Rural Connectivity Program – A Year in Review

Tis the season! It’s a time for togetherness, reflection, and celebration. As 2025 comes to a close, we at the Rural Connectivity Program want to celebrate the hard work and meaningful progress made toward improving rural health quality and access. Through collaboration, innovation, and dedication, we’ve strengthened data-driven decision-making, enhanced workflows, and supported Colorado’s rural health facilities in delivering better care. Here’s what we accomplished this year…

Platform Additions and Upgrades

• Launched the Child & Youth dashboard in the Community Analytics Platform – Unlocking new data insights into pay for performance children’s health metrics via the Rural Well-Child KPI report.
• Enhanced the Community Analytic Platform’s Cancer Screening and Diagnosis report in July, with another update coming this month – be on the lookout for an official announcement coming soon
• Introduced Innovaccer to empower healthcare organizations with actionable insights into cost and utilization trends
• Enrolled 12 new participating facilities to the Rural Connectivity Program, increasing the number of total facilities to 117 and total attributed members in the CAP to over 700,000 – an increase of nearly 100,000 unique patients since December 2024

Expanded Technical Assistance & Shared Learning

• Delivered remote and on-site technical support and training on dashboard access, usage, and visual analytics
• Facilitated Super User Group and presented on Rural Connectivity Program’s impact on analytics and CRHC’s role in rural quality improvement

Quality Improvement Initiatives and Financial Impact

• Supported facilities projects through:
  • Identifying new service lines
  • Development and workflow optimization for cancer screenings and Chronic Care Management (CCM) programs
  • Improve data collection practices to improve health equity
  • Analyzing data for grant writing
• Provided Sustainability Payments to 111 eligible facilities. Each Critical Access Hospital and Rural Health Clinic who met the criteria received $100,000 and $20,000, respectively
• Released two Innovaccer Modules:
  • Cost Management Module – includes trends on cost and utilization by inpatient, outpatient, medication, and professional services
  • Risk Management Module – includes data on payer performance, gap to potential risk, and RAF scores

And we’re excited to offer even more tools for success with the 2026 release of the Innovaccer Attribution Management Module – watch your inbox for more details and the opportunity to schedule a customized demonstration.

As we wrap up this remarkable year, we extend our gratitude to every participant of the Rural Connectivity Program that continues to elevate rural health across the state. The progress we have made together – has strengthened our shared mission and expanded our impact in rural Colorado. Thank you for being an essential part of the Rural Connectivity Program’s journey, and we look forward to building on this momentum in the year to come.