Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health workforce
FY 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS) Final Rule – CMS-1808-F
Fact sheet providing an overview of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) fiscal year 2025 hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital prospective payment system (LTCH PPS) final rule. Includes information about the extension of the low-wage index hospital policy, a separate IPPS payment for small and independent hospitals to establish and maintain a buffer stock of essential medicines, the distribution of graduate medical education (GME) residency slots, updates to quality reporting programs, and more.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Fact sheet providing an overview of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) fiscal year 2025 hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital prospective payment system (LTCH PPS) final rule. Includes information about the extension of the low-wage index hospital policy, a separate IPPS payment for small and independent hospitals to establish and maintain a buffer stock of essential medicines, the distribution of graduate medical education (GME) residency slots, updates to quality reporting programs, and more.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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U.S. Community Health Worker Landscape Report
Describes the national community health worker (CHW) landscape and showcases best practices. Features sections on workforce challenges, training and certification, financing, state-by-state comparisons, and more. Includes a section on CHW successes in a rural context. Mentions rural throughout.
Author(s): Pranali Koradia, Jenae Logan, Nicolle Miller, et al.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Partners In Health
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Describes the national community health worker (CHW) landscape and showcases best practices. Features sections on workforce challenges, training and certification, financing, state-by-state comparisons, and more. Includes a section on CHW successes in a rural context. Mentions rural throughout.
Author(s): Pranali Koradia, Jenae Logan, Nicolle Miller, et al.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Partners In Health
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Virginia's Licensed Professional Counselor Workforce: 2024
An overview of the licensed professional counselor (LPC) workforce in Virginia based on data from the 2024 Licensed Professional Counselor Workforce Survey. Features statistics including the number of LPCs in rural Virginia and how many grew up in rural areas.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health Professions
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An overview of the licensed professional counselor (LPC) workforce in Virginia based on data from the 2024 Licensed Professional Counselor Workforce Survey. Features statistics including the number of LPCs in rural Virginia and how many grew up in rural areas.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Virginia Department of Health Professions
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Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services in Indian County
Fact sheet on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) cooperative agreement to strengthen tribal public health system infrastructure. Discusses program goals, funding, community benefits, and more.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Fact sheet on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) cooperative agreement to strengthen tribal public health system infrastructure. Discusses program goals, funding, community benefits, and more.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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2022-24 Florida Physician Assistant Workforce Survey Report
Results of a survey of 14,427 physician assistants (PAs) who renewed their Florida licenses in 2022 and 2024. Features statistics including number of Florida PAs whose primary practice locations were rural clinics or rural hospitals.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Florida Health
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Results of a survey of 14,427 physician assistants (PAs) who renewed their Florida licenses in 2022 and 2024. Features statistics including number of Florida PAs whose primary practice locations were rural clinics or rural hospitals.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Florida Health
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Clinical Outcomes of Rural Patients with Diabetes Treated by ECHO-Trained Providers Versus an Academic Medical Center
Evaluates the effectiveness of Project ECHO trained rural primary care provider team treating diabetes compared to specialists at an academic medical center by measuring cardiorenal risk factor changes. Discusses implications of study findings for rural populations with diabetes.
Author(s): Matthew F. Bouchonville, Larissa Myaskovsky, Yuridia L. Leyva, et al.
Citation: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 39, 298-2986
Date: 07/2024
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Evaluates the effectiveness of Project ECHO trained rural primary care provider team treating diabetes compared to specialists at an academic medical center by measuring cardiorenal risk factor changes. Discusses implications of study findings for rural populations with diabetes.
Author(s): Matthew F. Bouchonville, Larissa Myaskovsky, Yuridia L. Leyva, et al.
Citation: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 39, 298-2986
Date: 07/2024
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Providing Care in Underresourced Areas: Contribution of the Physician Assistant/Associate Workforce
Analyzes the prevalence of physician assistants/associates (PAs) working in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) or Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs). Utilizes 2022 data to examine PA work location, with further breakdowns according to PA demographics, education and specialty, and geographic location of urban versus rural/isolated.
Author(s): Mirela Bruza-Augatis, Bettie Coplan, Kasey Puckett, Andrzej Kozikowski
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 24, 844
Date: 07/2024
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Analyzes the prevalence of physician assistants/associates (PAs) working in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) or Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs). Utilizes 2022 data to examine PA work location, with further breakdowns according to PA demographics, education and specialty, and geographic location of urban versus rural/isolated.
Author(s): Mirela Bruza-Augatis, Bettie Coplan, Kasey Puckett, Andrzej Kozikowski
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 24, 844
Date: 07/2024
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An REH Conversion Story: Helena Regional Medical Center
Profiles Helena Regional Medical Center, in Phillips County, Arkansas, and its transition from a prospective payment system (PPS) hospital to a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH). Summarizes the perspective of the hospital's former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) as the facility navigated the change in status, including obstacles, financial and operational impacts, and advantages to operating as an REH.
Author(s): Hope Burch, Tracey Dorff, Anna Anna, Janice Walters
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Redesign Center
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Profiles Helena Regional Medical Center, in Phillips County, Arkansas, and its transition from a prospective payment system (PPS) hospital to a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH). Summarizes the perspective of the hospital's former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) as the facility navigated the change in status, including obstacles, financial and operational impacts, and advantages to operating as an REH.
Author(s): Hope Burch, Tracey Dorff, Anna Anna, Janice Walters
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Redesign Center
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The State of Mental Health in America
Report presents data on mental health and substance use for youth and adults across all 50 states. Highlights barriers to mental health wellness, such as lack of mental healthcare coverage, mental health workforce shortages, and cost of treatment, among other factors. Discusses some challenges specific to rural communities.
Author(s): Maddy Reinert, Danielle Fritze, Theresa Nguyen
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Mental Health America
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Report presents data on mental health and substance use for youth and adults across all 50 states. Highlights barriers to mental health wellness, such as lack of mental healthcare coverage, mental health workforce shortages, and cost of treatment, among other factors. Discusses some challenges specific to rural communities.
Author(s): Maddy Reinert, Danielle Fritze, Theresa Nguyen
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organization: Mental Health America
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Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Demonstration Program: Report to Congress, 2023
Provides an overview of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration. Describes changes in the quality of care during the first four years of the demonstration for states with available quality measures, as well as quality bonus payments states made to CCBHCs based on quality measure performance. Builds on findings on demonstration implementation, quality improvement, and costs outlined in previous evaluation reports, focusing on data collected since spring 2022.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Mathematica, RAND Corporation
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Provides an overview of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration. Describes changes in the quality of care during the first four years of the demonstration for states with available quality measures, as well as quality bonus payments states made to CCBHCs based on quality measure performance. Builds on findings on demonstration implementation, quality improvement, and costs outlined in previous evaluation reports, focusing on data collected since spring 2022.
Date: 07/2024
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Mathematica, RAND Corporation
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