Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health insurance
Community Health Centers: Recent Growth and the Role of the ACA
Uses 2015 federal data on health centers and survey results from the 2016 Survey of Health Centers' Experiences and Activities to provide an overview of health centers and their patients. Compares health centers in Medicaid expansion and non-expansion states, covering topics such as revenue sources, service capacity, patient demographics, patient health coverage, and more. Also discusses the distribution and impact of health centers in rural and medically underserved areas.
Author(s): Sara Rosenbaum, Julia Paradise, Anne Markus, et al.
Date: 01/2017
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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Uses 2015 federal data on health centers and survey results from the 2016 Survey of Health Centers' Experiences and Activities to provide an overview of health centers and their patients. Compares health centers in Medicaid expansion and non-expansion states, covering topics such as revenue sources, service capacity, patient demographics, patient health coverage, and more. Also discusses the distribution and impact of health centers in rural and medically underserved areas.
Author(s): Sara Rosenbaum, Julia Paradise, Anne Markus, et al.
Date: 01/2017
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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Accounting for Social Risk Factors in Medicare Payment
Fifth and final report in a series designed to identify social risk factors that affect the health outcomes of Medicare beneficiaries and methods to account for these factors in Medicare payment programs. Offers thoughts about selecting the best methods to account for social risk factors and achieve policy goals. Chapter 2 includes a discussion about urbanicity and rurality, and suggests that a beneficiary's place of residence is a stronger indicator of social risk than their provider's location. Report was assembled by an ad hoc committee under the direction of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation.
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Author(s): Committee on Accounting for Socioeconomic Status in Medicare Payment Programs
Date: 01/2017
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Fifth and final report in a series designed to identify social risk factors that affect the health outcomes of Medicare beneficiaries and methods to account for these factors in Medicare payment programs. Offers thoughts about selecting the best methods to account for social risk factors and achieve policy goals. Chapter 2 includes a discussion about urbanicity and rurality, and suggests that a beneficiary's place of residence is a stronger indicator of social risk than their provider's location. Report was assembled by an ad hoc committee under the direction of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation.
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Author(s): Committee on Accounting for Socioeconomic Status in Medicare Payment Programs
Date: 01/2017
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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2017 Minnesota Statewide Health Assessment
Reports on an assessment of health for the people of Minnesota. Includes rural specific information on race/ethnicity, access to oral care, income, transportation, public water sources, food access, and healthcare. Provides maps of population changes since 1990 and health provider shortage areas by county.
Date: 2017
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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Reports on an assessment of health for the people of Minnesota. Includes rural specific information on race/ethnicity, access to oral care, income, transportation, public water sources, food access, and healthcare. Provides maps of population changes since 1990 and health provider shortage areas by county.
Date: 2017
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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Employment, Poverty, and Public Assistance in the Rural United States
Compares economic and demographic characteristics of rural counties by county income level. Includes data on employment. Also examines reliance on public sector supports: the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and children's health insurance.
Author(s): Rebecca Glauber, Andrew Schaefer
Date: 2017
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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Compares economic and demographic characteristics of rural counties by county income level. Includes data on employment. Also examines reliance on public sector supports: the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and children's health insurance.
Author(s): Rebecca Glauber, Andrew Schaefer
Date: 2017
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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Three in Ten Rural and Urban Medicaid Recipients May Be Affected by Potential Work Requirements
Identifies work-related activities for rural and urban Medicaid recipients age 19-64, exploring how many Medicaid recipients would potentially be impacted by a work requirement.
Author(s): Andrew Schaefer, Jessica A. Carson
Date: 2017
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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Identifies work-related activities for rural and urban Medicaid recipients age 19-64, exploring how many Medicaid recipients would potentially be impacted by a work requirement.
Author(s): Andrew Schaefer, Jessica A. Carson
Date: 2017
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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Critical Access Hospital Financial Model
Excel-based modeling tool designed to help Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) anticipate and analyze the financial impacts of joining a Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Accountable Care Organization (ACO).
Date: 2017
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Excel-based modeling tool designed to help Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) anticipate and analyze the financial impacts of joining a Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Accountable Care Organization (ACO).
Date: 2017
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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More Than 95 Percent of U.S. Children Had Health Insurance in 2015
Reports on the percent of children with any type of health insurance in 2015 by state and region for rural, suburban, and urban areas. Includes changes in health insurance coverage since 2014 and since 2008.
Author(s): Michael J. Staley
Date: 2017
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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Reports on the percent of children with any type of health insurance in 2015 by state and region for rural, suburban, and urban areas. Includes changes in health insurance coverage since 2014 and since 2008.
Author(s): Michael J. Staley
Date: 2017
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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Impact of a Community Dental Access Program on Emergency Dental Admissions in Rural Maryland
Describes the expansion of a rural Maryland community dental access program (CDP) that serves uninsured and underinsured low-income residents following a funding increase from the Health Resources and Services Administration's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy in 2012. Tracks claims data between 2011–2015, comparing CDP claim rates to Medicaid-funded visits to local emergency departments for non-traumatic dental needs, estimating cost savings from the expanded CDP.
Author(s): Sandi Rowland, Jonathan P. Leider, Clare Davidson, Joanne Brady, Alana Knudson
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 106(12), 2165-2170
Date: 12/2016
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Describes the expansion of a rural Maryland community dental access program (CDP) that serves uninsured and underinsured low-income residents following a funding increase from the Health Resources and Services Administration's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy in 2012. Tracks claims data between 2011–2015, comparing CDP claim rates to Medicaid-funded visits to local emergency departments for non-traumatic dental needs, estimating cost savings from the expanded CDP.
Author(s): Sandi Rowland, Jonathan P. Leider, Clare Davidson, Joanne Brady, Alana Knudson
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 106(12), 2165-2170
Date: 12/2016
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Utilization of Oral Health Services by Medicaid-Insured Adults in New York, 2012-2013
Presents a report on the rates of enrollment and utilization of adult Medicaid dental benefits in New York State from 2012-2013. Analyzes data by age, race, and gender, as well as by county, which is broken down by rural, urban, or mixed rural-urban status.
Author(s): Simona Surdu, Margaret Langelier, Jean Moore
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: Oral Health Workforce Research Center
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Presents a report on the rates of enrollment and utilization of adult Medicaid dental benefits in New York State from 2012-2013. Analyzes data by age, race, and gender, as well as by county, which is broken down by rural, urban, or mixed rural-urban status.
Author(s): Simona Surdu, Margaret Langelier, Jean Moore
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: Oral Health Workforce Research Center
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A Comparison of Medicaid Dental Claims Data in 2 States with Different Adult Dental Benefits, 2012-2013
Compares enrollment and utilization of adult Medicaid dental benefits in Oklahoma and New York from 2012-2013. Analyzes for age and sex, as well as for rural, urban, and mixed urban-rural areas.
Author(s): Simona Surdu, Margaret Langelier, Jean Moore
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: Oral Health Workforce Research Center
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Compares enrollment and utilization of adult Medicaid dental benefits in Oklahoma and New York from 2012-2013. Analyzes for age and sex, as well as for rural, urban, and mixed urban-rural areas.
Author(s): Simona Surdu, Margaret Langelier, Jean Moore
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: Oral Health Workforce Research Center
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