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521. Report to Congress on Medicaid and CHIP, March 2018 - Resources
Date: Mar 2018

Reports on three aspects of Medicaid: managed care, telehealth, and Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments. Chapter 2 discusses how the use of telehealth services can help patients access healthcare services in rural and frontier areas. Chapter 3 includes the third annual report on DSH payments, which provide support to safety-net hospitals to help offset uncompensated care costs for Medicaid and uninsured patients. Table 3-2 identifies DSH spending for urban and rural hospitals and for Critical Access Hospitals.

...telehealth, and Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments. Chapter 2 discusses how the use of telehealth...

522. The Influence of Telehealth for Better Health Across Communities - Resources
Date: Jul 2020

Describes the use of Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO), a videoconferencing peer learning application used by healthcare providers in predominantly rural areas of Missouri for the treatment of COVID-19–positive patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, COPD, and hypertension. Discusses implications for public health and ways to optimize health system performance.

...Telehealth for Better Health Across Communities --- Describes the use of Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes...

523. Using Technology-Based Therapeutic Tools in Behavioral Health Services - Resources
Date: 2021

Report discusses the use of telehealth to provide behavioral health services. Explores the benefits of telehealth as a bridge to accessing behavioral healthcare and presents implementation guidance, such as state and licensing regulations and reimbursement considerations.

...telehealth to provide behavioral health services. Explores the benefits of telehealth as a bridge to accessing...

524. The Northern Border Region: A Health-Focused Landscape Analysis - Resources
Date: Apr 2022

Chartbook examining population health and healthcare access for Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, and for the region overall. Identifies strengths and assets of the Northern Border region states, as well as opportunities for improvement. Features demographics and statistics on quality of care, health outcomes, health behaviors, mortality rates and causes, Health Professional Shortage Areas, telehealth policies, and telehealth grants awarded from 2018-2021. Includes maps showing locations of substance use treatment facilities, Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and hospitals.

...telehealth policies, and telehealth grants awarded from 2018-2021. Includes maps showing locations of substance...

525. Effect of Telehealth Extended Care for Maintenance of Weight Loss in Rural US Communities: A Randomized Clinical Trial - Resources
Date: Jun 2020

Evaluates the effectiveness of obesity management programs conducted from 2013-2018 by telephone or email for participants in 14 rural Florida counties. Includes demographics and statistics on weight loss with breakdowns by method of remote counseling.

...Telehealth Extended Care for Maintenance of Weight Loss in Rural US Communities: A Randomized Clinical...

526. MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2022 - Resources
Date: Sep 2021

Comment on a July 23, 2021, Federal Register proposed rule revising the physician fee schedule to improve payment systems for physicians and other Medicare Part B revisions. Includes a discussion of the expansion of telehealth service coverage after the COVID-19 public health emergency, as well as reimbursement rates to Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers for telehealth mental health services.

...telehealth service coverage after the COVID-19 public health emergency, as well as reimbursement rates...

527. Extending Access to Care Across the Rural US South: Preliminary Results from the Alabama eHealth Programme - Resources
Date: Jun 2019

Describes Alabama eHealth, a community-based initiative of Medical Advocacy and Outreach (MAO) that provides telehealth services to rural residents living with HIV. Discusses staff interviews describing barriers and successes to implementing the program. Evaluates the effectiveness and sustainability of the program by tracking patient appointment completion rates, CD4 counts, and viral loads. Table 1 provides an overview of Alabama eHealth affiliates and their roles in providing telehealth services.

...telehealth services to rural residents living with HIV. Discusses staff interviews describing barriers and successes...

528. Trends in Outpatient Telemedicine Utilization Among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries, 2010 to 2019 - Resources
Date: Oct 2021

Examines the growth of telehealth utilization among rural Medicare beneficiaries between 2010-2019. Compares telehealth use across beneficiaries with a severe mental illness diagnosis, other mental health diagnoses, and with no mental health diagnoses. Describes trends for mental health versus non-mental health visits and across clinician specialties. Presents data on rural Medicare beneficiary characteristics with and without a telemedicine visit in 2019, including age, race and ethnicity, sex, U.S. Census division, and more.

...telehealth utilization among rural Medicare beneficiaries between 2010-2019. Compares telehealth use across beneficiaries with...

529. Health Panel Comment Letter – Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Rural Emergency Hospitals - Resources
Date: Sep 2022

Comments offered in response to a July 26, 2022, Federal Register proposed rule revising the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center (ACS) payment system for calendar year 2023 and establishing Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) payment policy, quality measures, and enrollment policy. Discusses telehealth services for mental healthcare; REH quality measures, telehealth, and Conditions of Participation; and the use of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) data on hospital and skilled nursing facilities changes in ownership.

...telehealth services for mental healthcare; REH quality measures, telehealth, and Conditions of Participation; and the use of Centers...

530. Rural Individuals' Telehealth Practices: An Overview - Resources
Date: Nov 2018

Compares rural and urban use of online health monitoring, online health research, and online health maintenance, which includes communication with healthcare providers. Provides breakdowns by sociodemographic factors. Briefly addresses access to technology, including internet availability.

...Telehealth Practices: An Overview --- Compares rural and urban use of online health monitoring, online health...