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Resources by Topic: Health insurance

Quality Payment Program Webinar Library
Offers recordings of webinars on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Payment Program. Includes overviews of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), measure development, regulations, support calls, and more.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Data Portal
Dashboard provides data on a variety of population health measures. County level data, including a group of counties defined as rural, are available for topic areas including substance use and misuse; maternal and child health; elderly health; Medicaid enrollment; infectious diseases, cancer, and other health conditions; vaccinations; mortality including suicide; telehealth; and other general population and community health statistics. Includes the DHHS Factbook which reports on the activities of DHHS.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Medicaid/CHIP Coverage by School Districts, 2018-2022
Provides data on the percent of children covered by Medicaid/CHIP by school district, with separate, searchable lists for each state.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
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Coverage For American Indian and Alaska Native Children
Examines the impact of The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act Outreach and Enrollment Round III Grantee Activities taking place July 2017 to June 2018 to improve health insurance coverage for American Indian and Alaska Native Children (AI/AN) children. Presents background, activities, and outcomes of grants taking place in rural, suburban, and urban areas.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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In-Person Marketplace Enrollment Efforts in North Carolina
A dashboard that shows county-level marketplace insurance enrollment eligibility in North Carolina. Includes a scatter plot map that shows the relationship between eligibility rates and enrollment rates by rural, suburban, and urban location, as well as a map showing areas in North Carolina that have had assister events such as education or enrollment outreach.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
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PubMed Search: Rural Payment and Reimbursement
Searches PubMed's collection of journal article citations on the topic of rural healthcare payment and reimbursement.
Type: Literature Search
Sponsoring organization: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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Rural Healthcare Payment and Reimbursement Topic Guide
Resources and information on how rural healthcare providers are reimbursed by different payers and payment systems and the impact of payment policies on rural healthcare.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Rural Emergency Hospital Technical Assistance Center
Provides technical assistance to rural hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals interested in examining the feasibility of converting to a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH). Also offers support throughout the application process, planning for REH conversion, and implementing service changes.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Redesign Center
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Health, United States
Presents national trends in health statistics, with data released throughout the year from more than 40 data sources. Covers health status and determinants, healthcare utilization, access, and expenditures. Includes rural data - see the Data Finder and select "Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan" under Population Subgroups.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Estimates of Emergency Department Visits in the United States, 2016-2021
Interactive table displaying both counts and rates of emergency department visits from 2016-2021 for the 10 leading primary diagnoses and reasons for visit. Data can be stratified by patient and hospital characteristics, including being in a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) or non-MSA.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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