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340B Drug Pricing Program
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The 340B drug pricing program provides low-cost medications and assistance with prescription co-payments. Eligible patients are served by the North Carolina Farmworker Health Program and do not participate in other prescription assistance programs.
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Analytics and Innovations
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Within the Office of Rural Health, the Analytics & Innovations (AI) Team creates and improves performance measures through constructing study designs, research methodologies and statistical techniques that will further enhance healthcare research. The team’s focus is to inform community and policy makers of the story behind the data to help improve access and quality of healthcare. In rural North Carolina, residents die at an earlier age due to avoidable chronic disease and unintentio...
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Community Health Grants
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Community Health Grant funds by statute, support safety-net organizations such as federally qualified health centers, health centers that meet the criteria for federally qualified health centers, state-designated rural health centers, free clinics, public health departments, and school-based health centers that provide care to underserved populations throughout the state. The purpose of the funds is fourfold:
-To increase access to preventive and primary care services for med...
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Critical Access Hospital Network Development
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Critical Access Hospital (CAH) network development provides federal funding to small rural hospitals and requires hospitals to collaborate to make the best use of limited health care dollars. Hospitals in the network agree to reduce the number of acute beds (for patients who need a high level of care) to 25 or fewer while ensuring emergency services are available.
The Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program (Flex Grant Program) focuses on small and rural hospitals, i...
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Farmworker Health Medical and Outreach Services
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Farmworker medical and outreach services support agencies across the state that provide and link migrant and seasonal farmworkers with primary and preventive health services. Rural health centers, public health departments, community health centers, and local nonprofits provide a range of medical, nursing, case management, and education services at clinics, farmworker camps, and farmworker residences. This service benefits migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their...
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Integrated Health Care Delivery Systems
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Integrated Health Care Delivery Systems (IHCDS) funds creative local solutions to difficulties encountered in the financing and delivery of health care services for Medicaid recipients, the uninsured, and other vulnerable populations. IHCDS leverages existing infrastructure, including DHHS divisions, Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC), physicians, hospitals, health departments, community and rural health centers, communities, private philanthropies, and academia, to build and st...
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Medical, Psychiatric, and Dental Provider Recruitment
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The Office of Rural Health serves as the lead agency for recruiting primary medical, psychiatric, and dental care providers to North Carolina's rural and underserved communities by using a matching service database to link potential candidates with communities. Recruiters attend state and national conferences, as well as career fairs, and visit residents to promote opportunities to practice in North Carolina. Rural residents benefit from the placement of medical...
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Medication Assistance
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The Medication Assistance Program (MAP) provides access to free prescription drugs available through pharmaceutical manufacturers to patients who cannot afford them as a safety net for uninsured, low-income individuals in the state.
This service, currently offered through 122 sites in rural health centers, federally qualified health centers and community and faith based organizations, uses special software called Medication Access and Review Prog...
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Rural Health Centers Support
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Support is provided to state-designated, 501(c)(3) rural health centers for primary care services, technical assistance, capital projects, and practice transformation.
Funding is provided for access to primary care services for underserved and uninsured rural residents. This population is afforded access through the Medical Access Plan (MAP). MAP services are available for patients with incomes up to 200% of Federal Poverty Guidelines. ORH currently reimburses rural health centers $100 f...
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Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program Grants (SHIP)
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These Federal funds are intended to address four (4) key areas of hospital operations as identified by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): 1) Prospective Payment Systems, 2) Accountable Care Organizations, 3) Value Based Purchasing, and 4) Bundled Payments. Qualified hospitals must propose specific initiatives to address one or more of the four key areas. This service supports the goal of improving financial operations, quality of care provided, and viab...
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