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Date: Aug 2022
Offers comments in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Request for Information on various aspects of the Medicare Advantage (MA) program. Presents a rural perspective on the MA program and discusses health equity in the MA program, expanding access to care, and value-based contracting. Includes data on the proportion of MA plans offering supplemental benefits in noncore, micropolitan, and metropolitan counties in 2020.
...Health insurance · Medicare · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...
Date: Oct 2025
Explores ways state officials can utilize federal funds to increase mental health and substance use treatment for rural communities. Highlights strategies for increasing access to behavioral health services in rural communities that can be funded through the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program.
...Centers · Funding · Hospitals · Policy · Rural Health Transformation Program · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Jan 2021
Discusses the challenges of treating patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Highlights decisions made by primary care physicians regarding harm reduction related to COVID-19 that may have detrimental effects for OUD patient.
...drug use · Prescription drug misuse · Primary care · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · North Carolina...
Date: Feb 2026
Webinar recording discusses the ways rural communities can overcome barriers to substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and uptake. Explores substance use data for rural communities and outlines common barriers, such as travel times and distance to care, provider shortages, and concerns about stigma and patient confidentiality. Highlights strategies for rural communities to leverage their community bonds and faith communities to address SUD, and details models for expanding treatment and patient support in rural areas.
...Statistics and data · Stigma · Substance use and misuse · Telehealth · Transportation · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Aug 2020
Comments on a June 30, 2020, Federal Register proposed rule related to Medicare payment policies for home health agencies. Includes comments addressing the use of technology under the Medicare home health benefit and changes to geographic area delineations.
...Payment Advisory Commission Home health · Legislation and regulations · Medicare · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Telehealth...
Date: Nov 2020
Describes the key challenges rural primary care and behavioral health providers have faced in delivering care since COVID-19, in addition to the policy changes implemented in response to those challenges. Offers state-level policy recommendations for improving rural primary care and behavioral health services.
...Safety Net Behavioral health · Policy · Primary care · Reimbursement and payment models · Service delivery models · Telehealth...
Date: Aug 2022
Comments on a June 23, 2022, Federal Register proposed rule related to Medicare payment policies for home health agencies. Includes comments regarding the collection of data on the use of telecommunications technology under the Medicare home health benefit and quality measure stratification as a tool to address healthcare disparities and advance health equity.
...Legislation and regulations · Medicare · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Technology for health and human services · Telehealth...
Date: Jan 2021
Highlights the importance of video-to-home telemedicine (VTH) for maintaining mental healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discusses the usefulness of VTH in expanding access to mental healthcare broadly, as well as some of the infrastructure-based limitations that currently exist.
...Health, 37(1), 242-245 01/2021 Access · COVID-19 · Infrastructure · Mental health · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Jul 2025
Provides an overview of Medicare spending and highlights data on Medicare beneficiary demographics, dual-eligible beneficiaries, quality of care provided through the Medicare program, and other payer liability. Examines settings of care, including rural-specific provider sites, as they relate to spending, access to care, and profit margins. Compares rural and urban beneficiaries and providers throughout. Chart 6-2 addresses rural hospital closures and Rural Emergency Hospital conversions.
...Reimbursement and payment models · Rural-urban differences · Service delivery models · Specialty care · Statistics and data · Telehealth...
Date: Jul 2024
Guide designed to help community health clinics and rural hospitals navigate information regarding artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. Discusses foundational considerations, governance for AI applications, and steps to assess and mitigate discriminatory impacts of AI systems in healthcare. Includes an AI tool vendor evaluation checklist for community health clinics and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs).
...Telehealth Resource Center Clinics · Critical Access Hospitals · Governance of healthcare organizations · Healthcare business and finance...