

MISSION

Actively foster the provision of health care services in rural areas and serve as a catalyst for improved health services to citizens in rural areas of the state.

Section 381.0405, Florida Statutes

Santa Rosa Okaloosa Walton Holmes Calhoun Bay Jackson Washington Liberty Gulf Franklin Wakulla Leon Gadsden Madison Taylor Hamilton Baker Dixie Nassau Duval St. Johns Flagler Volusia Marion Levy Citrus Orange Pinellas Hillsborough Polk Indian River St. Lucie Martin Palm Beach Hendry Highlands Hardee Manatee Sarasota Charlotte Lee Okeechobee DeSoto Collier Broward Dade

Monroe

Seminole Lake Brevard Pasco Hernando Sumter Lafayette Suwannee Columbia Union Bradford Clay Alachua

Florida’s Rural Counties

Osceola

Changed from Rural to Urban as of 2010 Census Rural per 2000 Census Rural per 2010 Census (100 persons

• r less per square mile)

Monroe

Urban per 2010 Census

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State Office of Rural Health (SORH)

• Clearinghouse for information on rural health care issues
• Research findings relating to rural health care and innovative

approaches to the delivery of rural health care

• Coordinate rural health care activities to avoid duplication
• Provide technical assistance to public and nonprofit private

entities

• Encourage the recruitment and retention of health

professionals in rural areas

• Strengthen State, Local and Federal partnerships in rural

health

SORH Programs & Grants

 State Office of Rural Health ($172,950 federal grant) –

Provides basic infrastructure for the office

 Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP)

($171,000 federal grant) – Assist small rural hospitals

with quality and operational improvement efforts.

 Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (FLEX)

($460,000 federal grant) – Specifically targets CAHs

 Rural Health Networks ($500,000 state appropriation) –

Increase use of rural hospitals; create provider networks

 Local Health Councils ($1,000,000 state appropriation) –

Health evaluation, analysis, planning; CON

Florida’s Rural Health Providers

 29 statutorily designated rural hospitals

(23 in rural counties and 6 in the rural portions of urban counties)

 153 rural health clinics  30 rural county health departments  31 rural community health center sites  43 rural EMS provider agencies

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New SORH Directives

 Quality reporting (more public reporting)  Financial and Operational Improvement

– value-based; incentives/penalties

 Population Health Management and

Emergency Medical Services Integration

 Network development

SHIP Program Updates

 Funds directly to hospitals; hospitals

then billed by HTH

 Quarterly progress updates  Impact or projected impact of project

Florida Office of Rural Health Contacts

Craig Wilson, Director (850)245-4712 Craig.Wilson@flhealth.gov Randy Calvert, FLEX Program Coordinator (850)245-4444 x 2039 Randall.Calvert@flhealth.gov Dennis Halfhill, SHIP and 3RNET Coordinator (850) 245-4444 x 2682 Dennis.Halfhill@flhealth.gov