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Information for rural providers on Medicare's billing for education provided to a patient’s caregiver related to support for the patient’s physical and/or mental health.
...workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors can provide and bill for medically necessary CTS to support patients in carrying out their treatment plans for mental health conditions. What are the billing codes...
Added: Jun 14, 2024
Learn about care transitions models for chronic disease management and explore rural program examples and resources to learn more.
...Communities Using Care Transitions Models for Chronic Disease Management Avera Health , located in South Dakota, uses CTI to aid recently discharged, newly diagnosed, or chronically ill cardiac patients with congestive heart failure. Avera Health provides...
Date: Jul 1, 2020
Butler Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania received a HRSA Rural Health Care Services Outreach grant to develop a program for chronic disease patients. Partway through the grant cycle, the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The hospital shares how it was able to transition its program services to an online format and develop new initiatives to address stress in the healthcare workforce and the larger community. - The Rural Monitor
...Health Policy (FORHP). It named the newly funded program the Regional Alliance Chronic Disease Coordination and Management (RACDCM) Program. The RACDCM Program, which serves rural Butler, Clarion, Indiana, and Jefferson counties, has 15 consortium members...
Reviewed: Apr 12, 2024
Provides resources and answers frequently asked questions related to telehealth and health information technology (HIT) in a rural setting. Discusses opportunities for these technologies to improve healthcare delivery, staffing, privacy, cybersecurity, broadband access, and other related topics.
...workers, including an inventory of curriculum resources that includes detailed course descriptions and training materials. ASTP/ONC's Health IT Curriculum Resources for Educators , another 2016 publication, provides health IT instructional materials covering 25 topics, including...
Date: Oct 9, 2019
Deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind people in rural communities may struggle to access healthcare due to a lack of interpreters as well as providers' misunderstanding of their culture and communication needs. A Michigan clinic hires ASL-fluent staff and provides telemental health, a New Jersey state division provides deaf sensitivity training, and a Colorado program brings interpreters to rural communities. - The Rural Monitor
...workers to individually work with patients and help them get the care and accommodations they need. Communication barriers between patients and providers can lead to serious health problems. McKee, who directs the Deaf Health Clinic...
Added: Nov 14, 2022
Shares how the Big Horn Basin Healthcare Coalition (BHB HCC) coordinates emergency response training, in collaboration with other healthcare providers and partners, in 4 remote and frontier Wyoming counties.
...health and emergency response coordinators to ensure that the sheriffs' offices, highway patrol, SAR volunteers, local police officers, local fire departments, ambulances, and businesses are trained and equipped with these life-saving resources. Types...
Date: Jun 12, 2019
The importance of quality end-of-life care in rural America can be difficult to understand until you need hospice care. A rural family shares their journey with hospice and how it helped them care for their father at the end of his life. A CAH CEO explains how hospice care intersects with the mission to provide care to the community. - The Rural Monitor
...workers, chaplains, and health aides who collaborate with the patient and family in order to provide the individual the most peaceful, pain-free, and fulfilling end of life. The care is patient-centered and revolves...
Date: Jun 12, 2024
While loneliness and social isolation are often viewed as individual problems or even personal failings, there is growing awareness of the structural factors contributing to widespread disconnection. Amid a national "loneliness epidemic," some rural leaders are finding ways to help their neighbors connect. - The Rural Monitor
...health impacts of smoking, it set off a wave of education and policy efforts to encourage cessation. So far, the solutions proposed to our modern crisis of disconnection seem less straightforward — and many healthcare providers...
Information for rural providers on Medicare's BHIS billing for care management in a primary care setting for patients with behavioral health needs.
...worker who oversees the patient's care management services between visits to the Treating or Billing Practitioner. The Treating or Billing Practitioner must be a provider who takes on the responsibility for the patient...
Date: Oct 3, 2023
The October 2023 episode of RHIhub's podcast features a discussion about housing in rural communities and the different programs working to provide housing to rural clients. Features David Lipsetz, President and CEO of the Housing Assistance Council.
...health issues in their communities. Thinking about Community Action Commission of Fayette County, Ohio, my home state, where those guys are out there training and building the capacity of new staff to continue to operate...