Transforming Rural Health Care Through Medicaid Innovation: Tip Sheet Series
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Improving Access to Integrated Care for Dually Eligible Individuals in Rural Areas
Leveraging Community Health Workers to Address Rural Health Care Needs
Leveraging Community Paramedicine to Address Rural Health Needs
Leveraging Peers and Lay Counselors to Address Behavioral Health Care Workforce Shortages in Rural Areas
Using Project ECHO to Deliver Specialty Care in Rural Areas
Using School-Based Services to Improve Access to Preventive Health Care for Children in Rural Areas
Using Tech-Enabled Solutions to Improve Care Quality and Access in Rural Areas
Description
Informational tip sheets discussing the use of Medicaid innovations to assist states in creating their Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program applications. Covers issues such as behavioral health, school-based services, integrated care access, community health workers, community paramedicine, specialty care, and healthcare technology. Provides examples, strategies, Medicaid policy information, and resources.
Author(s)
Molly Knowles, Nancy Archibald, Karla Silverman, Lauren Scannelli Jacobs
Date
10/2025
Organization
Center for Health Care Strategies
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· Behavioral health workforce
· Children and youth
· Community health workers
· Community paramedicine
· Healthcare quality
· Medicaid
· Medicare
· Policy
· Primary care
· Reimbursement and payment models
· Schools
· Specialty care
· Technology for health and human services