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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: Mar 2022
Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Includes discussion on Medicare payment policies directly affecting rural providers and beneficiaries. Addresses payment adequacy for healthcare facilities and services, improving Medicare payment for post-acute care, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, and the impact of healthcare provider consolidation.
...prescription drugs · Physicians · Policy · Post-acute care · Reimbursement and payment models · Statistics and data · Telehealth...
Date: Aug 2011
Highlights a pilot study on a culturally competent cognitive-behavioral therapy that uses the telephone to connect with rural Latinos in Washington State. Compares treatment to an enhanced primary care treatment for depression. Breaks down data by age, gender, and nativity, among other factors.
...Services, 62(8), 936-942 08/2011 Access · Culture · Mental health · Mental health conditions · Migrants · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Washington...
Date: Dec 2013
Describes the organizational setting, services provided, and staff used in rural telemental health programs based on a study of 53 telemental health providers. Outlines the opportunities and challenges for telemental health in the rural health system.
...Hansen, Zach T. Croll, David Hartley 12/2013 Maine Rural Health Research Center Mental health · 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: Nov 2020
Presents findings from an evaluation of the Frontier Community Health Integration Project (FCHIP) Demonstration. Describes the three possible interventions, including their impact, progress and accomplishments, challenges, and lessons learned. Identifies commonalities that emerged across the FCHIP interventions that may inform future demonstrations among rural healthcare providers.
...Healthcare quality · Medicare · Policy · Service delivery models · Swing bed services · Telehealth · Montana · Nevada · North Dakota...
Date: Sep 2019
Describes state initiatives helping older rural adults age in place by supporting services allowing them to remain in their homes. Strategies are focused around building the workforce, increasing access to services in rural areas, and addressing social determinants of health. Includes examples of programs that have already been implemented as well as emerging ideas from several states across the country.
...Telehealth · Transportation · Alaska · Arizona · Georgia · Idaho · Minnesota · New Mexico · North Carolina · Ohio · Rhode Island · Tennessee...
Date: 2024
Evaluated the effectiveness of 5 evidence-based programs (EBP) for older adult health promotion that moved from in-person to remote delivery due to COVID-19. Analyzes both EBP participants and service providers on various participant health and wellness measures. Includes a breakdown of participant and service provider data by rurality.
...Aging, 7(2024), e52069 2024 Elderly population · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
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 · Elderly population · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...
Date: Jan 2021
Explores some of the barriers to expanding telemedicine to tribal communities in the Southwestern U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discusses some of the existing health and infrastructure disparities faced by the tribes and details both the need for telemedicine and the barriers to providing it.
...Health, 37(1), 239-241 01/2021 Access · COVID-19 · Health disparities · Infrastructure · Telehealth · Tribal communities · Arizona · New Mexico · Utah...