The North Dakota Healthcare Association is supported through the Flex Program to serve as a CAH Clearinghouse. Weekly information dissemination through the Informer highlights regulatory and policy issues for small rural hospitals in addition to other useful resources and information from the state and national levels. The Center for Rural Health disseminates a statewide publication, the CRH-U, which includes relevant rural health information, in addition to Flex Updates that feature CAH specific information from the state and national levels. Each of the Flex Program partners are available to assist with information needs as well.
Benefits to the Hospital
The CAH Clearinghouse features common information related to program implementation, reimbursement, regulation, and policy; it will link providers to information sources throughout the country; and it can serve as a vehicle for providers to communicate with each other on CAH/Flex matters.
