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781. Telemedicine Services During COVID‐19: Considerations for Medically Underserved Populations - Resources
Date: Jan 2021

Discusses the use of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and details some of the barriers to its use in underserved communities. Highlights the lack of broadband internet in rural areas and on tribal lands, as well the lack of technological capability among older people.

...telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and details some of the barriers to its use in underserved...

782. An Interim Evaluation Report of the Innovative Projects Portfolio of the Medicare Flex Grant Program - Resources
Date: Jan 2018

Provides background on the Flex Program and the Integration of Innovative Health Care Models (Innovative Projects) program area. Evaluates the impact of the Innovative Projects program area across seven participating states, focusing on activities involving the transition to value-based care, telehealth, care coordination, quality improvement, and system delivery in rural communities. Final implementation results are described in Implementation and Early Results of the Flex Program's Innovative Models Program Area: Final Evaluation Report.

...telehealth, care coordination, quality improvement, and system delivery in rural communities. Final implementation results are described...

783. Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment Services Utilization - Resources
Date: May 2021

Summarizes the results of a poll conducted between April 29-May 2, 2021, regarding patients' experiences receiving mental health and substance use treatment services, including telehealth services, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Examines the utilization of these services and barriers to treatment by sex, age, education, income, ethnicity, and urban-rural status. Explores the preferences of individuals seeking mental health or substance abuse treatment.

...telehealth services, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Examines the utilization of these services and barriers...

784. FH Healthcare Indicators and FH Medical Price Index 2024: An Annual View of Place of Service Trends and Medical Pricing - Resources
Date: Mar 2024

White paper exploring changes in healthcare utilization, demographic and geographic factors, diagnoses, costs, and procedures. Features statistics including usage of retail clinics and telehealth from 2017-2022; and urgent care, ambulatory surgery centers, and emergency rooms from 2013-2022. Includes comparisons of utilization of each service type by urban and rural location.

...telehealth from 2017-2022; and urgent care, ambulatory surgery centers, and emergency rooms from 2013-2022. Includes...

785. Assessment of State and Federal Health Policies for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond - Resources
Date: Nov 2021

Examines state-level policy data from government and nonprofit agencies related to treatment access and treatment retention for patients with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Describes policy changes affecting telehealth coverage, delivery, and payment; issues of licensing and security; and the initiation and dispensing of treatment medications.

...telehealth coverage, delivery, and payment; issues of licensing and security; and the initiation and dispensing...

786. Telemedicine for Tobacco Cessation and Prevention to Combat COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality in Rural Areas - Resources
Date: Jan 2021

Discusses the use of telehealth to initiate tobacco cessation programs in rural areas as a means of limiting comorbidity and mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Highlights the rates of tobacco use in rural areas by type and compares rates to urban areas. Explores several examples of programs using telemedicine to implement successful models of tobacco cessation treatment in the U.S. and in Hong Kong.

...telehealth to initiate tobacco cessation programs in rural areas as a means of limiting comorbidity...

787. State Innovation Models (SIM) Initiative Evaluation: Model Design and Model Pre-Test Evaluation Report - Resources
Date: Jul 2014

Reports on the experiences of 19 states that received federal support to work on state health care innovation plans focused on developing innovative healthcare delivery and payment models. Discusses rural concerns in these states, as well as strategies to address rural healthcare needs. Some topics addressed include patient-centered medical homes, accountable care organizations, workforce, broadband access, electronic health record adoption, and telehealth.

...telehealth. --- View more State Innovation Models (SIM) Initiative Evaluation: Model Design and Model Pre-Test...

788. April 2021 MACPAC Meeting Transcript - Resources
Date: Apr 2021

Transcript from the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission's (MACPAC) April 2021 meeting. Covers the review of draft chapters and recommendations regarding high-cost specialty drugs, improving integration through dual-eligible special needs plans (D-SNPs), access to mental health services for adults, access to behavioral health services for children and adolescents, electronic health records as a tool for behavioral health services integration, and the non-emergency medical transportation benefit. Also details lessons from states on rebalancing, ensuring quality in Medicaid and CHIP, and what states are learning from the expanded use of telehealth.

...telehealth. --- View more April 2021 MACPAC Meeting Transcript Link View Resource Description Transcript from the Medicaid...

789. The Impact of COVID-19 on the Rural Health Care Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities - Resources
Date: May 2022

Presents an overview of key findings from interviews with stakeholders in eight states - Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming - regarding the rural healthcare landscape. Discusses rural hospital financial health, rural hospital transformation models, challenges facing the rural healthcare workforce, and the role of telehealth in increasing access to care. Provides recommendations aimed at further advancing the use of virtual care in all communities, including rural and frontier areas, beyond the temporary federal COVID-19 public health emergency flexibilities.

...telehealth in increasing access to care. Provides recommendations aimed at further advancing the use of virtual...

790. Improving Methadone Access for Rural Communities in the USA: Lessons Learned from Covid-19 Adaptations and International Models of Care - Resources
Date: Nov 2021

Explores the effect of changes to methadone treatment protocols for opioid use disorder in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on access to treatment in rural areas. Discusses telehealth, dispensing schedules, and distribution models before and during the pandemic.

...telehealth, dispensing schedules, and distribution models before and during the pandemic. --- View more Improving Methadone...