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1441. Critical Access Hospitals: Views on How Medicare Payment and Other Factors Affect Behavioral Health Services - Resources
Date: Jun 2023

Provides an overview of Medicare payment policies for care provided by Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Explores how CAHs provide behavioral health services in their communities. Summarizes findings from interviews with officials from 10 CAHs, stakeholder organizations, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) regarding how Medicare payment policies and other factors affect CAHs' ability to provide behavioral health services.

...Access Hospitals · Legislation and regulations · Medicare · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural Health Clinics · Telehealth...

1442. Reinventing Rural Health Care: A Case Study of Seven Upper Midwest States - Resources
Date: Jan 2018

Examines the state of rural healthcare in seven states - Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming - and uses the findings to determine the impact of existing federal policies, understand ongoing healthcare challenges, and identify opportunities for improvement in rural healthcare access and delivery. Addresses rightsizing healthcare services to fit community needs, creating rural funding mechanisms, building and supporting the primary care physician workforce, and expanding telemedicine services. Analysis is based on interviews with over 90 national thought leaders and key stakeholders.

...payment models · Service delivery models · Telehealth · Iowa · Minnesota · Montana · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota · Wyoming...

1443. Use of Telebehavioral Health Services by Critical Access Hospitals in the United States: A Qualitative Study of the Impacts of Medicare Flexibilities and Future Opportunities - Resources
Date: Jul 2025

Analyzes interviews with 22 Critical Access Hospital (CAH) administrators and providers to identify how telebehavioral health is used in CAHs, the impact of Medicare billing flexibility, and opportunities and challenges for telebehavioral healthcare moving forward.

...Heidi O'Connor, Yvonne Jonk Digital Health, 11 07/2025 Behavioral health · Critical Access Hospitals · Medicare · Telehealth...

1444. Association of a Remotely Offered Infectious Diseases eConsult Service with Improved Clinical Outcomes - Resources
Date: Jan 2020

Discusses an asynchronous infectious disease eConsultation program for hospitalized patients, and examines the program's effect on mortality, readmission, and hospital transfer at two rural Minnesota hospitals. Compares the implementation of this service with other telemedicine programs. Describes referring provider and infection disease specialists' satisfaction with the eConsultation service.

...Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 7(1) 01/2020 Access · Infectious diseases · Inpatient care · Mortality · Telehealth · Minnesota...

1445. Addiction Recovery Mobile Outreach Team (ARMOT) - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Jan 28, 2026

ARMOT provides 1) case management and recovery support services to individuals with substance use disorders and 2) education and support to rural hospital staff, patients, and their loved ones.

...telehealth more often when staff members were not allowed in the hospitals. It's also...

1446. Leveraging Technology to Promote Smoking Cessation in Urban and Rural Primary Care Medical Offices - Resources
Date: Sep 2018

Study examining use of telemedicine to promote smoking cessation in 8 New York counties, comparing the effectiveness of automated voice recognition (AVR) messages directed to residents of underserved areas. Analyzes data from 5812 participants based on sociodemographic characteristics, including residence in rural versus urban areas.

...differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Tobacco use · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · New York...

1447. A Rural Community Readiness Assessment of Prehospital Telestroke Services in the Ambulance - Resources
Date: Sep 2024

Assesses community perspectives on the acceptability of ambulance-based prehospital stroke telemedicine services in rural and urban communities in O'ahu, Hawai'i. Utilizes questionnaire results of 263 adults recruited from community events, with additional data from 29 follow-up interviews. Compares rural and urban attitudes toward ambulance telestroke services, local hospitals, and Hawai'i's healthcare system, and identifies positive and negative themes affecting acceptability.

...09/2024 Access · Cardiovascular disease · Emergency medical services · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Hawaii...

1448. Digital Prosperity: How Broadband Can Deliver Health and Equity to All Communities - Resources
Date: Feb 2020

Examines the role broadband plays in impacting health and equity in rural and urban areas, and identifies policy reforms to reduce these barriers. Outlines how government and marketplaces influence access to broadband, and offers case studies demonstrating effective methods to develop more equitable outcomes.

...Lara Fishbane, Angela Siefer, Bill Callahan 02/2020 Brookings Institution Access · Broadband · Rural-urban differences · Telehealth...

1449. Strategies for Critical Access Hospital Financial and Operational Performance Improvement: A Systematic Review - Resources
Date: Apr 2026

Summarizes findings from a systematic review of peer-reviewed and grey literature published since 2000 regarding financial and operational performance improvement interventions implemented by Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and rural hospitals in the United States and in other developed countries. Identifies key intervention areas, including service line optimization, revenue and cost management, and technology adoption, among others. Describes how State Flex Programs and hospital administrators can use these findings to inform decision-making and resource allocation.

...Flex Monitoring Team Critical Access Hospitals · Health information technology · Healthcare business and finance · Hospitals · Telehealth...

1450. Weight Loss Success of Participants Residing in Rural and Urban Areas - Resources
Date: Sep 2018

Compares the weight loss outcomes of residents in rural and urban areas of Arkansas and Vermont participating in an on-line behavioral weight loss intervention, and assesses any rural and urban differences in adherence to treatment goals.

...Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Arkansas · Vermont...