The Tennessee State Office of Rural Health organizes and manages grant programs that improve health care on a county and state level. SORH main goals are to create innovative advances and deliver information to rural parts of Tennessee, strategize to create one-of-a-kind health activities utilizing their resources, provide technical support to public and non-profit entities serving rural populations (“TDH”, 2016). SORH is made up of three programs, Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (FLEX), Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP), and Primary Care Office (PCO). FLEX is federally funded and targets to improve access to preventive and emergency health services for rural residents. SHIP helps support small hospitals with 49 staffed beds or fewer by providing equipment, updating health information technology, payment bundling, and assisting in the transition to the new ACA guidelines to improve quality of care. PCO focuses on increasing the amount of health care providers in underserved areas, like rural
The Tennessee State Office of Rural Health organizes and manages grant programs that improve health care on a county and state level. SORH main goals are to create innovative advances and deliver information to rural parts of Tennessee, strategize to create one-of-a-kind health activities utilizing their resources, provide technical support to public and non-profit entities serving rural populations (“TDH”, 2016). SORH is made up of three programs, Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (FLEX), Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP), and Primary Care Office (PCO). FLEX is federally funded and targets to improve access to preventive and emergency health services for rural residents. SHIP helps support small hospitals with 49 staffed beds or fewer by providing equipment, updating health information technology, payment bundling, and assisting in the transition to the new ACA guidelines to improve quality of care. PCO focuses on increasing the amount of health care providers in underserved areas, like rural