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Date: Feb 2021
Policy brief providing an overview of challenges rural communities experience preparing for and mitigating the effects of disasters and public health emergencies. Offers guidelines and recommendations to improve rural preparedness.
...guidelines and recommendations to improve rural preparedness. --- Rural Health Preparedness Policy Brief Policy brief providing...
Date: Feb 2020
Details guidelines for implementing medication assisted treatment (MAT) of opioid use disorder (OUD) for healthcare professionals, policymakers, patients, and families. Discusses the different medications available to treat OUD, how and when to administer them, as well as what to watch for when using MAT for OUD.
...guidelines for implementing medication assisted treatment (MAT) of opioid use disorder (OUD) for healthcare professionals...
Reviewed: Oct 2025
Details the hospice survey process and presents interpretive guidelines clarifying statutory and regulatory requirements.
...guidelines clarifying statutory and regulatory requirements. --- State Operations Manual Appendix M - Guidance for Surveyors: Hospice...
Date: Sep 2004
Describes quality improvement efforts in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) based on a 2004 survey of 474 CAH administrators. Includes data on the use of clinical guidelines and quality measures in CAHs, and the role of Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs).
...guidelines and quality measures in CAHs, and the role of Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs...
Date: Dec 2012
Discusses the short-term policy implications of proposed changes to the designation and payment guidelines for small rural hospitals. Focuses on proposed changes to rural Medicare payments for hospitals and physicians, as well as a proposal to change the CAH distance requirements.
...guidelines for small rural hospitals. Focuses on proposed changes to rural Medicare payments for hospitals...
Reviewed: May 2025
A provider manual covering the federal requirements and state guidelines for clinical services and billing procedures specific to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) in Minnesota.
...guidelines for clinical services and billing procedures specific to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural...
Date: Jan 2025
Examines trends in prescription opioid use among Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas, utilizing 2010-2017 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) data. Provides data on receipt of opioid prescriptions among community-dwelling and facility-dwelling beneficiaries, associations between prescribing and chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPCs), and prescriptions exceeding CDC guidelines. Includes rural-urban comparisons.
...guidelines. Includes rural-urban comparisons. --- Opioid Use Among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries Examines trends in prescription...
Date: Jun 2024
Compares rural and urban patterns of use and patient outcomes of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) uptake for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), utilizing 2015-2020 Medicare fee-for-service data. Provides data on rural and urban disparities in receipt of optimal GDMT treatment and mortality.
...guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) uptake for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), utilizing...
Date: Apr 2015
Provides guidelines for the integration of community health workers (CHWs) into community based chronic disease prevention programs. Includes examples from a variety of CHW programs, some of which serve rural communities.
...guidelines for the integration of community health workers (CHWs) into community based chronic disease prevention...
Date: Jun 2020
Reports on results of a survey of support for stay-at-home orders and nonessential business closures and adherence to COVID-19 mitigation guidelines. Includes brief discussion of differences among rural and urban area respondents related to use of cloth face coverings.
...guidelines. Includes brief discussion of differences among rural and urban area respondents related to use of cloth...