Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Policy
Addressing Mental Health Workforce Needs in Underserved Rural Areas: Accomplishments and Challenges
Reviews efforts to address mental health workforce needs in underserved rural areas. Includes a history of federal efforts to address rural mental health workforce needs. Discusses Mental Health Professional Shortage Area (MHPSA) designations.
Author(s): Donna C. Bird, Patricia Dempsey, David Hartley
Date: 10/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Reviews efforts to address mental health workforce needs in underserved rural areas. Includes a history of federal efforts to address rural mental health workforce needs. Discusses Mental Health Professional Shortage Area (MHPSA) designations.
Author(s): Donna C. Bird, Patricia Dempsey, David Hartley
Date: 10/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services Meeting Minutes, Presque Isle, Maine, September 9-11, 2001
Minutes from a National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services meeting addressing the following topics: an update from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, a report being prepared on the rural safety net, federal emergency medical services (EMS) activity, and Maine EMS services.
Date: 09/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Minutes from a National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services meeting addressing the following topics: an update from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, a report being prepared on the rural safety net, federal emergency medical services (EMS) activity, and Maine EMS services.
Date: 09/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Developing Affordable Non-medical Residential Care in Rural Communities: Barriers and Opportunities
Explores the challenges and opportunities for affordable non-medical residential care (NMRC) development in rural areas. NMRC is residential housing with service options for long-term care consumers, excluding nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities.
Author(s): Elise J. Bolda, Kimberly Mooney Murry, Stephanie Flanary, John W. Seavey
Date: 09/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Explores the challenges and opportunities for affordable non-medical residential care (NMRC) development in rural areas. NMRC is residential housing with service options for long-term care consumers, excluding nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities.
Author(s): Elise J. Bolda, Kimberly Mooney Murry, Stephanie Flanary, John W. Seavey
Date: 09/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Comments on the June 2001 Report of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: Medicare in Rural America
A response to recommendations and findings presented in the June 2001 report of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Medicare in Rural America, with the intent of advancing a policy discussion regarding how Medicare could be more responsive to the special needs of rural America.
Author(s): Andrew Coburn, Charles Fluharty, J. Patrick Hart, et al.
Date: 09/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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A response to recommendations and findings presented in the June 2001 report of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Medicare in Rural America, with the intent of advancing a policy discussion regarding how Medicare could be more responsive to the special needs of rural America.
Author(s): Andrew Coburn, Charles Fluharty, J. Patrick Hart, et al.
Date: 09/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Access to Rural Pharmacy Services in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota
Describes the status of rural retail pharmacies in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Discusses pharmacy organizational characteristics, staffing, services provided, financial status, and planned future changes. Also examines the availability of pharmacy services in rural areas of these states, including changes over a three year period in the distribution of pharmacies. Briefly analyzes regulatory and policy issues that affect the delivery of pharmacy services in rural areas.
Author(s): Michelle M. Casey, Jill Klingner, Ira Moscovice
Date: 07/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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Describes the status of rural retail pharmacies in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Discusses pharmacy organizational characteristics, staffing, services provided, financial status, and planned future changes. Also examines the availability of pharmacy services in rural areas of these states, including changes over a three year period in the distribution of pharmacies. Briefly analyzes regulatory and policy issues that affect the delivery of pharmacy services in rural areas.
Author(s): Michelle M. Casey, Jill Klingner, Ira Moscovice
Date: 07/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services Meeting Minutes, Squaw Valley, California, June 3-5, 2001
Minutes from a National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services meeting addressing the following topics: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy update, rural public health, and the rural safety net, with examples from rural California.
Date: 06/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Minutes from a National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services meeting addressing the following topics: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy update, rural public health, and the rural safety net, with examples from rural California.
Date: 06/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare in Rural America, 2001
Overview of Medicare and rural healthcare. Covers rural access to care, quality of care, and Medicare payments. Also examines rural beneficiaries' access to Medicare+Choice health plans.
Date: 06/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Overview of Medicare and rural healthcare. Covers rural access to care, quality of care, and Medicare payments. Also examines rural beneficiaries' access to Medicare+Choice health plans.
Date: 06/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Medicare Reform: A Rural Perspective
Examines the status of the Medicare program as it relates to rural beneficiaries. Focuses on key policy issues to ensure that rural beneficiaries are treated equitably under a newly designed Medicare program. Discusses rural healthcare finance, access, quality, and workforce. Discusses Medicare reform and makes recommendations.
Date: 05/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Examines the status of the Medicare program as it relates to rural beneficiaries. Focuses on key policy issues to ensure that rural beneficiaries are treated equitably under a newly designed Medicare program. Discusses rural healthcare finance, access, quality, and workforce. Discusses Medicare reform and makes recommendations.
Date: 05/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Redesigning Medicare: Considerations for Rural Beneficiaries and Health Systems
Presents a framework for what should be included in any discussion of Medicare policies, for use by those interested in the future of healthcare services in rural areas in helping to shape proposals to redesign the Medicare program.
Author(s): Andrew F. Coburn, Charles W. Fluharty, A. Clinton MacKinney, et al.
Date: 05/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Presents a framework for what should be included in any discussion of Medicare policies, for use by those interested in the future of healthcare services in rural areas in helping to shape proposals to redesign the Medicare program.
Author(s): Andrew F. Coburn, Charles W. Fluharty, A. Clinton MacKinney, et al.
Date: 05/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Can Payment Policies Attract M+C Plans to Rural Areas?
Identifies factors that discourage insurance plans from offering Medicare managed care plans in nonmetropolitan counties. Provides data on nonmetro Medicare+Choice plan availability for 1997-2000. Discusses impact of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA), the Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (BBRA), and the Medicare, Medicaid, & SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (BIPA) on Medicare managed care enrollment.
Author(s): Timothy McBride, Joan Penrod, Keith Mueller, Courtney Andrews, Micah Hughes
Citation: RUPRI Rural Policy Brief, 6(8)
Date: 05/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Identifies factors that discourage insurance plans from offering Medicare managed care plans in nonmetropolitan counties. Provides data on nonmetro Medicare+Choice plan availability for 1997-2000. Discusses impact of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA), the Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (BBRA), and the Medicare, Medicaid, & SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (BIPA) on Medicare managed care enrollment.
Author(s): Timothy McBride, Joan Penrod, Keith Mueller, Courtney Andrews, Micah Hughes
Citation: RUPRI Rural Policy Brief, 6(8)
Date: 05/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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