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791. 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...

792. 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...

793. Remarks of Commissioner Mignon Clyburn (as prepared): National Rural Health Association - Resources
Date: Feb 2018

Statement given at the February 2018 National Rural Health Association (NRHA) Policy Institute. Discusses the goals of the Connect2Health Task Force: to understand the future interplay of broadband, technology, and health policy and to ensure the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) stays ahead of the innovation curve. Highlights the FCC's focus of broadband deployment to provide a foundation for health and describes a broadband-enabled project in Appalachian Kentucky created to provide healthcare services to cancer patients.

...cancer patients. --- Remarks of Commissioner Mignon Clyburn (as prepared): National Rural Health Association Statement given...

794. March 2026 MedPAC Meeting Transcript - Resources
Date: Mar 2026

Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) March 2026 meeting. Covers research and proposals related to the Medicare ground ambulance data collection system, access to hospice and certain complex palliative services for beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease and beneficiaries with cancer, provider participation in Medicare Advantage (MA) networks, MA encounter data in risk adjustment, the complexity of Medicare enrollment decisions for beneficiaries, and Medicare Part B premium payment basics. Includes rural references and considerations throughout.

...cancer, provider participation in Medicare Advantage (MA) networks, MA encounter data in risk adjustment, the complexity...

795. New Mexico State-Tribal Collaboration Act July 31, 2025 Agency Report - Resources
Date: Jul 2025

Summarizes collaboration between New Mexico state agencies and tribal nations regarding current public health priorities, including primary care, data sharing, policy collaboration, and measles response. Identifies resources available for American Indians from each New Mexico department and activities and funding for the fiscal year 2025, including topics such as community health workers, cancer, diabetes, COVID-19, suicide prevention, maternal and child health, and more.

...cancer, diabetes, COVID-19, suicide prevention, maternal and child health, and more. --- New Mexico State...

796. Palliative Care — More Than Just Hospice, with Karla Weng and Pat Justis – Exploring Rural Health Podcast - Podcast Episode
Date: Jun 7, 2022

The June 2022 episode of RHIhub's podcast features Karla Weng, Senior Program Manager for Stratis Health, and Pat Justis, Director of the Washington State Office of Rural Health, discussing their work on an initiative to expand access to palliative care in rural communities in Washington State, North Dakota, and Wisconsin.

...cancer treatment is sort of your traditional. If you want to be a certified cancer...

797. 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...

798. A Non-Randomized Pilot Study to Test the Feasibility of Treating Chronic Pain and Opioid Prescription Use in Rural Areas with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (T-PACT) - Resources
Date: Oct 2020

Describes a pilot study examining research feasibility, methods, and processes for administering acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) as a treatment for chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) and a possible alternative to prescribed opioids. The research team included four Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) hubs that administered the study in rural areas of New Mexico, North Carolina, Kansas, and Kentucky. Discusses survey data and lessons learned from the pilot study, including unexpected barriers to participation.

...cancer pain (CNCP) and a possible alternative to prescribed opioids. The research team included four...

799. Indexed Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates by Geography for Oklahomans Age 25 to 64 (2016-2020) - Resources
Date: Sep 2023

Chart depicting mortality rates in Oklahoma for adults between 25 and 64. Compares rates between metropolitan and non-metropolitan tiers, all of Oklahoma, and the national rate for all causes of mortality, multiple chronic illnesses, cancer, stroke, suicide, opioids, and accidents. Click the full screen icon in the chart viewer to see the entire chart.

...cancer, stroke, suicide, opioids, and accidents. Click the full screen icon in the chart viewer...

800. Closing Gaps in Native American Health - Resources
Date: 2016

Describes health disparities between Wisconsin Native Americans and their White peers, with discussion of how new Medicaid policies could result in increased access to health services, improved care coordination for tribal health patients, and additional support for Indian Health Service providers. Features statistics including infant mortality rates, age-adjusted mortality rate, diabetes and cancer age-adjusted mortality rates, suicide rates, and average age of death.

...cancer age-adjusted mortality rates, suicide rates, and average age of death. --- Closing Gaps in Native...