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MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs for CY 2021
Comments on an August 12, 2020, Federal Register proposed rule revising the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ACS) payment system for calendar year 2021. Includes comments on payment rates for separately payable non–pass-through drugs obtained through the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Comments on an August 12, 2020, Federal Register proposed rule revising the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ACS) payment system for calendar year 2021. Includes comments on payment rates for separately payable non–pass-through drugs obtained through the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2021
Comment on an August 17, 2020 Federal Register proposed rule revising the physician fee schedule to improve payment systems for physicians and other Medicare Part B revisions. Includes a discussion of COVID-19-related telehealth expansion.
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Comment on an August 17, 2020 Federal Register proposed rule revising the physician fee schedule to improve payment systems for physicians and other Medicare Part B revisions. Includes a discussion of COVID-19-related telehealth expansion.
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Combining Data From Assessments of Leisure, Occupational, Household, and Transportation Physical Activity Among US Adults, NHANES 2011-2016
Uses National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data to assess physical activity in the U.S. Examines adult engagement in leisure-, occupational-, household-, and transportation- related activities from 2011-2016. Features rural and urban comparisons.
Author(s): Geoffrey P. Whitfield, Emily N. Ussery, Susan A. Carlson
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 17
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
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Uses National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data to assess physical activity in the U.S. Examines adult engagement in leisure-, occupational-, household-, and transportation- related activities from 2011-2016. Features rural and urban comparisons.
Author(s): Geoffrey P. Whitfield, Emily N. Ussery, Susan A. Carlson
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 17
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
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Association Between Population Mobility Reductions and New COVID-19 Diagnoses in the United States Along the Urban-Rural Gradient, February-April, 2020
Examines whether changes in population mobility are correlated with the rate of new COVID-19 cases in U.S. counties. Includes county-level maps with rural/urban comparisons.
Author(s): Xiaojiang Li, Abby Rudolph, Jeremy Mennis
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 17
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
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Examines whether changes in population mobility are correlated with the rate of new COVID-19 cases in U.S. counties. Includes county-level maps with rural/urban comparisons.
Author(s): Xiaojiang Li, Abby Rudolph, Jeremy Mennis
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 17
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
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Influenza and Tdap Vaccination Coverage Among Pregnant Women — United States, April 2020
Examines influenza and tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap) vaccination coverage among women pregnant during the 2019–20 influenza season. Includes data by location of residence for rural and nonrural areas.
Author(s): Hilda Razzaghi, Katherine E. Kahn, Carla L. Black, et al.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(39), 1391-1397
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Examines influenza and tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap) vaccination coverage among women pregnant during the 2019–20 influenza season. Includes data by location of residence for rural and nonrural areas.
Author(s): Hilda Razzaghi, Katherine E. Kahn, Carla L. Black, et al.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 69(39), 1391-1397
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Supporting CAHs During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Summary Results of a Survey of State Flex Coordinators
Summarizes key findings from a survey of State Flex Programs regarding the impact of COVID-19 on Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) between May 26 - July 2, 2020. Describes the type of support and assistance requested by CAHs, promising strategies State Flex Programs used to support CAHs, and how State Flex Programs are planning for CAH needs after the pandemic.
Author(s): John Gale, Zacharia Croll, Yvonne Jonk, Sara Kahn-Troster, Karen Pearson
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Summarizes key findings from a survey of State Flex Programs regarding the impact of COVID-19 on Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) between May 26 - July 2, 2020. Describes the type of support and assistance requested by CAHs, promising strategies State Flex Programs used to support CAHs, and how State Flex Programs are planning for CAH needs after the pandemic.
Author(s): John Gale, Zacharia Croll, Yvonne Jonk, Sara Kahn-Troster, Karen Pearson
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Rates of Alcohol-induced Deaths Among Adults Aged 25 and Over in Urban and Rural Areas: United States, 2000–2018
Examines trends in alcohol-induced deaths among adults aged 25 and over. Includes data by sex for urban and rural residents from 2000 through 2018, with information for metropolitan, micropolitan, and non-core areas.
Author(s): Merianne Rose Spencer, Sally C. Curtin, Holly Hedegaard
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Examines trends in alcohol-induced deaths among adults aged 25 and over. Includes data by sex for urban and rural residents from 2000 through 2018, with information for metropolitan, micropolitan, and non-core areas.
Author(s): Merianne Rose Spencer, Sally C. Curtin, Holly Hedegaard
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Costs of Emergency Department Visits for Mental and Substance Use Disorders in the United States, 2017
Examines the costs of emergency department (ED) visits with diagnoses of mental and substance use disorders compared to total ED visits, with data on total costs and cost per visit. Includes information by hospital location for large metropolitan, small metropolitan, micropolitan, and rural areas.
Author(s): Zeynal Karaca, Brian J. Moore
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Examines the costs of emergency department (ED) visits with diagnoses of mental and substance use disorders compared to total ED visits, with data on total costs and cost per visit. Includes information by hospital location for large metropolitan, small metropolitan, micropolitan, and rural areas.
Author(s): Zeynal Karaca, Brian J. Moore
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Understanding and Using American Community Survey Data: What Users of Data for Rural Areas Need to Know
An overview of what data users need to know about working with American Community Survey (ACS) data for rural areas. Addresses how rural is defined, the use of 5-year estimates, strategies to produce reliable estimates for rural communities, where to access rural ACS estimates, and case studies of rural data use.
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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An overview of what data users need to know about working with American Community Survey (ACS) data for rural areas. Addresses how rural is defined, the use of 5-year estimates, strategies to produce reliable estimates for rural communities, where to access rural ACS estimates, and case studies of rural data use.
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan
A guide for federal health information technology (HIT) activities. Identifies current healthcare challenges and opportunities related to HIT. Explains how the federal government intends to use HIT to promote health; enhance care delivery; build a secure, data-driven system; and develop an interoperable HIT infrastructure. Includes discussion of rural needs and opportunities related to HIT.
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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A guide for federal health information technology (HIT) activities. Identifies current healthcare challenges and opportunities related to HIT. Explains how the federal government intends to use HIT to promote health; enhance care delivery; build a secure, data-driven system; and develop an interoperable HIT infrastructure. Includes discussion of rural needs and opportunities related to HIT.
Date: 10/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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