Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare facilities
Small Practices Guide: Getting Started with Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (CQM) Reporting
Provides an overview of electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Describes how small practices can report eCQMs, whether participating as an individual clinician, group, subgroup, or Alternative Payment Model (APM) Entity.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Provides an overview of electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Describes how small practices can report eCQMs, whether participating as an individual clinician, group, subgroup, or Alternative Payment Model (APM) Entity.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Telehealth FAQ Calendar Year 2026
Provides information on Medicare telehealth regulations and payment policy for calendar year 2026. Includes information on audio-only services, behavioral health services, direct supervision, and more.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Provides information on Medicare telehealth regulations and payment policy for calendar year 2026. Includes information on audio-only services, behavioral health services, direct supervision, and more.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Small Practices Guide: Getting Started with Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Clinical Quality Measure (CQM) Reporting
Provides an overview of Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) clinical quality measures (MIPS CQMs). Describes how small practices can report MIPS CQMs, whether participating as an individual clinician, group, subgroup, or Alternative Payment Model (APM) Entity.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Provides an overview of Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) clinical quality measures (MIPS CQMs). Describes how small practices can report MIPS CQMs, whether participating as an individual clinician, group, subgroup, or Alternative Payment Model (APM) Entity.
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Medicare Benefit Policy Manual: Chapter 13 - Rural Health Clinic (RHC) and Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Services
Current regulations, as of March 2025, regarding Medicare payment policies for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Current regulations, as of March 2025, regarding Medicare payment policies for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).
Date: 02/2026
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Transforming Rural Hospitals Through Telehealth Partnerships: Strategic Playbook
Provides hospital leaders with strategies to foster telehealth partnerships within health systems to improve rural hospital financial sustainability, clinical capacity, and long-term viability. Discusses rural hospital strain as well as the economic, community, and population health value of rural hospitals and how telehealth partnerships can mitigate financial issues and create sustainability. Includes a telehealth partnership maturity model, practical framework, and rural hospital implementation considerations.
Author(s): E. Warr, B. Buquez, R. Kruis, J. Augenstein, J. McElligott
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) - Telehealth Center of Excellence
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Provides hospital leaders with strategies to foster telehealth partnerships within health systems to improve rural hospital financial sustainability, clinical capacity, and long-term viability. Discusses rural hospital strain as well as the economic, community, and population health value of rural hospitals and how telehealth partnerships can mitigate financial issues and create sustainability. Includes a telehealth partnership maturity model, practical framework, and rural hospital implementation considerations.
Author(s): E. Warr, B. Buquez, R. Kruis, J. Augenstein, J. McElligott
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) - Telehealth Center of Excellence
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REH: Service Line Development
Summarizes an educational session regarding how a Rural Emergency Hospital can evaluate service line opportunities. Identifies building blocks for effective service line development, best practices, and key takeaways for leaders.
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Redesign Center
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Summarizes an educational session regarding how a Rural Emergency Hospital can evaluate service line opportunities. Identifies building blocks for effective service line development, best practices, and key takeaways for leaders.
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Redesign Center
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Mobile Healthcare: The 2025 Mobile Clinics Landscape Report
Provides an overview of mobile health clinics, including data on the the growth of mobile clinics since 2013, services offered, and organizations that operates mobile clinics. Describes the impact of mobile clinics in rural communities. Features case studies on Arkansas Mobile Opioid Recovery (AMOR) and the Fort Defiance Indian Hospital Board's Mobile Health Program.
Date: 01/2026
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Provides an overview of mobile health clinics, including data on the the growth of mobile clinics since 2013, services offered, and organizations that operates mobile clinics. Describes the impact of mobile clinics in rural communities. Features case studies on Arkansas Mobile Opioid Recovery (AMOR) and the Fort Defiance Indian Hospital Board's Mobile Health Program.
Date: 01/2026
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From "Rural Bypass" to Regional Capacity: Building CA Hub-and-Spoke Specialty Care
Details how the state of California is implementing a telehealth-based hub-and-spoke model connecting rural hospitals as specialty care providers with local clinics. Discusses implications for providers, including suggestions for Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and other rural facilities.
Author(s): Sylvia Trujillo, Emilia Ochoa-Ruiz
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: California Telehealth Resource Center
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Details how the state of California is implementing a telehealth-based hub-and-spoke model connecting rural hospitals as specialty care providers with local clinics. Discusses implications for providers, including suggestions for Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and other rural facilities.
Author(s): Sylvia Trujillo, Emilia Ochoa-Ruiz
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: California Telehealth Resource Center
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Snapshot of Rural Health in Colorado, 2026
Provides an overview of rural health in Colorado. Includes data and statistics on a variety of indicators, such as education, poverty, rural economy, healthcare coverage and access, rural health information technology, behavioral health, oral health, and workforce shortages. Includes five regional snapshots from around the state that are free to download with name and organization affiliation.
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: Colorado Rural Health Center
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Provides an overview of rural health in Colorado. Includes data and statistics on a variety of indicators, such as education, poverty, rural economy, healthcare coverage and access, rural health information technology, behavioral health, oral health, and workforce shortages. Includes five regional snapshots from around the state that are free to download with name and organization affiliation.
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: Colorado Rural Health Center
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MBQIP Report Resources
Provides a list of resources for State Flex Programs (SFPs) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to support them in utilizing quarterly Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP) reports in quality improvement activities.
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Provides a list of resources for State Flex Programs (SFPs) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to support them in utilizing quarterly Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP) reports in quality improvement activities.
Date: 01/2026
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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