Rural Health
Resources by Type: Document
MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2005
Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Discussions of rural aspects of Medicare payment policies are included throughout the report. Includes discussion of strategies to improve care, including pay for performance and information technology.
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Discussions of rural aspects of Medicare payment policies are included throughout the report. Includes discussion of strategies to improve care, including pay for performance and information technology.
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Home Health Payment Reform: Trends in the Supply of Rural Agencies and Availability of Home-Based Skilled Services
Reports on changes in the supply of home health agencies in rural and urban areas before and after the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997, which changed reimbursement for home health. Also looks at provision of physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and medical social work by rural and urban home health agencies.
Author(s): Janet P. Sutton
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Reports on changes in the supply of home health agencies in rural and urban areas before and after the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997, which changed reimbursement for home health. Also looks at provision of physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and medical social work by rural and urban home health agencies.
Author(s): Janet P. Sutton
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Violence and Rural Teens: Teen Violence, Drug Use, and School-Based Prevention Services in Rural America
Findings from a study that examined the prevalence of violence-related exposures and drug use among rural teens, with information by race and gender. Compares policies and mental healthcare services of rural and urban schools.
Additional links: Fact Sheet
Author(s): Michael D. Mink, Charity G. Moore, Andy Johnson, Janice C. Probst, Amy Martin
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Minority Health Research Center (formerly the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center)
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Findings from a study that examined the prevalence of violence-related exposures and drug use among rural teens, with information by race and gender. Compares policies and mental healthcare services of rural and urban schools.
Additional links: Fact Sheet
Author(s): Michael D. Mink, Charity G. Moore, Andy Johnson, Janice C. Probst, Amy Martin
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Minority Health Research Center (formerly the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center)
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Means-Tested Programs: Information on Program Access Can Be an Important Management Tool
Discusses access to and participation in low-income programs, such as welfare and public housing, by those who are eligible. Includes information on strategies used by federal, state, and local administrators to improve access.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Discusses access to and participation in low-income programs, such as welfare and public housing, by those who are eligible. Includes information on strategies used by federal, state, and local administrators to improve access.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Community Involvement of Critical Access Hospitals: Results of the 2004 National CAH Survey
Describes the ways in which Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) are engaged with their communities. Discusses CAH involvement in community needs assessment, outreach and formal health promotion programs, relationships with other community organizations, free or reduced cost health care, and hospital activities in support on special populations.
Author(s): Stephanie Poley, Rebecca Slifkin
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Describes the ways in which Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) are engaged with their communities. Discusses CAH involvement in community needs assessment, outreach and formal health promotion programs, relationships with other community organizations, free or reduced cost health care, and hospital activities in support on special populations.
Author(s): Stephanie Poley, Rebecca Slifkin
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Scope of Services Offered by Critical Access Hospitals: Results of the 2004 National CAH Survey
Examines how Critical Access Hospital (CAH) services have changed over time, based on 2000, 2002, and 2004 survey data. Discusses the role of network affiliations in service changes and reasons for reported service expansions.
Author(s): David Hartley, Stephenie Loux
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Examines how Critical Access Hospital (CAH) services have changed over time, based on 2000, 2002, and 2004 survey data. Discusses the role of network affiliations in service changes and reasons for reported service expansions.
Author(s): David Hartley, Stephenie Loux
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Availability and Use of Capital by Critical Access Hospitals
Examines the experiences of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in meeting their capital needs. Discusses efforts to obtain capital, sources of capital, uses of capital, technical assistance resources, and current capital needs. Includes information on state capital programs available to CAHs.
Author(s): Walter Gregg
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Examines the experiences of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in meeting their capital needs. Discusses efforts to obtain capital, sources of capital, uses of capital, technical assistance resources, and current capital needs. Includes information on state capital programs available to CAHs.
Author(s): Walter Gregg
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Rural Mental Health in the WICHE West: Meeting Workforce Demands through Regional Partnership
Discusses the mental health workforce needs facing the states that are part of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and what can be done to effectively meeting the mental health care needs of the region.
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Discusses the mental health workforce needs facing the states that are part of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and what can be done to effectively meeting the mental health care needs of the region.
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Medicare Physician Fees: Geographic Adjustment Indices Are Valid in Design, but Data and Methods Need Refinement
Discusses Medicare's geographic practice cost indices (GPCI). Includes discussion of how these indices impact rural physicians, physician incomes, location, recruitment, and retention.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Discusses Medicare's geographic practice cost indices (GPCI). Includes discussion of how these indices impact rural physicians, physician incomes, location, recruitment, and retention.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Intensive Care in Critical Access Hospitals
Describes what officials at Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) mean when they report that they provide intensive care and the importance of these services to the hospital and the community it serves.
Author(s): Victoria Freeman, Joan Walsh, Matthew Rudolf, Rebecca Slifkin
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Describes what officials at Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) mean when they report that they provide intensive care and the importance of these services to the hospital and the community it serves.
Author(s): Victoria Freeman, Joan Walsh, Matthew Rudolf, Rebecca Slifkin
Date: 03/2005
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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