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January 2020 MACPAC Meeting Transcript
Transcript from the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission's (MACPAC) January 2020 meeting. Covers Medicaid role in maternity care with a focus on pregnant women with substance use disorder and infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome, integrating care for dually eligible beneficiaries, maternal morbidity among women in Medicaid, and improving participation in the Medicare Savings Programs, among other things.
Date: 01/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission
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January 2020 MedPAC Meeting Transcript
Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) January 2020 meeting. Covers payment adequacy and updates for hospital inpatient and outpatient services, physician and other health professional services, outpatient dialysis services and improving the ESRD payment system, skilled nursing facility services, home health agency services, long-term care hospital services, inpatient rehabilitation facility services, hospice services, and ambulatory surgical center services. Includes rural references throughout.
Date: 01/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Kentucky's Primary Care Workforce: Current Status and Output of New Trainees, January 2020 Update
Presents data and information about the primary care workforce in Kentucky and trainee pipelines supplying new primary care physicians to Kentucky. Features statistics on expected shortfalls among Kentucky primary care physicians, numbers of primary care Advanced Practice Registered Nurses with breakdowns by practice locations in underserved and rural areas, and ratio of primary care physicians to Kentucky population by county and Health Professional Shortage Areas designation, as of 2018.
Author(s): Kevin A. Pearce, Sydney Thompson, Fran Feltner, R. Brent Wright, Joe E. Kingery
Date: 01/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health
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Preventing Opioid Overdose with Peer-Administered Naloxone: Findings from a Rural State
Highlights a study on the efficacy of peer-administered naloxone to prevent opioid overdose deaths. Bases conclusions on interviews with individuals who have received the training and the naloxone kits from a program in rural Alaska.
Author(s): Bridget L. Hanson, Rebecca R. Porter, Amanda L. Zöld, Heather Terhorst-Miller
Citation: Harm Reduction Journal, 17(1), 4
Date: 01/2020
Type: Document
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Rural Availability of the Obstetrician-Gynecologist Physician and Certified Nurse Midwife Workforce
Brief examining Obstetrician-Gynecologist workforce and maternal care in rural Arizona by county, discussing impacts of workforce shortages on rural mothers.
Author(s): B Koch, S Coates, S Brady, H Carter, D Derksen
Date: 01/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Arizona Workforce Report: Obstetrician-Gynecologist Physicians and Certified Nurse Midwives
Reports on the availability of maternal health providers in rural Arizona, including an overview of women's health and rural maternal health disparities. Examines maternal health workforce by rural-metro designation, state and county, education, and more using Arizona Medical Board and Arizona Board of Osteopathic Examiners data.
Author(s): B Koch, S Coates, B Brady, et al.
Date: 01/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Three Large Scale Surveys Highlight the Complexity of Cervical Cancer Under-Screening Among Women 45-65 Years of Age in the United States
Examines cervical cancer screening rates based on data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, the Health Center Patient Survey, and the Health Information National Trends Survey. Discusses demographics, including rural and urban location, and screening rates by age, location, education level, race and ethnicity, and insurance coverage.
Author(s): Diane M. Harper, Melissa Plegue, Kathryn M. Harmes, Masahito Jimbo, Sherri SheinfeldGorin
Citation: Preventative Medicine, 130, 105880
Date: 01/2020
Type: Document
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Assessing the Needs of Front-Line Providers in Addressing the Opioid Crisis in South Carolina
Study of treatment needs for opioid use disorder (OUD) patients and staff capacity in South Carolina. Data reflects a needs assessment from 33 rural and urban agencies covering buprenorphine-waivered provider staffing, access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT), prevalence of OUD, referrals to other facilities, and barriers to providing MAT. Discusses policy and provider solutions to these issues.
Author(s): Angela Moreland, Jenna McCauley, Kelly Barth, et al.
Citation: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 108, 4-8
Date: 01/2020
Type: Document
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Potential Predictors of Hospital Length of Stay and Hospital Charges among Patients with All-terrain Vehicle Injuries in Rural Northeast Texas
Examines which factors associated with all-terrain vehicle injuries are predictive of hospital length of stay and hospital charges in rural Northeast Texas. Analyzes how facility of treatment, injury severity, and initial emergency department vital signs are correlated to hospital length of stay and cost of care.
Author(s): Anastasia Miller, Jeanie D. Gallegly, Gabriela Orsak, et al.
Citation: Journal of Injury and Violence Research, 12(1), 55-62
Date: 01/2020
Type: Document
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Native American Youth Citizen Scientists Uncovering Community Health and Food Security Priorities
Details a study on food security and nutrition via community-based participatory research by a group of 13-18 year olds in the Karuk Tribe in rural northern California. Explores findings related to community gardens, school food quality, and food gathering and preservation, among other issues.
Author(s): Katherine K. Kim, Victoria Ngo, Grant Gilkison, et al.
Citation: Health Promotion Practice, 21(1), 80-90
Date: 01/2020
Type: Document
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