Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare business and finance
March 2011: Growth in PPOs Dominates the Rural MA Market in 2011
Outlines Medicare Advantage enrollment numbers and trends.
Author(s): Leah Kemper, Lisa Pollack, Timothy D. McBride, Keith Mueller
Date: 04/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Outlines Medicare Advantage enrollment numbers and trends.
Author(s): Leah Kemper, Lisa Pollack, Timothy D. McBride, Keith Mueller
Date: 04/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Rural Policy Implications for Health Insurance Exchanges
Presents policy recommendations from the National Advisory Committee regarding key provisions from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Date: 03/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Presents policy recommendations from the National Advisory Committee regarding key provisions from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Date: 03/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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The 2011 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues
Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services focused on rural childhood obesity, place-based initiatives for rural early childhood development, and rural implications of accountable care organizations and payment bundling. Includes recommendations to address these issues and provides appendices describing the 2010 site visits.
Date: 03/2011
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 focused on rural childhood obesity, place-based initiatives for rural early childhood development, and rural implications of accountable care organizations and payment bundling. Includes recommendations to address these issues and provides appendices describing the 2010 site visits.
Date: 03/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2011
Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Discussions of rural aspects of Medicare payment policies are included in the report.
Date: 03/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Discussions of rural aspects of Medicare payment policies are included in the report.
Date: 03/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Health, United States, 2010: With Special Feature on Death and Dying
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." Includes a section focused on death and dying, with information on leading causes of death by age group and place of death, as well as information on hospice care.
Date: 02/2011
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." Includes a section focused on death and dying, with information on leading causes of death by age group and place of death, as well as information on hospice care.
Date: 02/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Home Health Study Report: Literature Review
Presents a literature search which was used as a background to aid the development of a study and report on potential revisions to the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS). Report includes rural and underserved populations.
Author(s): Judy Goldberg Dey, Margaret Johnson, William Pajerowski, Myra Tanamor, Alyson Ward
Date: 01/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Presents a literature search which was used as a background to aid the development of a study and report on potential revisions to the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS). Report includes rural and underserved populations.
Author(s): Judy Goldberg Dey, Margaret Johnson, William Pajerowski, Myra Tanamor, Alyson Ward
Date: 01/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Medicare Beneficiary Access to Primary Care Physicians – Better in Rural, but Still Worrisome
Presents results from a national physician survey used to assess U.S. primary care physician and general surgeon willingness to accept Medicare patients and physician-reported reasons for not accepting Medicare patients.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Liyan Xu, Keith J. Mueller
Date: 01/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Presents results from a national physician survey used to assess U.S. primary care physician and general surgeon willingness to accept Medicare patients and physician-reported reasons for not accepting Medicare patients.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Liyan Xu, Keith J. Mueller
Date: 01/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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MedPAC Report to Congress: Regional Variation in Medicare Service Use
Presents data on regional variations in Medicare spending and Medicare-covered service use, including for nonmetropolitan areas. Data used was adjusted to account for differences in small rural hospital and Critical Access Hospital Medicare payment rates.
Date: 01/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Presents data on regional variations in Medicare spending and Medicare-covered service use, including for nonmetropolitan areas. Data used was adjusted to account for differences in small rural hospital and Critical Access Hospital Medicare payment rates.
Date: 01/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Rural Health Networks: Literature Review
Literature review on rural health networks, listing resources discussing the benefits of collaborations, barriers to the formation of networks, and what constitutes an effective network.
Author(s): Christy Sullenberger, Rebecca J. Davis
Date: 2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Cooperative of Health Networks Association
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Literature review on rural health networks, listing resources discussing the benefits of collaborations, barriers to the formation of networks, and what constitutes an effective network.
Author(s): Christy Sullenberger, Rebecca J. Davis
Date: 2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Cooperative of Health Networks Association
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Grantee Directory: Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program 2010-2013
Contains a directory of the Delta States Rural Development Grant Program in the 2010-2013 funding cycle. Includes a program overview and contact information for each of the twelve grantees. The Delta States region consists of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.
Date: 2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Contains a directory of the Delta States Rural Development Grant Program in the 2010-2013 funding cycle. Includes a program overview and contact information for each of the twelve grantees. The Delta States region consists of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.
Date: 2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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