Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Legislation and regulations
Advancing Health in Rural America: Maximizing Nursing's Impact
Connects evidence-based nursing solutions in the 2010 report Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health and the healthcare challenges facing rural America. Outlines challenges including access to quality healthcare, cost of care in rural areas, and covers examples of initial progress and supporting key programs.
Author(s): Mary S. Gorski
Date: 06/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: AARP Public Policy Institute
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Connects evidence-based nursing solutions in the 2010 report Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health and the healthcare challenges facing rural America. Outlines challenges including access to quality healthcare, cost of care in rural areas, and covers examples of initial progress and supporting key programs.
Author(s): Mary S. Gorski
Date: 06/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: AARP Public Policy Institute
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Private Well Testing in Oregon from Real Estate Transactions: An Innovative Approach Toward a State-Based Surveillance System
Examines health problems caused by well water contaminants and reports increased risks in rural areas due to agricultural fertilizer use, feedlot operations, leaking septic systems, and aboveground application of wastewater. Compares Oregon's and New Jersey's laws concerning well testing and includes Oregon maps showing locations of private wells with high and moderate nitrate levels and evidence of coliform bacteria.
Author(s): Brenda O. Hoppe, Anna K. Harding, Jennifer Staab, Marina Counter
Citation: Public Health Reports, 126(1)
Date: 01/2011
Type: Document
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Examines health problems caused by well water contaminants and reports increased risks in rural areas due to agricultural fertilizer use, feedlot operations, leaking septic systems, and aboveground application of wastewater. Compares Oregon's and New Jersey's laws concerning well testing and includes Oregon maps showing locations of private wells with high and moderate nitrate levels and evidence of coliform bacteria.
Author(s): Brenda O. Hoppe, Anna K. Harding, Jennifer Staab, Marina Counter
Citation: Public Health Reports, 126(1)
Date: 01/2011
Type: Document
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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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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010: Impacts on Rural People, Places, and Providers: A First Look
Summarizes six issue areas of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and discusses implications for access to services and improving the health status of rural residents. These issue areas are: health insurance coverage; Medicare and Medicaid payment; quality, financing, and delivery system reform; public health; healthcare workforce; and long-term care.
Author(s): Andrew F. Coburn, Jennifer P. Lundblad, A. Clinton MacKinney, Timothy D. McBride, Keith J. Mueller
Date: 09/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Summarizes six issue areas of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and discusses implications for access to services and improving the health status of rural residents. These issue areas are: health insurance coverage; Medicare and Medicaid payment; quality, financing, and delivery system reform; public health; healthcare workforce; and long-term care.
Author(s): Andrew F. Coburn, Jennifer P. Lundblad, A. Clinton MacKinney, Timothy D. McBride, Keith J. Mueller
Date: 09/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Increases in Primary Care Physician Income due to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010--Continued Tweaking of Physician Payment
Examines changes authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) to the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) system aimed at increasing primary care physician personal income and reducing geographic variation in primary care payment. Looks at ACA-authorized primary care payment adjustments in a prototypical rural primary care practice to assess the potential impact on physician personal income and the likelihood that the changes will achieve the desired policy outcome.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney
Date: 07/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Examines changes authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) to the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) system aimed at increasing primary care physician personal income and reducing geographic variation in primary care payment. Looks at ACA-authorized primary care payment adjustments in a prototypical rural primary care practice to assess the potential impact on physician personal income and the likelihood that the changes will achieve the desired policy outcome.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney
Date: 07/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: A Summary of Provisions Important to Rural Health Care Delivery
Summarizes the legislative provisions contained in P.L. 111-148, the Patient Protection and Affordability Act (PPACA) of 2010, that have significance for rural residents regarding the delivery of healthcare services in rural areas.
Author(s): Keith J. Mueller
Date: 06/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Summarizes the legislative provisions contained in P.L. 111-148, the Patient Protection and Affordability Act (PPACA) of 2010, that have significance for rural residents regarding the delivery of healthcare services in rural areas.
Author(s): Keith J. Mueller
Date: 06/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Includes the entire text of the 2010 healthcare reform law The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), signed into law in March 2010. The main provisions of the legislation focus on improving healthcare through expanded coverage, reduced costs, and regulatory accountability.
Date: 01/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Congress
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Includes the entire text of the 2010 healthcare reform law The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), signed into law in March 2010. The main provisions of the legislation focus on improving healthcare through expanded coverage, reduced costs, and regulatory accountability.
Date: 01/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Congress
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Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Covered Persons as Amended
Analyzes the Patient Protection and Affordable Coverage Act (as amended on December 19, 2009 by the Senate Majority Leader's Manager's Amendment) using statistics and data to identify how it would reduce the number of uninsured in nonmetropolitan areas.
Author(s): Tim McBride
Date: 12/2009
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Analyzes the Patient Protection and Affordable Coverage Act (as amended on December 19, 2009 by the Senate Majority Leader's Manager's Amendment) using statistics and data to identify how it would reduce the number of uninsured in nonmetropolitan areas.
Author(s): Tim McBride
Date: 12/2009
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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A Community Benefit Reporting Toolkit for Critical Access Hospitals
Provides guidance to Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in collecting and reporting community benefit data to comply with federal and/or state community benefit reporting requirements or to prepare community benefit reports for internal and external audiences.
Author(s): John Gale, Melanie Race
Date: 10/2009
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Provides guidance to Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in collecting and reporting community benefit data to comply with federal and/or state community benefit reporting requirements or to prepare community benefit reports for internal and external audiences.
Author(s): John Gale, Melanie Race
Date: 10/2009
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Federal Tort Claims Act: Information Related to Implications of Extending Coverage to Volunteers at HRSA-Funded Health Centers
Describes information on claims and lawsuits paid under current FTCA coverage for Health Centers, potential financial implications of extending FTCA coverage to volunteers in Health Centers, and how this extension could have an impact on volunteerism at Health Centers.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 06/2009
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Describes information on claims and lawsuits paid under current FTCA coverage for Health Centers, potential financial implications of extending FTCA coverage to volunteers in Health Centers, and how this extension could have an impact on volunteerism at Health Centers.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 06/2009
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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