Rural Health
Resources by State: Minnesota
Strengthening Medicaid Long-term Services and Supports in an Evolving Policy Environment: A Toolkit for States
Shares strategies states can use to reform their long-term services and supports (LTSS) framework, focusing on improving LTSS in two key areas: rebalancing LTSS to increase the proportion of LTSS provided in community-based settings and integrating LTSS with physical and behavioral health services through managed care. Uses case studies to provide examples of each strategy, and discusses rural considerations throughout.
Additional links: Brief for Legislators, Summary of Reforms
Author(s): Stephanie Anthony, Arielle Traub, Sarah Lewis, et al.
Date: 03/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Shares strategies states can use to reform their long-term services and supports (LTSS) framework, focusing on improving LTSS in two key areas: rebalancing LTSS to increase the proportion of LTSS provided in community-based settings and integrating LTSS with physical and behavioral health services through managed care. Uses case studies to provide examples of each strategy, and discusses rural considerations throughout.
Additional links: Brief for Legislators, Summary of Reforms
Author(s): Stephanie Anthony, Arielle Traub, Sarah Lewis, et al.
Date: 03/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Health Care Capital Expenditures in Minnesota - A Data Short Take
Provides an overview of healthcare expenditures in Minnesota. Includes information on spending by commitment size, provider type, and project type. Covers capital expenditures data by distribution and type of service for rural and urban areas in Minnesota from 2007 through 2016.
Date: 03/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Economics Program Minnesota Department of Health
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Provides an overview of healthcare expenditures in Minnesota. Includes information on spending by commitment size, provider type, and project type. Covers capital expenditures data by distribution and type of service for rural and urban areas in Minnesota from 2007 through 2016.
Date: 03/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Economics Program Minnesota Department of Health
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Minnesota Rural-Urban Commuting Areas – Explanation of County Categories
Presents two maps of Minnesota, one by county and the other by census tract, showing various rural categories based on Rural-Urban Commuting Areas (RUCA). Also includes definitions for these rural categories.
Author(s): Kelly Asche
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Policy and Development
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Presents two maps of Minnesota, one by county and the other by census tract, showing various rural categories based on Rural-Urban Commuting Areas (RUCA). Also includes definitions for these rural categories.
Author(s): Kelly Asche
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Policy and Development
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Addressing the Rural Opioid Addiction and Overdose Crisis Through Cross-Sector Collaboration: Little Falls, Minnesota
Explores a cross-sector community-based care coordination effort to reduce the use of opioids in Little Falls, MN. Discusses the collaboration between a rural hospital and clinic with the Morrison County Accountable Communities for Health (ACH) program and highlights changes to opioid prescribing practices and community awareness of treatment options.
Author(s): Caroline Au-Yeung, Lynn A. Blewett, Kathy Lange
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 109(2), 260-262
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
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Explores a cross-sector community-based care coordination effort to reduce the use of opioids in Little Falls, MN. Discusses the collaboration between a rural hospital and clinic with the Morrison County Accountable Communities for Health (ACH) program and highlights changes to opioid prescribing practices and community awareness of treatment options.
Author(s): Caroline Au-Yeung, Lynn A. Blewett, Kathy Lange
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 109(2), 260-262
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
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A Group Randomized Intervention Trial Increases Participation in the School Breakfast Program in 16 Rural High Schools in Minnesota
Study examining a school-based intervention to increase breakfast consumption in 16 rural Minnesota schools. Draws data from 9th and 10th grade students who were assigned to the intervention group or to control conditions. Discusses intervention programming, including increased access to breakfast services and marketing efforts.
Author(s): Marilyn S. Nanney, Robert Leduc, Mary Hearst, et al.
Citation: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 119(6), 915-922
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
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Study examining a school-based intervention to increase breakfast consumption in 16 rural Minnesota schools. Draws data from 9th and 10th grade students who were assigned to the intervention group or to control conditions. Discusses intervention programming, including increased access to breakfast services and marketing efforts.
Author(s): Marilyn S. Nanney, Robert Leduc, Mary Hearst, et al.
Citation: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 119(6), 915-922
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
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A Low-Cost, Grab-and-Go Breakfast Intervention for Rural High School Students: Changes in School Breakfast Program Participation Among At-Risk Students in Minnesota
Evaluates results from a low-cost, grab-and-go breakfast intervention implemented in 8 Minnesota high schools to increase breakfast consumption among rural adolescents. Includes data analyzing relationships between U.S. Department of Agriculture School Breakfast Program (SBP) participation before and during the intervention and student characteristics, such as eligibility for free/reduced-price school meals and race/ethnicity.
Author(s): Nicole Larson, Qi Wang, Katherine Grannon, et al.
Citation: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 50(2), 125-132.e1
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
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Evaluates results from a low-cost, grab-and-go breakfast intervention implemented in 8 Minnesota high schools to increase breakfast consumption among rural adolescents. Includes data analyzing relationships between U.S. Department of Agriculture School Breakfast Program (SBP) participation before and during the intervention and student characteristics, such as eligibility for free/reduced-price school meals and race/ethnicity.
Author(s): Nicole Larson, Qi Wang, Katherine Grannon, et al.
Citation: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 50(2), 125-132.e1
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
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Minnesota's Physician Assistant Workforce, 2019
Provides an overview of Minnesota's physician assistant (PA) workforce using September 2019 data from the Minnesota Board of Medical Practices (BMP) and the 2018 PA survey. Presents information on demographics, education, employment, and geographic distribution.
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Provides an overview of Minnesota's physician assistant (PA) workforce using September 2019 data from the Minnesota Board of Medical Practices (BMP) and the 2018 PA survey. Presents information on demographics, education, employment, and geographic distribution.
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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340B Hospitals on the Front Lines of Addressing the U.S. Opioid Epidemic: Case Examples from the Field
Highlights how six hospitals participating in the 340B drug pricing program are helping address the opioid epidemic. Includes case studies from rural Critical Access Hospitals in Minnesota.
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: 340B Health
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Highlights how six hospitals participating in the 340B drug pricing program are helping address the opioid epidemic. Includes case studies from rural Critical Access Hospitals in Minnesota.
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: 340B Health
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Sources of Stress among Midwest American Indian Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Highlights a study on the stressors in the lives of American Indians with type 2 diabetes. Presents conclusions drawn from focus groups among 5 tribes in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Details the stressors and discusses the role they play in the participants' lives.
Author(s): Jessica H. L. Elm, Melissa L. Walls, Benjamin D. Aronson
Citation: American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 26(1), 33-62
Date: 2019
Type: Document
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Highlights a study on the stressors in the lives of American Indians with type 2 diabetes. Presents conclusions drawn from focus groups among 5 tribes in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Details the stressors and discusses the role they play in the participants' lives.
Author(s): Jessica H. L. Elm, Melissa L. Walls, Benjamin D. Aronson
Citation: American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 26(1), 33-62
Date: 2019
Type: Document
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State Innovation Models (SIM) Initiative Evaluation: Model Test Year Five Annual Report
Fifth annual report on Round 1 of the CMS State Innovation Models (SIM) Initiative, which tests the ability of the governments in six states - Arkansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, and Vermont - to move providers to value-based payment models (VPMs). Presents the final summary findings for SIM Round 1. Includes information specific to rural areas.
Additional links: Appendices, Findings at a Glance
Date: 12/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, RTI International
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Fifth annual report on Round 1 of the CMS State Innovation Models (SIM) Initiative, which tests the ability of the governments in six states - Arkansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, and Vermont - to move providers to value-based payment models (VPMs). Presents the final summary findings for SIM Round 1. Includes information specific to rural areas.
Additional links: Appendices, Findings at a Glance
Date: 12/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, RTI International
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