Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare business and finance
Hospital Size, Uncertainty and Pay-for-Performance
Describes the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration (HQID). Describes methods to factor hospital size into appropriately ranking pay-for-performance results. Discusses policy implications of including small, rural hospitals in pay-for-performance programs that use ranking to identify quality.
Additional links: Policy Brief: Does Hospital Size Affect Our Ability to Accurately Identify High Quality Care in Pay-for-Performance Programs?, May 2007
Author(s): Gestur Davidson, Ira Moscovice, Denise Remus
Date: 02/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Describes the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration (HQID). Describes methods to factor hospital size into appropriately ranking pay-for-performance results. Discusses policy implications of including small, rural hospitals in pay-for-performance programs that use ranking to identify quality.
Additional links: Policy Brief: Does Hospital Size Affect Our Ability to Accurately Identify High Quality Care in Pay-for-Performance Programs?, May 2007
Author(s): Gestur Davidson, Ira Moscovice, Denise Remus
Date: 02/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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The 2007 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Service Issues
Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Examines three key topics in health and human services and their effects in rural areas: Medicare Advantage, Head Start, and substance abuse. Includes recommendations to address these topics.
Date: 01/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Examines three key topics in health and human services and their effects in rural areas: Medicare Advantage, Head Start, and substance abuse. Includes recommendations to address these topics.
Date: 01/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Enrollment in Medicare Part D for Rural Beneficiaries Is Encouraging
Provides findings about Medicare beneficiary enrollment in prescription drug plans (PDPs) in rural and urban areas across the United States.
Author(s): Timothy D. McBride, Tanchica L. Terry, Keith J. Mueller
Citation: RUPRI Rural Policy Brief, 12(1)
Date: 01/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Provides findings about Medicare beneficiary enrollment in prescription drug plans (PDPs) in rural and urban areas across the United States.
Author(s): Timothy D. McBride, Tanchica L. Terry, Keith J. Mueller
Citation: RUPRI Rural Policy Brief, 12(1)
Date: 01/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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State Updates on Medicare Advantage Enrollment
State-by-state reports on Medical Advantage (MA) and prepaid plan enrollment in December 2005 and September 2007. Includes information on overall and rural enrollment.
Date: 2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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State-by-state reports on Medical Advantage (MA) and prepaid plan enrollment in December 2005 and September 2007. Includes information on overall and rural enrollment.
Date: 2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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MedPAC Report to the Congress: Rural Payment Provisions in the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
Examines the impact of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) provisions on rural hospital payments. Present the effect of eight MMA provisions on Medicare inpatient and outpatient payments to traditional (non-CAH) hospitals. Summarizes the MMA changes to Critical Access Hospital (CAH) payment policies discussed in MedPAC's interim report. Examines the effects of higher payments on hospital costs.
Date: 12/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Examines the impact of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) provisions on rural hospital payments. Present the effect of eight MMA provisions on Medicare inpatient and outpatient payments to traditional (non-CAH) hospitals. Summarizes the MMA changes to Critical Access Hospital (CAH) payment policies discussed in MedPAC's interim report. Examines the effects of higher payments on hospital costs.
Date: 12/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Impact of Conversion to Critical Access Hospital Status on Hospital Financial Performance and Condition
Policy brief analyzing financial ratios associated with Critical Access Hospitals' profitability, liquidity, and capital structure.
Author(s): Mark Holmes, George H. Pink, Rebecca T. Slifkin
Date: 11/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Policy brief analyzing financial ratios associated with Critical Access Hospitals' profitability, liquidity, and capital structure.
Author(s): Mark Holmes, George H. Pink, Rebecca T. Slifkin
Date: 11/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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The Experience of Sole Community Rural Independent Pharmacies with Medicare Part D: Reports from the Field
Examines unintended impacts of the Medicare Part D program on independent pharmacies in rural areas. Discusses options to address the challenges faced by rural independent pharmacies that are the sole providers in their communities.
Author(s): Andrea Radford, Rebecca Slifkin, Roslyn Fraser, Michelle Mason, Keith Mueller
Date: 11/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Examines unintended impacts of the Medicare Part D program on independent pharmacies in rural areas. Discusses options to address the challenges faced by rural independent pharmacies that are the sole providers in their communities.
Author(s): Andrea Radford, Rebecca Slifkin, Roslyn Fraser, Michelle Mason, Keith Mueller
Date: 11/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Health, United States, 2006: With Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans
Presents an annual overview of national trends in health statistics. Covers health status and determinants, healthcare utilization, access, and expenditures. Includes data on rural areas - see index under "metropolitan/nonmetropolitan data." 2006 edition includes a special feature on pain.
Date: 11/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Presents an annual overview of national trends in health statistics. Covers health status and determinants, healthcare utilization, access, and expenditures. Includes data on rural areas - see index under "metropolitan/nonmetropolitan data." 2006 edition includes a special feature on pain.
Date: 11/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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The Implementation of Pay-For-Performance in Rural Hospitals: Lessons from the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration Project
Reports the findings of a national study designed to identify institutional, organizational, and environmental factors that influence the experience of rural hospitals in the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration Project.
Author(s): Walter Gregg, Ira Moscovice, Denise Remus
Date: 09/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Reports the findings of a national study designed to identify institutional, organizational, and environmental factors that influence the experience of rural hospitals in the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration Project.
Author(s): Walter Gregg, Ira Moscovice, Denise Remus
Date: 09/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services Meeting Minutes, Grand Forks, North Dakota, September 28-30, 2006
Minutes from a National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services meeting addressing the following topics: substance abuse, Head Start, and Medicare Advantage.
Date: 09/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Minutes from a National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services meeting addressing the following topics: substance abuse, Head Start, and Medicare Advantage.
Date: 09/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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