NRHI

What NRHI does

NRHI (Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement), founded in 2005, is a national non-profit membership organization headquartered in South Portland, Maine that represents more than 30 Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives (RHICs) and affiliate partners working to transform the U.S. healthcare delivery system. The organization functions as a convening and coordination body rather than a technology vendor, supporting member organizations across payment and delivery reform, performance measurement and improvement, healthcare affordability, patient and community engagement, and health equity. Its core assets are the HealthDoers Online Community Platform for peer networking, the MACRA Playbook and Quality Payment Program (QPP SURS) educational resources, the Off-Site COVID-19 Testing Toolkit, the AHRQ-funded Healthcare Delivery System Analysis research initiative, the Support and Alignment Network (SAN), and the Emerging Leaders Council, plus event programs such as the annual summit and the Collaboratives in Action webinar series.

NRHI's business model combines membership dues from RHICs and affiliate partners with tiered event sponsorship revenue (Presenting $20,000, Gold $10,000, Silver $5,000, Bronze $2,500), federal contracts such as the QPP SURS Program supporting MIPS-eligible practices through February 2022, foundation grants including funding from The Rockefeller Foundation for COVID-19 work, and strategic partnerships with organizations like Comagine Health, Mountain-Pacific Quality Health, Qualidigm, Academy Health, MN Community Measurement, and Mass Design Group. Following its October 1, 2021 affiliation with the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHIEC) to form Civitas Networks for Health, NRHI now operates as part of a larger national collaborative network spanning health information exchange, health data, and multi-stakeholder cross-sector approaches to population health.

Name

NRHI

Legal name

Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement

Website

https://nrhi.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

NRHI is a national non-profit membership organization representing 30+ Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives and affiliate partners, convening providers, purchasers, payers, and consumers to advance healthcare quality, payment reform, affordability, and health equity across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Quality Improvement Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Health Systems Strengthening & Primary Care Development (HLAJAKAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Health & Health Equity/Social Determinants Units (HLAJAAAO)

Keywords

• Healthcare quality improvement
• Regional health collaboratives
• Payment delivery reform
• Healthcare affordability initiatives
• Health equity programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: NRHI generates revenue through membership fees from Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives (RHICs) and affiliate members (regional, state, and national affiliates). The organization offers different membership categories with associated benefits.
2. Sponsorship Revenue: The organization offers tiered sponsorship packages including Presenting ($20,000), Gold ($10,000), Silver ($5,000), Bronze ($2,500), and Exclusive Sponsorship options for events and programs.
3. Government Contracts: NRHI receives federal funding through programs such as the QPP SURS Program contracted through February 2022 to provide technical assistance to MIPS eligible practices. The Healthcare Delivery Systems Analysis project was funded by AHRQ.
4. Foundation Grants: NRHI receives support from foundations including The Rockefeller Foundation for specific initiatives like the COVID-19 Testing Innovation Series.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

NRHI is a national non-profit membership organization that represents Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives (RHICs) and affiliate partners working to transform healthcare delivery. It convenes providers, purchasers, payers, and consumers to drive improvements in healthcare quality, affordability, payment and delivery reform, health equity, and population health through programs, research, educational events, and community platforms.

Product overview

NRHI is a national organization representing Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives (RHICs) and affiliate partners. Rather than a unified software product, NRHI functions as a network organization that facilitates healthcare transformation through member collaboratives. The organization provides platforms, programs, and resources including the HealthDoers Online Community Platform for peer networking, the Off-Site COVID-19 Testing Toolkit for community health initiatives, and MACRA-related resources including events, viewpoints, and playbooks. NRHI's work spans payment and delivery reform, quality measurement and improvement, healthcare affordability, patient and community engagement (including Choosing Wisely and Pathways to Population Health), health equity initiatives, and COVID-19 response programs. Membership provides access to networking opportunities, federal representation, event connections, tailored communications, dissemination support, and shared services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HealthDoers Online Community Platform An online community platform enabling peer networking and knowledge exchange among healthcare improvement leaders across NRHI member organizations.
• Quality Payment Program Support (QPP SURS) A technical assistance program providing support to MIPS-eligible practices in small rural and underserved areas across Utah, Oregon, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, and Alaska, delivered in partnership with Comagine Health and Mountain-Pacific Quality Health.
• MACRA Playbook Program Educational materials and regional events focused on MACRA (Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act) implementation, including regional playbooks and peer-to-peer learning sessions for healthcare stakeholders.
• Collaboratives in Action: Responding to COVID-19 Webinar Series An ongoing webinar series featuring NRHI members addressing critical COVID-19 topics including equitable vaccine distribution, immunization data, and testing strategies for schools and communities.
• COVID-19 Testing Innovation Series A bi-weekly innovation series (February-August 2021) focused on COVID-19 testing to support reopening of schools, bringing together leaders in education, public health, and healthcare, supported by The Rockefeller Foundation.
• Off-Site COVID-19 Testing Toolkit A toolkit developed through NRHI's Off-Site COVID-19 Testing Project containing guidelines, spatial design considerations, and implementation resources for regional testing centers serving vulnerable populations.
• Healthcare Delivery System Analysis An AHRQ-funded multi-site research initiative exploring healthcare system variation across states, examining pediatric care, patient experience relationships, and healthcare system structure and costs.
• NRHI Annual Summit An annual summit providing peer-to-peer learning and networking opportunities for NRHI members, RHICs, and healthcare improvement stakeholders across the country.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 3,000 providers in small rural practices received support through QPP SURS Program
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Civitas Networks for HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2021As of October 1, 2021, NRHI and the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHIEC) affiliated as one organization: Civitas Networks for Health. This national collaborative comprises member organizations working to use health information exchange, health data, and multi-stakeholder, cross-sector approaches to improve health.
• QualidigmcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNRHI partnered with Qualidigm, a regional member and collaborative healthcare consulting company, on the Off-Site COVID-19 Testing Project. The partnership conducted qualitative research and published findings in peer-reviewed Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation.
• Sirona StrategiesminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNRHI engaged Sirona Strategies for strategic planning input, collecting 75% of NRHI members' strategic plans to inform planning efforts.
• Mass Design GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNRHI partnered with Mass Design Group to create guidelines supporting off-site testing sites spatial effectiveness. Mass Design supported pandemic response working with multiple industries to build spaces and processes to reduce the spread of infectious disease.
• Academy HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademy Health is NRHI's national partner that published a blog highlighting key findings from the NRHI/Qualidigm study of off-site COVID-19 testing.
• Comagine HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNRHI partnered with Comagine Health and Mountain-Pacific Quality Health on the QPP SURS Program, contracted to provide technical assistance to MIPS eligible practices through February 2022.
• MN Community MeasurementminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMN Community Measurement released results from a study on pharmacy-based engagement to close care gaps for patients with diabetes, done in collaboration with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Thrifty White Drug, and Pfizer.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC): PCPCC is a national multi-stakeholder membership organization advancing primary care and medical home models. Closely comparable to NRHI's multi-stakeholder convening approach, though focused specifically on primary care delivery reform.
• Catalysis: Catalysis (formerly the Healthcare Value Network) is a national learning network of healthcare organizations focused on value-based care and operational transformation. Closely comparable as a member-driven healthcare improvement collaborative network.
• National Quality Forum (NQF): NQF is a national non-profit membership organization that convenes stakeholders to develop and endorse healthcare quality measures. Comparable to NRHI in its quality-measurement, multi-stakeholder convening function, though broader in formal measure endorsement authority.
• AcademyHealth: AcademyHealth is a national membership organization for health services and health policy researchers, and an existing NRHI national partner. Comparable as a convening/membership body serving the healthcare quality and policy research community.
• IPRO: IPRO is a national non-profit organization providing quality improvement and utilization review services, with strong federal contract execution. Comparable given its role as a QIN-QIO-like operator and healthcare quality-improvement mission.
• American Health Quality Association (AHQA): AHQA represents Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) and QIN-QIOs, which are the federal program delivery vehicles most analogous to NRHI's regional collaborative members. Highly comparable given shared federal-contract execution and quality-improvement mission.
• Civitas Networks for Health: Civitas Networks for Health is the direct successor organization formed by the October 2021 affiliation of NRHI and SHIEC. It is a near-perfect structural peer: same national non-profit membership model combining Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives with health information exchange organizations.
• Network for Excellence in Health Innovation (NEHI): NEHI is a national non-profit member organization that convenes healthcare leaders to drive innovation, policy, and care delivery reform. Similar membership-based, mission-driven convening model focused on healthcare transformation.

Broad incumbents

• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS): HIMSS is a much larger global non-profit membership organization convening healthcare IT and informatics stakeholders. Comparable in convening and member-services structure, but operates at significantly greater scale and with a digital-health focus.

Emerging players

• Altarum: Altarum is a national non-profit focused on healthcare systems research, health economics, and quality improvement. Comparable in mission and federal-grant-driven funding model, though more research-oriented and less regionally convening.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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