Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Policy
Anticipating the Rural Impact of Medicare Value-Based Purchasing
Describes the design and implementation of Medicare value-based purchasing (VBP) programs. Addresses the potential impact of these programs on rural healthcare providers. Includes discussion on the five provider types: Prospective Payment system (PPS) hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), home health agencies, and physician office practices.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith J. Mueller, Nicholas P. Lillios, et al.
Date: 04/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Describes the design and implementation of Medicare value-based purchasing (VBP) programs. Addresses the potential impact of these programs on rural healthcare providers. Includes discussion on the five provider types: Prospective Payment system (PPS) hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), home health agencies, and physician office practices.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith J. Mueller, Nicholas P. Lillios, et al.
Date: 04/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Primary Care and Public Health: Exploring Integration to Improve Population Health
Provides a detailed portrait for integrating primary healthcare and public health to move the nation toward a more efficient health system. Includes some examples from rural areas.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Provides a detailed portrait for integrating primary healthcare and public health to move the nation toward a more efficient health system. Includes some examples from rural areas.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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State Policy Levers for Addressing Preventive Dental Care Disparities for Rural Children: Medicaid Reimbursement to Non-Dental Clinicians for Fluoride Varnish and Dental Hygiene Supervision in Primary Care Safety Net Settings
Addresses preventive dental care disparities for rural children by studying access to fluoride varnish applications and the extent that dental hygienists can provide select preventive dental services in primary care safety net settings.
Additional links: Fact Sheet
Author(s): Amy Brock Martin, Jessica Bellinger, Jeff Hatala, Jordan Mitchell, Janice C. Probst
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Minority Health Research Center (formerly the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center)
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Addresses preventive dental care disparities for rural children by studying access to fluoride varnish applications and the extent that dental hygienists can provide select preventive dental services in primary care safety net settings.
Additional links: Fact Sheet
Author(s): Amy Brock Martin, Jessica Bellinger, Jeff Hatala, Jordan Mitchell, Janice C. Probst
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Minority Health Research Center (formerly the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center)
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MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2012
Reviews Medicare payment policies and covers policy recommendations to Congress. Discusses rural aspects of Medicare payment policies.
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Reviews Medicare payment policies and covers policy recommendations to Congress. Discusses rural aspects of Medicare payment policies.
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Communities Served by Rural Medicare Dependent Hospitals
Explores the potential consequences of termination of the Medicare Dependent Hospital (MDH) program by comparing MDHs to rural prospective payment system hospitals (R-PPS) in terms of utilization and the characteristics of the communities they serve.
Author(s): Kristin L. Reiter, George M. Holmes, Saleema A. Karim, George H. Pink
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Explores the potential consequences of termination of the Medicare Dependent Hospital (MDH) program by comparing MDHs to rural prospective payment system hospitals (R-PPS) in terms of utilization and the characteristics of the communities they serve.
Author(s): Kristin L. Reiter, George M. Holmes, Saleema A. Karim, George H. Pink
Date: 03/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Priming the Pump of Primary Care: Ninth Annual Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and to Congress
Offers several policy and program development recommendations to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Recommendations are specifically designed to create a strong rural healthcare workforce through improved training opportunities in rural primary care medicine and dentistry.
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
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Offers several policy and program development recommendations to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Recommendations are specifically designed to create a strong rural healthcare workforce through improved training opportunities in rural primary care medicine and dentistry.
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
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Regional Resilience: Research and Policy Brief
Summarizes research on disaster resiliency. Provides a framework for assessing current policy and practice as it relates to regional resilience. Includes rural areas.
Author(s): Brian Dabson, Colleen M. Heflin, Kathleen K. Miller
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
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Summarizes research on disaster resiliency. Provides a framework for assessing current policy and practice as it relates to regional resilience. Includes rural areas.
Author(s): Brian Dabson, Colleen M. Heflin, Kathleen K. Miller
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
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The Dynamics of Sustainability: A Primer for Rural Health Organizations
Provides information and case studies on sustainability for rural organizations that are starting new programs. The case studies were identified from a study of rural health organizations that received funding from the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP).
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Provides information and case studies on sustainability for rural organizations that are starting new programs. The case studies were identified from a study of rural health organizations that received funding from the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP).
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Implications of Health Reform for American Indian and Alaska Native Populations
Outlines provisions in the Affordable Care Act that affect American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations.
Author(s): Carolyn Ingram, Shannon M. McMahon, Veronica Guerra, Alice Weiss
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Outlines provisions in the Affordable Care Act that affect American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations.
Author(s): Carolyn Ingram, Shannon M. McMahon, Veronica Guerra, Alice Weiss
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Ohio Appalachian Residents' Views on Smoke-free Laws and Cigarette Warning Labels
Presents results from a study that explored attitudes and beliefs of residents in Appalachian Ohio relating to smoke-free laws and public health policies in place to reduce smoking and smoking-related diseases.
Author(s): Paul Reiter, Mary Wewers, Electra Paskett, Elizabeth Klein, Mira Katz
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(1), 1945
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
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Presents results from a study that explored attitudes and beliefs of residents in Appalachian Ohio relating to smoke-free laws and public health policies in place to reduce smoking and smoking-related diseases.
Author(s): Paul Reiter, Mary Wewers, Electra Paskett, Elizabeth Klein, Mira Katz
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(1), 1945
Date: 02/2012
Type: Document
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