Topic Guides Search Results for: rural referral center
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Reviewed: Jan 20, 2025
Provides an overview of the challenges facing rural hospitals, specific rural hospital designations, services rural hospitals provide, and alternative hospital models proposed to serve rural communities.
...Rural Referral Center (RRC) Rural or urban tertiary hospitals that generally receive referrals from surrounding...
Reviewed: Oct 20, 2022
Resources and information on how rural healthcare providers are reimbursed by different payers and payment systems and the impact of payment policies on rural healthcare.
...Rural Referral Center (RRC) Rural or urban tertiary hospitals that generally receive referrals from surrounding...
Reviewed: Jan 7, 2025
Addresses challenges related to providing access to prescription medications in rural communities, the financial viability of rural pharmacies, rural pharmacy workforce shortages, the 340B Drug Pricing Program, and new business models and technological advances for providing pharmacy services in rural areas.
...Centers, FQHC Look-Alikes, Critical Access Hospitals, Sole Community Hospitals, Rural Referral Centers, and Disproportionate...
Reviewed: Dec 10, 2024
Resources, information and frequently asked questions related to the requirements and benefits of the rural Critical Access Hospital (CAH) program. Covers legislation affecting CAHs, CAH regulations related to Medicare and Medicaid, the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, and more.
...Rural Referral Center (RRC) How does Medicaid reimburse CAHs? Each state determines how it will...
Reviewed: Dec 11, 2023
Information, resources, and frequently asked questions related to rural food security. Discusses food deserts, how to improve access to health and affordable food, federal nutrition programs, funding opportunities, and creative strategies used by rural communities to address food and hunger issues.
...referrals to healthcare. According to the Food Research & Action Center's 2018 document Rural Hunger...
Reviewed: Oct 14, 2024
A collection of major national rural-relevant statistical sources. Includes data sources focused on healthcare services, health status, demographics, and social determinants of health. For each source, identifies the topics covered, ease of use, geographic level of data, and update frequency.
...Referral Region County Hospital Groups of hospitals, including "average rural" and by bed size Ongoing, as new data is available WISQARS Centers...
Reviewed: Nov 28, 2022
Provides information on health disparities and the causes of these disparities in rural areas. Discusses rural versus urban mortality and life expectancy, and resources and programs to address rural health disparities. Provides information on regions throughout the U.S. that experience higher level of rural health disparities.
...Center found that 64% of surveyed Rural Health Clinic staff members reported difficulties finding specialists for patient referral...
Reviewed: Apr 25, 2025
Resources and information on home-based services and community supports to support aging in place and independent living in rural communities.
...Centers for Independent Living (CILs) provide individuals with disabilities with services to help them live independently, including referrals, independent living skills training, and peer counseling. CILs can also offer additional services, including job search support...
Reviewed: Jan 24, 2024
Features information on violence, abuse, and human trafficking in rural areas. Examines barriers to addressing intimate partner violence, health outcomes related to violence and abuse, strategies for identifying and supporting victims in healthcare settings, impacts on at-risk populations, and effects of adverse childhood experiences, harassment, stalking, and bullying in rural areas.
...Center on Aging offers a screening protocol and tool for older adults that has been tested and implemented in rural primary care practices. Routine screening for intimate partner violence and referrals...
Reviewed: Nov 8, 2024
Provides resources and answers frequently asked questions related to healthcare access. Discusses the importance of primary care for rural residents and covers barriers to healthcare access in rural areas, such as transportation, insurance, and workforce issues. Highlights strategies to improve access to care for rural residents.
...Center policy brief, covers many barriers and challenges facing rural home health agencies that affect their ability to provide access in rural areas, including: Reimbursement and insurance coverage Face-to-face requirement Homebound status requirement...