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Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network 2021 Annual Report
Provides an overview of the activities and accomplishments of the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN) in 2021. Includes member directory and Illinois map of ICAHN facilities, distributed grants, education and training opportunities, a review of ICAHN's Rural Health Clinic (RHC) workshop, financial information, and more.
Date: 2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network
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Maine State Office of Rural Health: Strategic Plan 2021
Offers a current assessment of activities of the Maine's Rural Health and Primary Care Program, and includes recommendations to improve health outcomes for rural and medically underserved Maine residents. Features sections on Critical Access Hospitals, Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program eligible hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and Rural Health Clinics. Includes statistics on primary care providers, mental health providers, and dentists.
Author(s): Pat Hart, Carol Kelly
Date: 2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Maine Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Rural Snapshot: Pennsylvania Health Care Providers and Facilities
Provides statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural areas on numbers of Pennsylvania medical doctors, healthcare professionals, and mental health professionals; percent of healthcare and social service workers ages 55 or older; and hospital beds per 1,000 residents. Includes a county-level map showing locations and numbers of various types of Pennsylvania health care facilities, with shadings indicating rural or urban counties.
Date: 2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Pennsylvania
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Rural Health Potentially Avoidable Utilization (PAU) Dashboard
Interactive dashboard providing information on potentially avoidable utilization at rural hospitals based on 2019 Medicare claims data. Includes data on admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions, hospital readmissions, and potentially avoidable emergency department visits.
Date: 2021
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Mathematica
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Rural Colorado: Access to Healthcare, 2021
Shows the location of rural clinics and rural hospitals by county. Identifies rural counties without a hospital or clinic.
Date: 2021
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Colorado Rural Health Center
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Texas Rural Hospital Funding Resource Guide
Offers information on funding opportunities available to rural health facilities in Texas, including COVID-19, economic development, and telehealth funding. Lists federal and state funding programs, national foundations, and private foundations. Organizes Texas funders into 6 service regions, and provides a map of Critical Access Hospitals and Prospective Payment System Hospitals in each region.
Date: 2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Texas State Office of Rural Health
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2020 340B Health Annual Survey: 340B Hospitals Use Benefits to Provide Services and Improve Outcomes for Low-Income and Rural Patients
Summarizes the results of a November 2020 - January 2021 survey of nearly 500 hospitals, including small and rural hospitals, that participate in the 340B drug pricing program. Describes how these hospitals utilize their savings from the 340B program to benefit patients. Discusses the importance of the program to Critical Access Hospitals, Disproportionate Share Hospitals, and other safety-net facilities.
Date: 2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: 340B Health
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FQHC Roles and Opportunities Related to Rural Hospital Financial Distress and Closure
Explores the experiences of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) regarding hospital financial distress, downsizing, and closure. Summarizes the results of a survey of 34 FQHCs operating 277 sites in rural communities. Discusses the potential for collaboration between rural hospitals and FQHCs.
Date: 2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Capital Link
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U.S. Hospital List (2020)
Excel file providing a comprehensive list of urban and rural U.S. hospitals that were reported open as of January 1, 2020. Includes 4,613 acute care hospitals and 1,379 specialty hospitals.
Date: 2021
Type: Directory
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Public Law 116–260: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
Text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Public Law 116-260 (December 27, 2020). Section 125 establishes the Rural Emergency Hospital designation. Section 127 makes changes to direct graduate medical education (GME) and indirect GME payments to teaching hospitals that train residents in Rural Training Programs.
Date: 12/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Congress
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