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401. Behavioral Health and Primary Care Integration in Rural Health Facilities: Policy Brief and Recommendations to the Secretary
Date: Jun 2022

Provides an overview of the prevalence of mental illness and substance use disorders in rural areas. Discusses the role of rural primary care providers in treating these conditions. Outlines federal programs and resources to support behavioral health and primary care integration. Offers policy recommendations related to access to care; workforce recruitment and retention; telehealth, technology, and broadband; and reimbursement and sustainable revenue.

...telehealth, technology, and broadband; and reimbursement and sustainable revenue. --- View more Behavioral Health and Primary...

402. Behavioral Health Care Managers: An Approach to Integrating Behavioral Health in Rural Primary Care Practices
Reviewed: May 2024

Describes the benefits of integrating behavioral healthcare into rural primary care practice to improve access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, and improve health outcomes. Highlights the role of a behavioral health care manager (BHCM) to screen and monitor patients, coordinate care with other healthcare providers, track treatment response, and recommend patient medications. Discusses the advantage of providing behavioral healthcare via telehealth, and importance of establishing clinical support and guidance for the BHCM.

...telehealth, and importance of establishing clinical support and guidance for the BHCM. --- View more Behavioral...

403. South Dakota's Regional Services Designation Ambulance System Study
Date: Nov 2023

Report offering analysis of stakeholder interviews and performance data of emergency medical service (EMS) in rural South Dakota. Discusses recruitment and retention of workforce, volunteerism, training, data analysis, telehealth, access, and more. Offers recommendations based on key findings and a timeline for implementation.

...telehealth, access, and more. Offers recommendations based on key findings and a timeline for implementation...

404. Supportive Services and Caregiving for Older Rural Adults: Policy Brief and Recommendations to the Secretary
Date: Aug 2019

Provides an overview of current supportive services and caregiving policies for rural seniors, in terms of availability, accessibility, and acceptability of services. Explores topics including long-term services and supports, telehealth, care coordination, transportation, stigma, and unpaid caregivers, and describes federal programs for older adults. Offers policy recommendations and considerations.

...telehealth, care coordination, transportation, stigma, and unpaid caregivers, and describes federal programs for older adults...

405. 5 Strategies Rural Hospitals Are Using to Bolster Their Workforce
Date: Mar 2019

Provides examples from rural hospitals and health systems of how they are addressing workforce development and planning. Highlights Rural Training Tracks (RTT), grow your own programs, telehealth, behavioral health integration, and care teams including nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

...telehealth, behavioral health integration, and care teams including nurse practitioners and physician assistants. --- View more...

406. Statement of Sean Cavanaugh, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, on Rural Health before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Date: May 2015

Testimony presented at a May 7, 2015 Labor-HHS Subcommittee hearing on rural health. Provides an overview of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) activities to improve access to services for rural Medicare beneficiaries. Discusses telehealth, Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, and rural projects being tested through the Health Care Innovation Awards.

...telehealth, Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, and rural projects being tested through the Health...

407. Spurring Innovation: The Role of Child Health Policy
Date: Jun 2018

Identifies four target areas to improve child health: Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) delivery and payment reforms; consumer digital health; precision medicine in pediatrics; and addiction and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Provides recommendations to further develop child health research and policy. Discusses removing barriers and expanding access to telehealth services to deliver care to children living in rural areas, and the rural incidence of NAS.

...telehealth services to deliver care to children living in rural areas, and the rural incidence...

408. The Imperative for Strategic Workforce Planning And Development: Challenges and Opportunities
Date: 2017

Discusses workforce planning and development efforts in rural hospitals, as well as other key topics that present challenges and opportunities in workforce recruitment and retention, such as diversity, the shortage of behavioral health professionals, technology, and more. Covers three rural specific examples that expand access to healthcare services through telehealth services and a rural residency matching incentive programs.

...telehealth services and a rural residency matching incentive programs. --- View more The Imperative for Strategic...

409. RHC Cost Reporting During COVID
Date: Sep 2020

Recording of a September 22, 2020, webinar covering cost reporting basics for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), including telehealth reporting, FTE and visit calculations, productivity waiver requests, provider relief fund payments, and cost report filing deadlines. Part of the Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Series.

...telehealth reporting, FTE and visit calculations, productivity waiver requests, provider relief fund payments, and cost...

410. National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services Meeting Minutes, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 24-26, 2014
Date: Sep 2014

Provides a summary of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services meeting in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Discusses rural-specific aspects of intimate partner violence and the ways telehealth can help improve healthcare access, quality, and value.

...telehealth can help improve healthcare access, quality, and value. --- View more National Advisory Committee on Rural...