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621. Innovations in Primary Care Education and Training: Developing Community Partnerships to Improve Population Health - Seventeenth Annual Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and to Congress - Resources
Date: Oct 2020

Offers policy and program development recommendations to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding primary care training and education. Recommendations cover longitudinal community-based training programs, chronic disease prevention and management, population health education and training, and telehealth education and training. Includes rural references throughout.

...telehealth education and training. Includes rural references throughout. --- Innovations in Primary Care Education and Training...

622. Twenty Years of School-Based Health Care Growth and Expansion - Resources
Date: May 2019

Examines the status of School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) and changes from 1998-2017. Includes data on the number of rural SBHCs over time, telehealth-exclusive SBHCs, sponsorship of SBHCs by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), the number in each state, funding sources, populations served, types of healthcare provided, and more.

...telehealth-exclusive SBHCs, sponsorship of SBHCs by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), the number in each...

623. Idaho Rural Health Care Access Program (RHCAP) - Funding
Deadline: Aug 30, 2026

Awards funding to organizations for projects that help rural communities improve access to primary medical and dental healthcare through telehealth, community development, and recruitment/retention projects.

...telehealth, community development, and recruitment/retention projects. --- Idaho Rural Health Care Access Program (RHCAP) This funding...

624. Project ECHO: A Model for Complex, Chronic Care in the Pacific Northwest Region of the United States - Resources
Date: 2012

Describes Project ECHO, a telehealth program, involving weekly video conferences between rural providers and their colleagues at academic medical centers to discuss patient cases involving a variety of subjects, such as Hepatitis C, chronic pain, integrated addictions, psychiatry, and HIV/AIDS to receive management advice, and access to best practices. Figure 2 shows a map of participating sites and Table 1 lists the numbers of clinics, clinicians, and patients presented.

...telehealth program, involving weekly video conferences between rural providers and their colleagues at academic medical...

625. Access to Affordable Care in Rural America: Current Trends and Key Challenges - Resources
Date: Jul 2021

Describes geographic and demographic challenges that contribute to healthcare access and health disparities in rural areas. Covers patterns of insurance coverage between rural and urban areas, healthcare provider shortages, and rural hospital vulnerability and closures. Discusses programs and services supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reduce barriers to care in rural communities, including telehealth, healthcare workforce programs, and Rural Health Clinics and Community Health Centers.

...telehealth, healthcare workforce programs, and Rural Health Clinics and Community Health Centers. --- Access to Affordable...

626. Recruiting and Retaining Behavioral Health Workers in Rural America: A Toolkit for Action - Resources
Date: Feb 2020

Explores successful tactics and programs, and elements missing from many current efforts to recruit and retain behavioral health workers. Describes funding opportunities, pipeline programs, telehealth initiatives, innovative approaches to recruitment and retention, and legislative changes in 2019 that helped promote recruitment and retention.

...telehealth initiatives, innovative approaches to recruitment and retention, and legislative changes in 2019 that helped...

627. Quality Improvement and Care Coordination: Implementing the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - Resources
Date: 2018

A guide to help primary care providers, practices, and healthcare systems manage patients who are on long-term opioid therapy. Provides an evidence-based prescribing guideline, quality improvement measures, and practice-level care coordination strategies. Appendix F provides examples of comprehensive management approaches, including discussion of telehealth approaches that could be used in rural communities.

...telehealth approaches that could be used in rural communities. --- Quality Improvement and Care Coordination: Implementing...

628. MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2021 - Resources
Date: Oct 2020

Comment on an August 17, 2020 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 COVID-19-related telehealth expansion.

...telehealth expansion. --- MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Physician Fee Schedule and Other...

629. MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, June 2023 - Resources
Date: Jun 2023

Evaluates Medicare payment issues and provides recommendations to the U.S. Congress. Chapter 7 presents a report on the use, payment, and quality of telehealth services that Medicare pays for separately under the physician fee schedule (PFS). Also includes chapters on the cost of drugs covered under Medicare Part B, postsale rebates for prescription drugs in Medicare Part D, standardized benefits in Medicare Advantage plans, future directions for Medicare Advantage payment policy, disparities in outcomes for beneficiaries with different social risks, Medicare behavioral health services, the alignment of fee-for-service payment rates across ambulatory settings, and the evaluation of a post-acute care prospective payment system prototype.

...telehealth services that Medicare pays for separately under the physician fee schedule (PFS). Also includes...

630. MACPAC Response to CMS Request for Information on Access and Coverage in Medicaid and CHIP - Resources
Date: Apr 2022

Letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) responding to a request for information on access to coverage and care in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Discusses strategies related to enrolling in and maintaining coverage, accessing services, and ensuring adequate payment rates. Includes information on physical and behavioral health integration, substance use disorder treatment for pregnant and postpartum women, telehealth, and more.

...telehealth, and more. --- MACPAC Response to CMS Request for Information on Access and Coverage in Medicaid...