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161. Using Telehealth to Identify and Manage Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Conditions in Rural Areas - Resources
Date: Sep 2017

Reports on an environmental scan, discussions with providers and stakeholders, and site visits regarding how telehealth supports behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment. Addresses how telehealth is used, implementation, services offered, financing and sustainability. Focuses on the implications for treating opioid use disorders in rural areas, in particular, using medication-assisted treatment (MAT) with support from telehealth. Appendix B includes site briefs from the 9 states included in the study.

...telehealth supports behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment. Addresses how telehealth is used, implementation...

162. Financial Impact of Telehealth: Rural Chief Financial Officer Perspectives - Resources
Date: Dec 2022

Explores how rural chief financial officers (CFOs) and hospital administrators perceive the financial impacts of telehealth in their facilities. Analyzes 30 interview responses from CFOs and administrators between October 2021 and January 2022 about the perceived benefits and challenges of telehealth programs. Discusses opportunities to improve telehealth infrastructure to make the modality more cost effective for hospitals.

...telehealth programs. Discusses opportunities to improve telehealth infrastructure to make the modality more cost effective...

163. Connecting Rural Communities to Hepatitis C Treatment Through Telehealth: Lessons Learned from the Maryland ACCESS Telehealth Program - Resources
Date: Sep 2026

Discusses how Maryland's Washington and Allegany County Health Departments implemented a telehealth program providing hepatitis C treatment in rural areas in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University. Details rural barriers to accessing care and describes implementation successes and challenges.

...Telehealth: Lessons Learned from the Maryland ACCESS Telehealth Program --- Discusses how Maryland's Washington and Allegany...

164. Telehealth: Use in Medicare and Medicaid - Resources
Date: Jul 2017

Discusses the extent to which telehealth is used by Medicare and Medicaid, the factors affecting the use of telehealth in Medicare, and how emerging payment and delivery models could affect future telehealth use. Includes rural-specific information throughout with particular attention paid to the role of rural healthcare facilities as originating sites.

...Telehealth: Use in Medicare and Medicaid --- Discusses the extent to which telehealth is used by Medicare...

165. Implementation Considerations for Telehealth Programs Serving People Who Are Incarcerated - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Jun 8, 2023

Learn more about implementation considerations for rural telehealth programs that serve people who are incarcerated.

...telehealth programs that serve people who are incarcerated. --- Implementation Considerations for Telehealth Programs Serving People...

166. Not Your Mother's Healthcare: Surveying Consumer Experiences with Telehealth Services - Resources
Date: Aug 2021

Recording of an August 4, 2021, webinar on telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic. Presents results of a survey conducted between June 28-July 18, 2021, on telehealth utilization, patient satisfaction, and obstacles to accessing telehealth services. Includes data on rural and urban differences throughout. Transcript available in the video description.

...Telehealth Services --- Recording of an August 4, 2021, webinar on telehealth use during the COVID...

167. Telehealth Decreases Rural Emergency Department Wait Times for Behavioral Health Patients in a Group of Critical Access Hospitals - Resources
Date: Dec 2019

Explores impacts of telehealth on behavioral health patients in rural emergency departments (EDs) at 4 Midwestern Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Compares wait time and length of stay (LOS) for 153 patients from 2005-2013 before telehealth implementation and 287 patents from 2015-2017 after telehealth implementation. Provides data on patient demographics, wait time, LOS, behavioral health diagnosis, and total costs of ED visit.

...telehealth implementation and 287 patents from 2015-2017 after telehealth implementation. Provides data on patient...

168. Disparities in the Use of In-Person and Telehealth Primary Care Among High- and Low-Risk Medicare Beneficiaries During COVID-19 - Resources
Date: Dec 2021

Study examining telehealth and in-person primary care for low-risk and high-risk Medicare beneficiaries, assessing telehealth's ability to compensate for fewer in-person clinical visits due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Describes rural and urban differences in health risk and telehealth utilization. Analyzes data from Medicare beneficiaries from an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) in Wisconsin.

...Telehealth Primary Care Among High- and Low-Risk Medicare Beneficiaries During COVID-19 --- Study examining...

169. Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Evaluation and Oversight of Telehealth for Behavioral Health in Medicaid - Resources
Date: Sep 2021

Explores how 37 states evaluated and conducted oversight of telehealth for behavioral health services for Medicaid enrollees in January and February 2020. Discusses states' experiences with telehealth and the impacts of telehealth on access to care, as well as concerns regarding the impact of these services on cost and quality of care. Provides recommendations for states the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to meet the behavioral health needs of Medicaid enrollees and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse.

...Telehealth for Behavioral Health in Medicaid --- Explores how 37 states evaluated and conducted oversight of telehealth...

170. An Evaluation of Telehealth Use by Medicare Beneficiaries in 2020 - Resources
Date: Sep 2021

Research brief examining telehealth use for outpatient evaluation and management from January 2019 to December 2020 based on a 20% sample of fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries. Charts monthly trends for in-person and telehealth visits and compares rural and urban telehealth use, offering policy implications related to rural access to services.

...Telehealth Use by Medicare Beneficiaries in 2020 --- Research brief examining telehealth use for outpatient evaluation...