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1241. Hospice: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 - Resources
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...

1242. Telemedicine: What Should the Post-Pandemic Regulatory and Payment Landscape Look Like? - Resources
Date: Aug 2020

Discusses changes to telemedicine regulation and payment policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, examining the effects of these temporary changes in relation to the broader issues that telemedicine policy addresses. Explores possible long-term options for insurers and regulators and offers policy recommendations.

...Wang, Gregory Snyder 08/2020 Commonwealth Fund Access · Healthcare business and finance · Infectious diseases · Policy · Telehealth...

1243. Telemedical Cervical Cancer Screening to Bridge Medicaid Service Care Gap for Rural Women - Resources
Date: May 2013

Describes how telecolposcopy services can fill a gap in healthcare by increasing access to cervical cancer screenings for rural women in Arkansas. Includes implications for models for improving access to care using telemedicine.

...screening · Medicaid · Sexual and reproductive health · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Women · Arkansas...

1244. Community Health Centers' Progress and Challenges in Meeting Patients' Essential Primary Care Needs: Findings from the Commonwealth Fund 2024 National Survey of Federally Qualified Health Centers - Resources
Date: Aug 2024

Summarizes findings from the 2024 Commonwealth Fund National Survey of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), which received responses from 737 FQHC leaders in fall 2023 and spring 2024. Explores the extent to which FQHCs achieve primary care accessibility, comprehensiveness, and coordination. Compares findings to data from the 2018 version of this survey to assess how care delivery changed over time. Describes barriers FQHCs face in offering high-quality care. Presents data by rural and urban location throughout.

...workforce supply and demand · Healthcare quality · Primary care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

1245. Northern Light Health Accountable Care Organization - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Apr 26, 2024

Cares for roughly 125,000 Maine residents, most of whom reside in rural areas. Focuses on patient-centered care to improve overall wellness and reduce healthcare costs.

...telehealth for at-risk populations. Community health workers also complete social determinants of health intervention...

1246. Ensuring Access to Care: Wagner Community Memorial Hospital – Avera, Wagner, S.D. - Resources
Date: May 2018

Describes Wagner Community Memorial Hospital – Avera (WCMH-A), a 20-bed Critical Access Hospital (CAH) in Wagner, South Dakota, that works to ensure access to care while addressing the social determinants of health for the populations they serve. Shares strategies and collaborative efforts to address the community's needs through the use of telemedicine, housing and economic development, population health, and access to primary care.

...Hospitals · Housing and homelessness · Population health · Primary care · Social determinants of health · Telehealth · South Dakota...

1247. Tackling America's Mental Health and Addiction Crisis Through Primary Care Integration - Resources
Date: Mar 2021

Explores how primary and behavioral healthcare integration can overcome the unmet needs for mental health and substance use services. Discusses barriers to integrated care delivery. Offers policy recommendations to improve the integration of primary and behavioral healthcare services through enhanced payments, training, and technical assistance, and improving access to behavioral health providers for consultation and referral.

...Interprofessional training of the health workforce · Medicare · Policy · Primary care · Reimbursement and payment models · Telehealth...

1248. Home Health Agencies: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 - Resources
Date: May 2023

Outlines specific regulatory waivers and Medicare flexibilities for home health agencies issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Includes information on whether each waiver or flexibility has been terminated, will end at the conclusion of the public health emergency, or has become permanent.

...Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Healthcare quality · Home health · Infectious diseases · Legislation and regulations · Telehealth...

1249. Assessing the Feasibility of a Virtual Tumor Board Program: A Case Study - Resources
Date: 2014

Examines the feasibility of a Virtual Tumor Board (VTB) program connecting rural community clinicians to the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (UNC LCCC) tumor board. Analyzes the individual clinical participants to explore their experiences with the VTB. Includes a summary of data collection methods, coding of interview data, and UNC tumor board participant survey results.

...Management, 59(3), 177-193 2014 Access · Cancer · Health information technology · Hospitals · Telehealth · North Carolina...

1250. Convenient, Personal Care With Virtual Pharmacy Appointments - News
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...