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Nebraska High Value Network, Inc.: all federal awards · Department of Health and Human Services: spending

RURAL HEALTH NETWORK ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM - NEBRASKA HIGH VALUE NETWORK (NHVN) IS SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE OPERATIONAL TRACK OF THE RURAL HEALTH NETWORK ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM (RHNAP). NHVN IS A FORMALLY GOVERNED, CLINICALLY INTEGRATED NETWORK OF INDEPENDENTLY OWNED RURAL HOSPITALS AND CLINICS ACROSS NEBRASKA’S HRSA-DESIGNATED RURAL AND FRONTIER COUNTIES, A SERVICE AREA IN WHICH 88 OF NEBRASKA’S 93 COUNTIES ARE CLASSIFIED AS RURAL OR FRONTIER, RURAL HOSPITALS MAKE UP OVER 68% OF ALL NEBRASKA HOSPITALS (VERSUS 35% NATIONALLY), AND NEARLY 60% OF NEBRASKA CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS RAN DEFICITS IN 2024. NHVN QUALIFIES FOR THIS PROGRAM ON THE STRENGTH OF ITS EXISTING GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE, MULTI-YEAR MEMBER COLLABORATION, AND A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED STATE INVESTMENT IN SHARED NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH THE NEBRASKA RURAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE. THIS RHNAP APPLICATION REQUESTS THE FULL OPERATIONAL TRACK ALLOCATION, $500,000 PER YEAR FOR FOUR YEARS, TO ADVANCE A DISTINCT AND NON-DUPLICATIVE LAYER OF NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE FOCUSED ON THREE OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES THAT NO INDIVIDUAL RURAL HOSPITAL IN NEBRASKA CAN EFFICIENTLY BUILD ALONE AND THAT ARE NOT FUNDED UNDER NEBRASKA’S RHT 4.4B AWARD OR ANY OTHER CURRENT SOURCE: 1. NETWORK OPERATIONS AND EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP: PERMANENT, NETWORK-LEVEL OPERATIONS AND GOVERNANCE CAPACITY ANCHORED BY A NETWORK PRESIDENT WHO PROVIDES STRATEGIC, EXTERNAL, AND ACCOUNTABILITY LEADERSHIP ACROSS THE MEMBERSHIP. 2. ACCOUNTABLE REFERRAL HUB: A SHARED, NETWORK-WIDE REFERRAL AND CARE-NAVIGATION CAPABILITY THAT USES INDEPENDENT, PHYSICIAN-LEVEL COST AND QUALITY DATA TO DIRECT REFERRALS TO TOP-PERFORMING, IN-NETWORK PROVIDERS, KEEPING CARE LOCAL WHEN LOCAL, AND STEERING TO THE HIGHEST-VALUE REGIONAL AND TERTIARY PARTNERS WHEN IT IS NOT. THIS DIRECTLY STEWARDS THE TOTAL COST OF CARE AND IMPROVES OUTCOMES FOR RURAL NEBRASKANS. 3. PAYER RELATIONS AND VALUE-BASED STRATEGY: A COMPLIANT, COLLECTIVELY ORGANIZED PAYER ENGAGEMENT FUNCTION THAT USES COST AND QUALITY DATA TO IMPROVE REIMBURSEMENT, POSITION NHVN AS A SINGLE VALUE-BASED CONTRACTING ENTRY POINT, AND BUILD THE ANALYTIC CAPACITY TO ENTER AND SUCCEED IN SHARED-SAVINGS AND RISK-BASED ARRANGEMENTS. OVER THE FOUR-YEAR PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE, THESE INVESTMENTS WILL STRENGTHEN THE FINANCIAL AND WORKFORCE SUSTAINABILITY OF NHVN’S MEMBER HOSPITALS, IMPROVE PAYER REIMBURSEMENT, AND DEMONSTRABLY REDUCE LOW-VALUE CARE AND OUT-OF-NETWORK LEAKAGE THAT TODAY DRIVES AVOIDABLE COST ONTO RURAL PATIENTS, SELF-FUNDED EMPLOYERS, MEDICAID, AND MEDICARE ACROSS NEBRASKA.

Grant · Health Resources and Services Administration · to Nebraska High Value Network, Inc. (UEI V7WUWY7K12T4) · data as of 2026-10-25

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