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61. Addressing Chronic Disease Through Community Health Workers: A Policy and Systems-Level Approach - Resources
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...

62. Toolkit for Operating a Rural Transportation Voucher Program - Resources
Date: Aug 2017

Discusses elements needed for a rural transportation voucher program. Identifies key players and examines ways to develop partnerships, acquire funding, develop policies, and publicize programs. Includes appendices with statistics on sample programs in 10 states, policy guidelines, a sample workbook, and transportation resources.

...guidelines, a sample workbook, and transportation resources. --- Toolkit for Operating a Rural Transportation Voucher Program...

63. Nutrition Assistance Programs: Agencies Could Do More to Help Address the Nutritional Needs of Older Adults - Resources
Date: Nov 2019

Report focuses on the shortcomings of the federal nutrition guidelines in meeting the nutritional needs of older adults. Bases recommendations on interviews with older adults in both rural and urban areas.

...guidelines in meeting the nutritional needs of older adults. Bases recommendations on interviews with older...

64. State Operations Manual Appendix M - Guidance for Surveyors: Hospice - Resources
Reviewed: Aug 2026

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...

65. State Operations Manual Appendix B - Guidance for Surveyors: Home Health Agencies - Resources
Reviewed: Aug 2026

Presents interpretive guidelines clarifying statutory and regulatory requirements for home health agencies.

...guidelines clarifying statutory and regulatory requirements for home health agencies. --- State Operations Manual Appendix B - Guidance...

66. State Operations Manual Appendix G - Guidance for Surveyors: Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) - Resources
Reviewed: Aug 2026

Provides details and interpretive guidelines clarifying the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) survey and certification processes.

...guidelines clarifying the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) survey and certification processes. --- State Operations Manual Appendix...

67. "Doing Something Exceptional": Rural Communities and Colorectal Cancer Screening - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Jul 12, 2017

Colorectal cancer stands out as a cancer with increased incidence and mortality rates in rural areas – rates that are likely influenced by lack of screening. Using different approaches, two rural healthcare organizations in Idaho and Kentucky show how they are saving lives by improving colorectal cancer screening rates in their communities. - The Rural Monitor

...guidelines." Dr. Van Breeding, Director of Clinical Services at Mountain Comprehensive Health Corporation in rural...

68. Issue Brief: Creating a High-value Telehealth Strategy - Resources
Date: Mar 2020

Explores how hospitals can use telehealth services to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs. Discusses approaches to deliver telehealth services and provides guidelines to consider when developing a telehealth strategy. Provides examples of how rural hospitals are using telehealth services to meet community needs.

...guidelines to consider when developing a telehealth strategy. Provides examples of how rural hospitals are using...

69. Opioid Prescribing Rates in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties Among Primary Care Providers Using an Electronic Health Record System — United States, 2014–2017 - Resources
Date: Jan 2019

Examines opioid prescribing rates among primary care providers for six urban-rural classification categories of counties, before and after the March 2016 release of CDC's Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.

...Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. --- Opioid Prescribing Rates in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties...

70. Evolving Trends in Maternal Fetal Medicine Referrals in a Rural State Using Telemedicine - Resources
Date: Dec 2012

Presents the results of a study using Arkansas Medicaid claims and birth certificate data from 2001-2006 to make an assessment of maternal fetal medicine (MFM) referrals and consultations from face-to-face interaction to telemedicine over time in a rural population. Discusses the formation of ANGELS (Antenatal and Neonatal Guidelines, Education and Learning Systems) to improve obstetrical care in rural Arkansas and to improve appropriate referrals to MFM specialists.

...Guidelines, Education and Learning Systems) to improve obstetrical care in rural Arkansas and to improve...