Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Policy
The 2007 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Service Issues
Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Examines three key topics in health and human services and their effects in rural areas: Medicare Advantage, Head Start, and substance abuse. Includes recommendations to address these topics.
Date: 01/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Examines three key topics in health and human services and their effects in rural areas: Medicare Advantage, Head Start, and substance abuse. Includes recommendations to address these topics.
Date: 01/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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The Office of Rural Health Policy Celebrates 20 Years: A Look Back at the History of the Office and Its Continued Mission to Improve Health Care in Rural America
Describes the history and activities of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy from 1987 through 2007.
Date: 2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Describes the history and activities of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy from 1987 through 2007.
Date: 2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Quality Through Collaboration: The Future of Rural & Frontier Emergency Medical Services in the U.S. Health System
Compares the findings of the Institute of Medicine's Future of Emergency Care reports with previous work on rural health and with the Rural and Frontier EMS Agenda for the Future and HRSA Model Trauma System Planning and Evaluation document. Identifies similarities and overlaps of the recommendations and approaches.
Date: 2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Compares the findings of the Institute of Medicine's Future of Emergency Care reports with previous work on rural health and with the Rural and Frontier EMS Agenda for the Future and HRSA Model Trauma System Planning and Evaluation document. Identifies similarities and overlaps of the recommendations and approaches.
Date: 2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Future of Emergency Care Series: Emergency Care for Children: Growing Pains
Part two in a series of three reports from the Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System. Examines pediatric emergency and trauma care. This report is also a follow-up to the 1993 report Emergency Medical Services for Children. Discusses issues related to rural pediatric emergency and trauma care.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Part two in a series of three reports from the Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System. Examines pediatric emergency and trauma care. This report is also a follow-up to the 1993 report Emergency Medical Services for Children. Discusses issues related to rural pediatric emergency and trauma care.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Future of Emergency Care Series: Emergency Medical Services: At the Crossroads
Part one in a series of three reports from the Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System. Examines pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS). Discusses issues specific to rural EMS and the rural EMS workforce.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Part one in a series of three reports from the Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System. Examines pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS). Discusses issues specific to rural EMS and the rural EMS workforce.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Future of Emergency Care Series: Hospital-Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point
Part three in a series of three reports from the Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System. Examines hospital-based emergency and trauma care. Includes information on issues facing rural hospitals related to emergency care and the emergency care workforce.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Part three in a series of three reports from the Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System. Examines hospital-based emergency and trauma care. Includes information on issues facing rural hospitals related to emergency care and the emergency care workforce.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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MedPAC Report to the Congress: Rural Payment Provisions in the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
Examines the impact of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) provisions on rural hospital payments. Present the effect of eight MMA provisions on Medicare inpatient and outpatient payments to traditional (non-CAH) hospitals. Summarizes the MMA changes to Critical Access Hospital (CAH) payment policies discussed in MedPAC's interim report. Examines the effects of higher payments on hospital costs.
Date: 12/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Examines the impact of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) provisions on rural hospital payments. Present the effect of eight MMA provisions on Medicare inpatient and outpatient payments to traditional (non-CAH) hospitals. Summarizes the MMA changes to Critical Access Hospital (CAH) payment policies discussed in MedPAC's interim report. Examines the effects of higher payments on hospital costs.
Date: 12/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Foreign Physicians: Data on Use of J-1 Visa Waivers Needed to Better Address Physician Shortages
Examines the number of J-1 visa waivers requested by states and federal agencies; waiver physicians' practice specialties, settings, and locations; and the extent to which waiver physicians are accounted for in the Department of Health and Human Services efforts to address physician shortages.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 11/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Examines the number of J-1 visa waivers requested by states and federal agencies; waiver physicians' practice specialties, settings, and locations; and the extent to which waiver physicians are accounted for in the Department of Health and Human Services efforts to address physician shortages.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 11/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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The Experience of Sole Community Rural Independent Pharmacies with Medicare Part D: Reports from the Field
Examines unintended impacts of the Medicare Part D program on independent pharmacies in rural areas. Discusses options to address the challenges faced by rural independent pharmacies that are the sole providers in their communities.
Author(s): Andrea Radford, Rebecca Slifkin, Roslyn Fraser, Michelle Mason, Keith Mueller
Date: 11/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Examines unintended impacts of the Medicare Part D program on independent pharmacies in rural areas. Discusses options to address the challenges faced by rural independent pharmacies that are the sole providers in their communities.
Author(s): Andrea Radford, Rebecca Slifkin, Roslyn Fraser, Michelle Mason, Keith Mueller
Date: 11/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Health Professional Shortage Areas: Problems Remain With Primary Care Shortage Area Designation System
Reviews the number and location of Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and federal programs that use HPSA designations to allocate resources or provide benefits. Discusses available research on HPSA designation criteria and methodology. Addresses the impact of a 2002 provision that automatically designates Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and certain Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) as facility HPSAs.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 10/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Reviews the number and location of Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and federal programs that use HPSA designations to allocate resources or provide benefits. Discusses available research on HPSA designation criteria and methodology. Addresses the impact of a 2002 provision that automatically designates Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and certain Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) as facility HPSAs.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 10/2006
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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