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1441. Case Study: Avera Behavioral Health - Resources
Date: Apr 2021

Profiles Avera Behavioral Health, which partners with primary care providers, families, and other healthcare providers via a telepsychiatry network to serve rural communities nationwide. Discusses the development of the Avera Behavioral Health network, goals of the program, innovative approaches, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the network. Highlights key lessons for successful community networks.

...Behavioral health · Healthcare networks · Suicide and suicide prevention · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

1442. Redesigning Care: A How-to Guide for Hospitals and Health Systems Seeking to Implement, Strengthen and Sustain Telebehavioral Health - Resources
Date: Mar 2019

Describes strategies and actions for hospitals and health systems that want to start, strengthen, and sustain telebehavioral health programs. Details six elements for successful telebehavioral health implementation: leadership commitment; organizational policies and clinical workflows; staff education and training; patient, family, and caregiver engagement; measurement; and community partnerships. Provides tools and resources for each element of success.

...Forum Behavioral health · Community engagement and volunteerism · Health workforce education and training · Hospitals · Leadership · Telehealth...

1443. Advancing Health Care in Rural, Tribal, and Geographically Isolated Communities: FY2024 Year in Review - Resources
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...

1444. Issue Brief: Integrated Behavioral Health is High-value Care - Resources
Date: Dec 2019

Highlights the advantages of behavioral health integration. Addresses costs and healthcare outcomes and presents several models for integration in healthcare settings.

...healthcare settings. 12/2019 American Hospital Association Behavioral health · Inpatient care · Primary care · Specialty care · Telehealth...

1445. West Virginia Rural Community Health Scholars - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

A program for health professions students in West Virginia that offers opportunities for hands-on training, experience in rural communities, and networking with other students and professionals.

...workforce · Physical therapy · Physician assistants · Physicians · Public health · Social determinants of health · Telehealth · West Virginia...

1446. How States Can Expand Health Care Access in Rural Communities - Resources
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...

1447. Health Panel Comment Letter – Medicare Advantage Program - Resources
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...

1448. Demand for Broadband in Rural Areas: Implications for Universal Access - Resources
Date: Dec 2019

Reports on the characteristics of demand for fixed broadband among households and small businesses in rural areas and how they affect private sector infrastructure investments. Discusses the role of schools and libraries as providers of broadband service and training to rural residents, and how broadband enabled services, such as telemedicine, may encourage rural households and small businesses to adopt the technology. Highlights federal programs and policies that may increase or impede broadband demand, and offers options for the U.S. Congress to consider as it addresses rural broadband demand.

...Congressional Research Service Broadband · Legislation and regulations · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

1449. 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...

1450. Bringing Virtual Behavioral Health Care Access to Rural Youth in West Virginia - Resources
Date: May 2025

Podcast episode that discusses a virtual collaborative behavioral healthcare model for children in rural West Virginia. Focuses on early behavioral health interventions, access, and improved health outcomes.

...Hospital Association Access · Behavioral health · Care coordination · Children and youth · Specialty care · Telehealth · West Virginia...