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791. South Dakota American Indian Mortality Data, 2008-2024 - Resources
Date: Oct 2025

Highlights the leading causes of death in American Indian communities in South Dakota from 2008 to 2024. Ranks causes, such as cancer, heart disease, and stroke, among others, by year.

...cancer, heart disease, and stroke, among others, by year. --- South Dakota American Indian Mortality Data...

792. Assessing Environmental Support for Better Health: Active Living Opportunity Audits in Rural Communities in the Southern United States - Resources
Date: Sep 2014

Describes the built environment, policies, and availability of facilities for physical activity in eight rural communities, four in Alabama and four in the Mississippi Delta, to inform diet and physical activity interventions. Acts as part of a partnership to eliminate cancer health disparities in the Deep South. Includes community data by Rural Active Living Assessment (RALA) measures, such as sidewalks, destinations, and walk-ability.

...cancer health disparities in the Deep South. Includes community data by Rural Active Living Assessment...

793. A Formal Framework For Incorporating Equity Into Health Care Quality Measurement - Resources
Date: Oct 2023

Describes equity weighting, a measurement used to address population health disparities by examining multiple demographic factors that then interpret healthcare quality for specific population groups. Utilizes 2017 Medicare colorectal cancer screening data to show examples of equity weighting, with demographics broken down by patient race and rurality.

...cancer screening data to show examples of equity weighting, with demographics broken down by patient...

794. September 2025 MedPAC Meeting Transcript - Resources
Date: Sep 2025

Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) September 2024 meeting. Covers Medicare payment operations and improving payment accuracy, a discussion with the Comptroller General of the United States regarding the Government Accountability Office's work related to improper payments in the Medicare program and opportunities to improve program sustainability, Medicare's overall financial situation, access to hospice and services under the Medicare hospice benefit for beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease or cancer, and the relationship between changes in Medicare Advantage enrollment and hospital finances.

...cancer, and the relationship between changes in Medicare Advantage enrollment and hospital finances. --- September 2025 MedPAC...

795. The Health-able Communities Program - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Aug 15, 2024

Using Community Health Workers, an Idaho consortium leveraged grant-funding to bring health and wellness programs, disease screening, and health education to frontier residents.

...cancer deaths, and chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and obesity. With Federal Office of Rural...

796. April 2025 MedPAC Meeting Transcript - Resources
Date: Apr 2025

Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) April 2025 meeting. Covers physician fee schedule updates and improving the accuracy of relative payment rates; structural differences between the stand-alone prescription drug plan (PDP) and Medicare Advantage–Prescription Drug plan (MA–PD) markets; the utilization and delivery of Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits; the effect of Medicare Advantage on rural hospitals; paying for software technologies in Medicare; access to hospice and certain services under the hospice benefit for beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease and beneficiaries with cancer; and regulations, star ratings, and fee-for-service Medicare policies aimed at improving nursing home quality.

...cancer; and regulations, star ratings, and fee-for-service Medicare policies aimed at improving nursing...

797. Medicare Care Management Billing Strategies - RHIhub Webinar - Webinars
Date: May 30, 2025

Medicare Care Management Billing Strategies. A webinar from the Rural Health Information Hub.

...cancer screening. And what they determined was that the ones that received those patient navigator...

798. Translating and Testing the ENABLE: CHF-PC Concurrent Palliative Care Model for Older Adults with Heart Failure and Their Family Caregivers - Resources
Date: Sep 2014

Reports on an evaluation study to determine the feasibility and satisfaction of converting a cancer-focused concurrent palliative care (PC) intervention into early PC for rural patients with a diagnosis of heart failure.

...cancer-focused concurrent palliative care (PC) intervention into early PC for rural patients with a diagnosis...

799. A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Culturally Congruent Intervention to Increase Condom Use and HIV Testing among Heterosexually Active Immigrant Latino Men - Resources
Date: Nov 2011

Discusses the effectiveness of an HIV prevention intervention to increase condom use and HIV testing among Spanish-speaking, heterosexually active immigrant Latino men living in rural North Carolina. Participants in a small-group HIV prevention intervention were compared to their peers participating in a cancer education intervention to determine consistency in condom use and HIV testing.

...cancer education intervention to determine consistency in condom use and HIV testing. --- A Randomized Controlled...

800. Health Inequities by Sexual Orientation among New Mexican Adults, 2011-2014 - Resources
Date: Jan 2017

Examines health outcomes and behaviors by sexual orientation for adults in New Mexico. Covers demographics, access to healthcare, chronic health conditions, behavioral risk factors including binge drinking and smoking, protective factors such as HIV and cervical cancer screening, and quality of life differences such as mental health. Includes rural/urban breakdowns for demographics and addresses disparities by race/ethnicity, including American Indian/Alaska Native lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults.

...cancer screening, and quality of life differences such as mental health. Includes rural/urban breakdowns for demographics...