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731. MACPAC Response to Senate Finance Committee Request for Information on Behavioral Health - Resources
Date: Nov 2021

Summarizes the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission's (MACPAC) ongoing analysis of behavioral health in Medicaid and CHIP and offers policy recommendations. Discusses the behavioral health workforce; behavioral healthcare service delivery and access; mental health parity; telehealth; and improving access for children and youth. Includes rural references and considerations throughout.

...telehealth; and improving access for children and youth. Includes rural references and considerations throughout. --- View...

732. 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. --- View more MACPAC Response to CMS Request for Information on Access and Coverage...

733. Project ECHO: Policy Pathways for Sustainability - Resources
Date: Jan 2019

Examines policy and funding options to provide for the long-term sustainability of Project ECHO, a telehealth mentoring program supporting the health workforce in rural and underserved areas. Offers state and federal policy recommendations, discussing how each would work, action steps, and feasibility.

...telehealth mentoring program supporting the health workforce in rural and underserved areas. Offers state and federal...

734. November 2020 MedPAC Meeting Transcript - Resources
Date: Nov 2020

Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) November 2020 meeting. Covers the expansion of telehealth in Medicare, Medicare beneficiaries' access to care in rural areas, effects of pharmaceutical manufacturer rebates on Part D's risk adjustment, and improving competition among Part D's benchmark plans.

...telehealth in Medicare, Medicare beneficiaries' access to care in rural areas, effects of pharmaceutical manufacturer...

735. Telemedicine Increases Access to Buprenorphine Initiation During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Resources
Date: May 2021

Discusses the expanded access to buprenorphine prescription through telemedicine during COVID-19, comparing the experiences of two harm reduction primary care programs in a rural and urban region of New York. Discusses reduced barriers to treatment, particularly delays due to in-person evaluation requirements before to the pandemic, and innovations to opioid use disorder treatment made possible through telehealth.

...telehealth. --- View more Telemedicine Increases Access to Buprenorphine Initiation During the COVID-19 Pandemic Link...

736. Beneficiary and Clinician Perspectives on Medicare and Other Issues: Findings from 2024 Focus Groups in Select States - Resources
Date: Oct 2024

Summarizes findings from 24 focus groups of Medicare beneficiaries, Medicare and Medicaid (dual eligible) beneficiaries, and clinicians conducted between May and June 2024, including three virtual focus groups of rural Medicare beneficiaries. Highlights themes that emerged across the focus groups covering Medicare coverage options, access to care, telehealth, organization of care, and prescription drugs.

...telehealth, organization of care, and prescription drugs. --- View more Beneficiary and Clinician Perspectives on Medicare...

737. MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Physician Prospective Payment System for FY 2024 - Resources
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...

738. MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on Contract Year 2021 and 2022 Policy and Technical Changes to Medicare Advantage and Part D - Resources
Date: Apr 2020

Responds to a proposed rule to revise regulations for Medicare Advantage (MA) and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit program (Part D). Provides comments on CMS proposals regarding out-of-network telehealth benefits, updates to the quality rating models for MA and Part D plans, and changes to MA network adequacy standards. Discusses how changes to network adequacy standards would impact access to dialysis facilities for beneficiaries in micropolitan counties, rural counties, and counties with extreme access considerations (CEAC).

...telehealth benefits, updates to the quality rating models for MA and Part D plans, and changes...

739. MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, June 2016 - Resources
Date: Jun 2016

Includes chapters on pricing and payment systems, Medicare drug spending, Part B drug and oncology payment policy issues, improving Part D, improving efficiency and preserving access to emergency care in rural areas, telehealth services and Medicare, and issues affecting dual-eligible beneficiaries. Rural providers and rural patient populations are discussed throughout the report.

...telehealth services and Medicare, and issues affecting dual-eligible beneficiaries. Rural providers and rural patient...

740. The Use of and Experiences With Telelactation Among Rural Breastfeeding Mothers: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial - Resources
Date: Sep 2019

Study exploring a telehealth video-based lactation service offered to rural Pennsylvania mothers through a Critical Access Hospital. Discusses data on study participation, number of telelactation video calls per participant, nature of the participants' concerns or questions, breastfeeding experience, and infant age. Describes challenges of providing lactation support in rural areas and presents telelactation services as a potential solution.

...telehealth video-based lactation service offered to rural Pennsylvania mothers through a Critical Access Hospital...