Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare facilities
Home Healthcare Establishments Serving Rural Areas Increased about 36 Percent from 2010 to 2023
Chart showing the change for home healthcare services, assisted living facilities, and skilled nursing facilities in nonmetropolitan areas between 2010 and 2023.
Author(s): Brandon Genetin
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Chart showing the change for home healthcare services, assisted living facilities, and skilled nursing facilities in nonmetropolitan areas between 2010 and 2023.
Author(s): Brandon Genetin
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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340B Benefits Patients and Communities: Examples from the Frontlines
Provides an overview of the 340B Drug Pricing Program and its impact on hospitals. Offers program examples, information, and statistics, with rural community examples included.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Provides an overview of the 340B Drug Pricing Program and its impact on hospitals. Offers program examples, information, and statistics, with rural community examples included.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Back to the Basics - RHC Billing
Recording of a March 13, 2025, webinar the basic Rural Health Clinic (RHC) billing requirements. Covers RHC and non-RHC services, revenue codes and bill types, billing examples, and more. Part of the Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Series.
Additional links: Presentation Slides
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Rural Health Clinics
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Recording of a March 13, 2025, webinar the basic Rural Health Clinic (RHC) billing requirements. Covers RHC and non-RHC services, revenue codes and bill types, billing examples, and more. Part of the Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Series.
Additional links: Presentation Slides
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Rural Health Clinics
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MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy: Skilled Nursing Facility Services: Chapter 6
Discusses payment adequacy for skilled nursing facility (SNF) services. Features statistics on SNF care provided by rural hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) via swing beds and Medicare margins for urban, rural, and frontier freestanding SNFs in 2023.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Discusses payment adequacy for skilled nursing facility (SNF) services. Features statistics on SNF care provided by rural hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) via swing beds and Medicare margins for urban, rural, and frontier freestanding SNFs in 2023.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2025
Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Includes discussion on Medicare payment policies directly affecting rural providers and beneficiaries. Addresses payment adequacy for Medicare fee-for-service payment systems, Medicare Advantage (MA), and Medicare Part D.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Includes discussion on Medicare payment policies directly affecting rural providers and beneficiaries. Addresses payment adequacy for Medicare fee-for-service payment systems, Medicare Advantage (MA), and Medicare Part D.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Back to the Basics - RHC Compliance
Recording of a March 12, 2025, webinar providing an overview of federal Rural Health Clinic (RHC) regulations and requirements, and highlights the most common RHC deficiencies. Part of the Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Series.
Additional links: Presentation Slides
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Rural Health Clinics
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Recording of a March 12, 2025, webinar providing an overview of federal Rural Health Clinic (RHC) regulations and requirements, and highlights the most common RHC deficiencies. Part of the Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Series.
Additional links: Presentation Slides
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Rural Health Clinics
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RHC Cost Reporting Webinar Recording
Recording of a March 11, 2025, webinar providing an overview of Rural Health Clinic (RHC) cost reporting. Covers key cost report concepts, allowable and non-allowable costs, RHC visits, the cost report approval process, and more. Part of the Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Series.
Additional links: Presentation Slides
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Rural Health Clinics
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Recording of a March 11, 2025, webinar providing an overview of Rural Health Clinic (RHC) cost reporting. Covers key cost report concepts, allowable and non-allowable costs, RHC visits, the cost report approval process, and more. Part of the Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Series.
Additional links: Presentation Slides
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Rural Health Clinics
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Critical Condition: Cybersecurity in Rural Hospitals with Microsoft Part 2
Podcast episode featuring a discussion with Justin Spelhaug, corporate vice president and global head of Tech for Social Impact at Microsoft Philanthropies, about how rural hospitals can protect themselves from cyber attacks, near-term risks, and building resilience over time. Provides an overview of the Microsoft cybersecurity program for rural hospitals and lessons learned from the program so far.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Podcast episode featuring a discussion with Justin Spelhaug, corporate vice president and global head of Tech for Social Impact at Microsoft Philanthropies, about how rural hospitals can protect themselves from cyber attacks, near-term risks, and building resilience over time. Provides an overview of the Microsoft cybersecurity program for rural hospitals and lessons learned from the program so far.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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March 2025 MedPAC Meeting Transcript
Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) March 2025 meeting. Covers research and proposals related to reforming physician fee schedule updates and improving the accuracy of relative payment rates, reducing beneficiary cost-sharing for outpatient services at Critical Access Hospitals, Medicare insurance agents, Medigap, payment for ground ambulance services, home healthcare use among Medicare Advantage enrollees, and institutional special needs plans. Includes rural references and considerations throughout.
Additional links: Mandated Report: Payment for Ground Ambulance Services, Reducing Beneficiary Cost-Sharing for Outpatient Services at Critical Access Hospitals
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) March 2025 meeting. Covers research and proposals related to reforming physician fee schedule updates and improving the accuracy of relative payment rates, reducing beneficiary cost-sharing for outpatient services at Critical Access Hospitals, Medicare insurance agents, Medigap, payment for ground ambulance services, home healthcare use among Medicare Advantage enrollees, and institutional special needs plans. Includes rural references and considerations throughout.
Additional links: Mandated Report: Payment for Ground Ambulance Services, Reducing Beneficiary Cost-Sharing for Outpatient Services at Critical Access Hospitals
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Critical Condition: Cybersecurity in Rural Hospitals with Microsoft Part 1
Podcast episode featuring a discussion with Justin Spelhaug, corporate vice president and global head of Tech for Social Impact at Microsoft Philanthropies, regarding rural hospitals' vulnerability to cyber attacks, impacts of cyber attacks on rural hospitals and their communities, and cyber threat trends.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Podcast episode featuring a discussion with Justin Spelhaug, corporate vice president and global head of Tech for Social Impact at Microsoft Philanthropies, regarding rural hospitals' vulnerability to cyber attacks, impacts of cyber attacks on rural hospitals and their communities, and cyber threat trends.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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