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581. MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2021
Date: Mar 2021

Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Includes discussion on Medicare payment policies directly affecting rural providers and beneficiaries. Addresses payment adequacy for healthcare facilities and services, improving Medicare payment for post-acute care, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, and the impact of healthcare provider consolidation. Contains information on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Medicare beneficiary healthcare access, mortality, and service use. Presents an option for Medicare's coverage of telehealth beyond the public health emergency.

...telehealth beyond the public health emergency. --- View more MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment...

582. Aging on the Farm: Emerging Issues 2020-2021 Evaluation Report
Date: Jan 2023

Highlights 4 projects related to aging on the farm. Includes project descriptions, results, and future plans. Project topics include telehealth occupational therapy, data gathering on farmer needs in order to safely age in place, dementia awareness and healthcare quality, and exercise promotion for farmers with Parkinson's disease.

...telehealth occupational therapy, data gathering on farmer needs in order to safely age in place...

583. MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Physician Prospective Payment System for FY 2024
Date: Sep 2023

Comment on the August 7, 2023, Federal Register proposed rule revising the physician fee schedule to improve payment systems for physicians and other Medicare Part B revisions. Includes discussions on payment rates for Medicare telehealth services; the Medicare Shared Savings Program, including regional adjustments; incorporating Medicare Advantage data into public reporting; and more.

...telehealth services; the Medicare Shared Savings Program, including regional adjustments; incorporating Medicare Advantage data into...

584. The Rural Library and Health Cooperative Agreement Program: A New Chapter in Rural Healthcare Access
Date: Jan 2024

Video featuring a program that places health liaisons in libraries throughout South Carolina to provide residents with services that include health information, telehealth, reproductive and behavioral health, assistance with social needs, and connections with providers.

...telehealth, reproductive and behavioral health, assistance with social needs, and connections with providers. --- View more...

585. Telemedicine: The Promise and Challenges
Date: Jun 2015

Provides an overview of telemedicine including a definition, current applications, policy issues surrounding it, evidence for its use, and a look forward to the future of the service delivery model. Includes examples of the application of telehealth services in rural areas. Lists resources with additional information.

...telehealth services in rural areas. Lists resources with additional information. --- View more Telemedicine: The Promise...

586. Health Panel Comment Letter - 2024 Physician Fee Schedule and Medicare Part B Proposed Rule
Date: Sep 2023

Comments offered in response to a July 13, 2023, Federal Register proposed rule revising the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. Includes discussions on telehealth services, services addressing health-related social needs, advancing access to behavioral health services, Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and the Medicare Shared Savings Program.

...telehealth services, services addressing health-related social needs, advancing access to behavioral health services, Rural...

587. Meeting the Behavioral Health Needs of Farm Families in Times of Economic Distress
Date: Feb 2022

Offers strategies to support development and integration of behavioral health services across healthcare and community-based organizations, including leveraging payment systems to support coordinated care for farm families and aligning federal grant programs to address mental health and substance use disorders. Features recommendations including integrating primary and behavioral care for initial treatment of mental health and substance abuse concerns, expanding the workforce to improve rural behavioral health services capacity, increasing telehealth services, and expanding private and public insurance coverage.

...telehealth services, and expanding private and public insurance coverage. --- View more Meeting the Behavioral Health...

588. Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies (RMOMS) Program
Date: Sep 2023

Describes a pilot grant program designed to improve maternal and neonatal health in rural communities by collecting data and supporting the development of financially sustainable and coordinated network models. Aims to make maternal and obstetrics care more accessible through increased use of telehealth and specialty care. Fact sheet provides information on the activities of 3 rural networks funded through the RMOMS program.

...telehealth and specialty care. Fact sheet provides information on the activities of 3 rural networks...

589. Grantee Directory: Rural HIV/AIDS Planning Program, 2020
Date: Jan 2021

Detailed descriptions of 7 Rural HIV/AIDS Planning Program grant projects funded in fiscal year 2020. Lists grantees by state and Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Key Strategies, including topics such as, planning and development of integrated HIV network, stigma, opioid use disorder, data tracking, and telehealth. Includes grantee profiles describing their programs and network structures, geographic areas and populations served, network partners, and contacts for each network.

...telehealth. Includes grantee profiles describing their programs and network structures, geographic areas and populations served...

590. Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network Program: 2022 Grantee Directory
Date: Dec 2022

Provides contact information and brief descriptions for the 32 rural health networks funded by the Rural Public Health Workforce Training Network (RPHWTN) program during the 2022-2025 grant period to expand rural public health capacity. Includes information by state and organization type as well as by program track for community health support, health IT and/or telehealth technical support, community paramedicine, and case management and/or respiratory therapy.

...telehealth technical support, community paramedicine, and case management and/or respiratory therapy. --- View more Rural Public...