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Date: May 2023
Outlines specific regulatory waivers and Medicare flexibilities for hospice providers issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Includes information on payments for COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics. Identifies whether each waiver or flexibility has been terminated, will end at the conclusion of the public health emergency, or has become permanent.
...Medicare & Medicaid Services Healthcare quality · Hospice and palliative care · Infectious diseases · Legislation and regulations · Telehealth...
Date: Feb 2026
Describes how selected Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awardees provided behavioral health services during the COVID-19 pandemic and how SAMHSA supported awardees' response to the pandemic. Discusses how SAMHSA's advisory councils and Policy Lab supported the agency's COVID-19 response. Includes rural references throughout.
...Office Behavioral health · COVID-19 · Emergency preparedness and response · Funding · Policy · Service delivery models · Telehealth...
Date: Apr 26, 2026
The Veterans Affairs' TelePharmacy program, available in selected areas across the country, gives remote access to veterans who live in areas without a pharmacy specialist. The My HealtheVet app can be used to verify appointment times, refill prescriptions, and send secure messages to patients' VA care teams. Source: VA News.
...send secure messages to patients' VA care teams. Access · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Telehealth · Veterans...
Date: Jan 2023
Results of a survey of 298 adults with cancer on demographics, cancer characteristics, technology use and access, current physical activity, and preferred home-based physical activity program characteristics. Includes rural versus nonrural comparisons.
...Oncology, 13, 1061641 01/2023 Access · Cancer · Physical activity · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...
Date: Feb 2020
Report highlights the Government Accountability Office recommendations for the implementation of changes to the Department of Defense's TRICARE managed support contracts that were required by Congress. Evaluates the specific improvements relating to healthcare delivery and touches on their importance in rural areas.
...importance in rural areas. 02/2020 Government Accountability Office Access · Healthcare networks · Healthcare quality · Policy · Telehealth · Veterans...
Date: Feb 2022
Discusses policy options states could use to increase access to care and the supply of healthcare providers in rural areas. Covers financial assistance programs for medical and dental education; malpractice reform; scope of practice changes for advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, and dental health aide therapists; telemedicine parity; and mobile clinics.
...Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses · Physician assistants · Policy · Scope of practice · Telehealth...
Date: Mar 2023
Shares the results of a study examining changes over time in rural-urban differences in telemedicine use for primary care and mental health integration services among Veterans Affairs (VA) beneficiaries. Uses data from 138 VA healthcare systems from March 2019 to December 2021. Features demographics and statistics with breakdowns by visit type and rural or urban area.
...Integrated service delivery · Mental health · Primary care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Veterans...
Date: 2021
Presents the results of a study in 36 rural primary care practices, including Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Clinics, comparing Medicare Fee for Service behavioral therapy for obesity delivered to individual clients in clinics with an in-clinic group visit delivered by clinical providers; and phone-based group visits delivered by a centralized provider. Participants included 1,407 adults from rural areas over a 24 month period with the goal to identify the most effective therapy for rural settings.
...Research Institute Federally Qualified Health Centers · Medicare · Obesity and weight control · Rural Health Clinics · Telehealth...
Date: Oct 2022
Explores the availability of hospital-based obstetric services in rural areas. Summarizes stakeholder perspectives on the factors affecting the availability of these services and on the efforts federal agencies, states, and others could take to increase the access to obstetric care. Highlights six programs identified by researchers and provider associations as effective at increasing obstetric care in rural areas.
...retention of health professionals · Reimbursement and payment models · Service delivery models · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Women...
Date: Jul 2015
Examines two methods of neurocognitive assessments, telepsychiatry and in-person, using the same Spanish-language battery for testing to determine whether they are comparable among Spanish-speaking older adults in a rural setting. Includes telepsychiatry and in-person assessment data by education, acculturation, health literacy, depression, and a mini mental state exam.
...Psychiatry, 23(7), 666-670 07/2015 Dementia · Elderly population · Health screening · Mental health conditions · Specialty care · Telehealth · California...