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Resources by Topic: Medicare

Frontier Extended Stay Clinics (FESC) Demonstration
An overview of a completed CMS demonstration that looked at an enhanced clinic model in frontier areas to address the needs of seriously ill or injured patients who cannot be transferred to a hospital, or who need monitoring and observation for a limited period of time.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Frontier Community Health Integration Project Demonstration (FCHIP)
An overview of a CMS demonstration to develop and test new models of integrated, coordinated health care in the most sparsely-populated rural counties with the goal of improving health outcomes and reducing Medicare expenditures.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Rural Community Hospital Demonstration
An overview of a CMS demonstration project which provides cost-based reimbursement for small rural hospitals too large to be Critical Access Hospitals. Examines the community benefits and financial impact for participating hospitals.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Data.CMS.gov
Interactive tool for identifying Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) data and information resources. Sources can be narrowed by the geographic level available, including state, county, hospital referral region, and more. Sources can also be viewed by CMS program, topic, and setting of care.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Medicare Learning Network: Swing Bed Services
Provides information about the requirements Critical Access Hospitals must meet in order to enter into a swing bed agreement under which they can use beds, as needed, to provide either acute or Skilled Nursing Facility care.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Medicare Learning Network: Telehealth Services
Contains information on originating sites, distant site practitioners, telehealth services, billing and payment for professional services furnished via telehealth as well as for the originating site facility fee, and a list of helpful websites.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Oregon Office of Rural Health Maps
Offers a compilation of maps of Oregon on topics including urban and rural designations, healthcare providers and facilities, population demographics, and more. Several maps include county-level data.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Office of Rural Health
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Medicare Geographic Comparisons
Access to national, state, and county-level data on variations in use and quality of healthcare for Medicare patients. Offers data on spending for the Medicare fee-for-service population. Also offers data on utilization of facilities for Medicare Advantage patients. Includes trends and comparisons to national and state averages.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Medicare Telehealth Payment Eligibility Analyzer
Determines geographic eligibility for Medicare telehealth services. Identifies Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) located in rural census tracts, consistent with the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy's definition of rural.
Type: Tool
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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CMS Innovation Center
Supports the development, testing and sharing of innovative healthcare payment and service delivery models. Includes data, reports, webinars and forums for sharing knowledge among healthcare innovators, data researchers and policy analysts.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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