Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Pharmacy and prescription drugs
As Pandemic-Era Policies End, Medicaid Programs Focus on Enrollee Access and Reducing Health Disparities Amid Future Uncertainties: Results from an Annual Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025
Examines changes taking place in Medicaid programs in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Features sections on delivery systems, provider rates and taxes, benefits, and pharmacy and prescription drugs. Highlights challenges and priorities related to state workforce shortages, systems issues, emerging state budget pressures, and more.
Author(s): Elizabeth Hinton, Elizabeth Williams, Jada Raphael, et al.
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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Examines changes taking place in Medicaid programs in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Features sections on delivery systems, provider rates and taxes, benefits, and pharmacy and prescription drugs. Highlights challenges and priorities related to state workforce shortages, systems issues, emerging state budget pressures, and more.
Author(s): Elizabeth Hinton, Elizabeth Williams, Jada Raphael, et al.
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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Medicare Part D Enrollees Reaching the Out-of-Pocket Limit by June 2024
Examines the number of Medicare Part D enrollees who reached the catastrophic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) out-of-pocket prescription drug spending cap by June 2024. Provides demographic information on enrollees who reach the catastrophic phase and the related savings, including breakdowns for state and metropolitan, micropolitan, or rural/unknown location.
Author(s): Kenneth Finegold, Kristen L. King, Bisma A. Sayed, Rachael Zuckerman
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Examines the number of Medicare Part D enrollees who reached the catastrophic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) out-of-pocket prescription drug spending cap by June 2024. Provides demographic information on enrollees who reach the catastrophic phase and the related savings, including breakdowns for state and metropolitan, micropolitan, or rural/unknown location.
Author(s): Kenneth Finegold, Kristen L. King, Bisma A. Sayed, Rachael Zuckerman
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Rural–Urban Differences in Dental Opioid Prescribing among Adolescent/Young Adult and Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries
Examines dental opioid prescription rates for adolescents and adults in rural and urban communities, utilizing 2021 Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System Analytic Files data. Breaks down data by race and ethnicity, neighborhood disadvantage, and other demographic factors. Includes color-coded maps showing ranges of prescribing rates in rural and urban areas by state.
Author(s): Carla Shoff, Alex Sheen, Luping Qu, Natalia I. Chalmers
Citation: Frontiers in Public Health, 12
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Examines dental opioid prescription rates for adolescents and adults in rural and urban communities, utilizing 2021 Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System Analytic Files data. Breaks down data by race and ethnicity, neighborhood disadvantage, and other demographic factors. Includes color-coded maps showing ranges of prescribing rates in rural and urban areas by state.
Author(s): Carla Shoff, Alex Sheen, Luping Qu, Natalia I. Chalmers
Citation: Frontiers in Public Health, 12
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
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Medicare Payment Basics: Part D Payment System
Overview of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit, including subsidy amounts, payments to plans, how enrollee premiums are calculated, and benefit and payment updates.
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Overview of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit, including subsidy amounts, payments to plans, how enrollee premiums are calculated, and benefit and payment updates.
Date: 10/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Summary, Santa Fe and Las Vegas, New Mexico, September 4-6, 2024
Summarizes the 95th meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services (NACRHHS), which was held in Santa Fe and Las Vegas, New Mexico. Presents an overview of national, state, and community perspectives on the rural opioid and substance use crisis.
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Summarizes the 95th meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services (NACRHHS), which was held in Santa Fe and Las Vegas, New Mexico. Presents an overview of national, state, and community perspectives on the rural opioid and substance use crisis.
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Disparities in the Real-World Prescription Pattern of Oral Anticoagulants for US Medicare Beneficiaries: A Geospatial Analysis
Analyzes geographic variations in oral anticoagulant prescribing, utilizing 2020 Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment data. Compares rural and urban clinicians' likelihood of prescribing warfarin only, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) only, or both warfarin and DOACs, and highlights regional prescribing patterns using color-coded, county-level maps.
Author(s): Jingrui Zou, Dong Liang, Yong Zhu
Citation: BMJ Open, 14, e081628
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
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Analyzes geographic variations in oral anticoagulant prescribing, utilizing 2020 Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment data. Compares rural and urban clinicians' likelihood of prescribing warfarin only, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) only, or both warfarin and DOACs, and highlights regional prescribing patterns using color-coded, county-level maps.
Author(s): Jingrui Zou, Dong Liang, Yong Zhu
Citation: BMJ Open, 14, e081628
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
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"Saving People's Lives": Access to Mental Health and Addiction Services in Rural Communities
Podcast episode discussing challenges of accessing mental health and addiction services in rural areas. Highlights strategies implemented by New Mexico's Presbyterian Española Hospital to address these challenges and increase access to treatment.
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Podcast episode discussing challenges of accessing mental health and addiction services in rural areas. Highlights strategies implemented by New Mexico's Presbyterian Española Hospital to address these challenges and increase access to treatment.
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Ensuring Access To Care: 340B Arrangements with Community and Specialty Pharmacies Improve Access to Care for Underserved Patients
Provides an overview of the 340B Drug Pricing Program, related legislation, benefits to underserved communities, relationship to specialty and community pharmacies, and more. Includes discussion on the value of the 340B program for rural pharmacies.
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Provides an overview of the 340B Drug Pricing Program, related legislation, benefits to underserved communities, relationship to specialty and community pharmacies, and more. Includes discussion on the value of the 340B program for rural pharmacies.
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Prescription Medication Use, Coverage, and Nonadherence Among Adults Age 65 and Older: United States, 2021–2022
Reports on medication use, prescription drug insurance coverage, and nonadherence due to cost for older adults between 2021 and 2022. Includes data breakdown of various demographic and health status characteristics including 4 levels of urbanization.
Author(s): Robin A. Cohen, Laryssa Mykyta
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Reports on medication use, prescription drug insurance coverage, and nonadherence due to cost for older adults between 2021 and 2022. Includes data breakdown of various demographic and health status characteristics including 4 levels of urbanization.
Author(s): Robin A. Cohen, Laryssa Mykyta
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Implementation of a Rural Emergency Department-initiated Buprenorphine Program in the Mountain West: A Study Protocol
Protocol for a study of emergency department (ED) initiation of buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) in the rural Mountain West. Discusses study design, implementation strategies, and barriers to OUD treatment access and provision in rural areas.
Author(s): Natasha Seliski, Troy Madsen, Savannah Eley, et al.
Citation: Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 19, 63
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
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Protocol for a study of emergency department (ED) initiation of buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) in the rural Mountain West. Discusses study design, implementation strategies, and barriers to OUD treatment access and provision in rural areas.
Author(s): Natasha Seliski, Troy Madsen, Savannah Eley, et al.
Citation: Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 19, 63
Date: 09/2024
Type: Document
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