Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare facilities
AHA Hospital Statistics
Interactive dashboard providing data from the American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey. Includes data on historical trends in hospital utilization, personnel, and finances, as well as data on hospitals by bed size category, U.S. Census region, state, and metropolitan statistical area.
Type: Database
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Interactive dashboard providing data from the American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey. Includes data on historical trends in hospital utilization, personnel, and finances, as well as data on hospitals by bed size category, U.S. Census region, state, and metropolitan statistical area.
Type: Database
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network - Events
List of events curated by the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN) that includes webinars, workshops, assessments, trainings, and more. Covers topics related to workforce skills and assessments, leadership, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), cardiovascular health, and more.
Type: Calendar/Event List
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network
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List of events curated by the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN) that includes webinars, workshops, assessments, trainings, and more. Covers topics related to workforce skills and assessments, leadership, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), cardiovascular health, and more.
Type: Calendar/Event List
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network
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Hospital Price Transparency Requirements Quick Reference Checklists
Summarizes hospital price transparency regulations to facilitate hospital compliance. Presents information on which hospitals are required to comply, as well as checklists for making public standard charges for all items and services, as well as standard charges for shoppable services, and maintaining an internet-based price estimator tool.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Summarizes hospital price transparency regulations to facilitate hospital compliance. Presents information on which hospitals are required to comply, as well as checklists for making public standard charges for all items and services, as well as standard charges for shoppable services, and maintaining an internet-based price estimator tool.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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State Associations of RHCs
Provides a list of state Rural Health Clinic associations. Identifies state rural health and primary care associations that serve as defacto RHC associations.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Rural Health Clinics
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Provides a list of state Rural Health Clinic associations. Identifies state rural health and primary care associations that serve as defacto RHC associations.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Rural Health Clinics
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North Carolina State Designated Rural Health Centers Operations Guidance
Manual providing consolidated resources for North Carolina's State Designated Rural Health Center (SDRHC) Program. Standardizes North Carolina SDRHC services, describes strategies to designate new rural health centers, and provides additional resources that support effective operations and transition into and out of SDRHC status.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Office of Rural Health
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Manual providing consolidated resources for North Carolina's State Designated Rural Health Center (SDRHC) Program. Standardizes North Carolina SDRHC services, describes strategies to designate new rural health centers, and provides additional resources that support effective operations and transition into and out of SDRHC status.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Office of Rural Health
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Alabama's Rural Hospitals
Provides quick facts about Alabama rural hospitals, including yearly numbers of patients treated, babies delivered, and emergency room visits, as well as employment and payroll information and number of hospital closures since 2011.
Additional links: Financial Fact Sheet, Presentation Slides
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Hospital Association
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Provides quick facts about Alabama rural hospitals, including yearly numbers of patients treated, babies delivered, and emergency room visits, as well as employment and payroll information and number of hospital closures since 2011.
Additional links: Financial Fact Sheet, Presentation Slides
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Hospital Association
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Community Benefit Insight
Provides information on community benefit spending for tax-exempt hospitals since 2010. Presents data at the state and individual facility levels. Allows users to compare up to 5 hospitals.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: RTI International
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Provides information on community benefit spending for tax-exempt hospitals since 2010. Presents data at the state and individual facility levels. Allows users to compare up to 5 hospitals.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: RTI International
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Medicare Learning Network: Medicare Payment Systems
Provides general information about Medicare payment systems, including the DMEPOS Fee Schedule, Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS), Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS), and more. Includes links to additional resources for each provider type.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Provides general information about Medicare payment systems, including the DMEPOS Fee Schedule, Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS), Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS), and more. Includes links to additional resources for each provider type.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Severe Maternal Morbidity (SMM) Among In-Hospital Deliveries
Dashboard showing severe maternal morbidity rates related to in-hospital deliveries. Offers comparisons between states. See data for large metropolitan, nonmetropolitan, and small/medium metropolitan areas with national and state-level data for 2010-2021 in the Trend Graph and Trend Table views using the outcome and characteristics filter.
Type: Chart/Graph
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Dashboard showing severe maternal morbidity rates related to in-hospital deliveries. Offers comparisons between states. See data for large metropolitan, nonmetropolitan, and small/medium metropolitan areas with national and state-level data for 2010-2021 in the Trend Graph and Trend Table views using the outcome and characteristics filter.
Type: Chart/Graph
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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COPD Toolkit
Provides information on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and rural disparities related to the disease. Offers links to a guide for hospitals to improve COPD care, webinars, podcasts, and resources from other organizations.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Technical Assistance and Services Center
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Provides information on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and rural disparities related to the disease. Offers links to a guide for hospitals to improve COPD care, webinars, podcasts, and resources from other organizations.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Technical Assistance and Services Center
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