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Date: Nov 2024
Summarizes Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) activities in fiscal year 2024 to advance health and ensure affordable healthcare for people living in rural, tribal, and geographically isolated communities. Covers 6 priority focus areas: applying a community-informed geographic lens; increasing the collection and use of standardized data; strengthening and supporting healthcare professionals; optimizing medical and communication technology; expanding access to comprehensive healthcare coverage, benefits, and services and supports; and driving innovation and value-based care.
...Reimbursement and payment models · Service delivery models · Technology for health and human services · Telehealth · Tribal communities...
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: Jan 2024
Evaluates COVID-19 treatment disparities among Medicare beneficiaries, with comparisons by age, race and ethnicity, Medicaid eligibility, nursing home use, telemedicine use, rural/urban status, and more. Utilizes Medicare Master Beneficiary Summary and Standard Analytic Claim files for the year 2022. Provides data on rates of COVID-19 therapy use, including medication, hospitalization, and outpatient treatment. Highlights undertreatment experienced by populations with high risk of severe infection.
...01/2024 Access · COVID-19 · Health disparities · Older adults · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...
Date: Feb 2015
Policy paper addresses comprehensive quality improvement for rural healthcare by incorporating and tailoring strategies from the National Quality Strategy (NQS) aims of better care, healthy people/communities, and affordable care to better suit rural healthcare. Includes four broad steps to help guide rural facilities through the quality improvement process.
...Gretchen Holmes, Mary Smith 02/2015 National Rural Health Association Health workforce · Healthcare quality · Policy · Telehealth...
Date: Jan 2025
Describes health center patient characteristics, services, patient experiences, and financing changes between 2019 and 2023. Presents data on health centers in rural communities throughout.
...finance · Healthcare quality · Income · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...
Date: Feb 2015
Policy paper discussing the unique challenges of providing behavioral healthcare services in rural areas. Includes policy recommendations and interventions related to workforce development, reimbursement and financing, integration of care, and the use of technology in delivering behavioral healthcare.
...health workforce · Health workforce shortage designations · Integrated service delivery · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Telehealth...
Date: Jul 2023
Provides an overview of 5 federal policies that impacted the provision of opioid use disorder (OUD) treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Covers regulations related to buprenorphine medication, methadone dispensing programs, overdose prevention and reversal methods, and leveraging Medicaid for pre- and post-release from prison OUD treatment services. Discusses how state laws may limit federal efforts.
...drugs · Prescription drug misuse · Service delivery models · Statistics and data · Substance use and misuse · Telehealth...
Date: Feb 2023
Policy brief discussing the current rural maternal healthcare workforce and their capacity to manage obstetric emergencies during pregnancy, labor, and delivery. Offers recommendations to promote obstetric readiness for emergency care in rural hospitals without obstetric units and support for community-based, emergency department-adjacent health workers.
...Maternal health and prenatal care · Maternal health workforce · Medicaid · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Telehealth...
Date: May 2018
Policy position brief showing how telemedicine can help safety net providers care for people who live and work in rural and underserved areas. Lists types of programs, explores reimbursement issues, gives examples of innovative programs with telemedicine components, and offers recommendations for increasing access and improving outcomes.
...Greg Maurer 05/2018 National Rural Health Association Access · Health reform · Reimbursement and payment models · Telehealth...
Date: Oct 2018
Analyzes 2018 Employer Health Benefit Survey (EHBS) data regarding telemedicine trends in employer health plan coverage. Includes discussion on telemedicine improving access to healthcare in rural areas. Covers statistics of telemedicine utilization between rural and urban large employer health plan enrollees.
...Matthew Rae, Cynthia Cox 10/2018 KFF Access · Health insurance · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...