Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health insurance
Implications of Proposed Changes to Rural Hospital Payment Designations
Discusses the short-term policy implications of proposed changes to the designation and payment guidelines for small rural hospitals. Focuses on proposed changes to rural Medicare payments for hospitals and physicians, as well as a proposal to change the CAH distance requirements.
Date: 12/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Discusses the short-term policy implications of proposed changes to the designation and payment guidelines for small rural hospitals. Focuses on proposed changes to rural Medicare payments for hospitals and physicians, as well as a proposal to change the CAH distance requirements.
Date: 12/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Profile of Rural Health Clinics: Medicare Payments & Common Diagnoses: Review of 2009 Medicare Outpatient Claims Data
Presents a summary profile of Medicare billing and reimbursement activity for independent and provider-based Rural Health Clinics (RHCs).
Author(s): Andrea D. Radford, Denise A. Kirk, Hilda A. Howard
Date: 12/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Presents a summary profile of Medicare billing and reimbursement activity for independent and provider-based Rural Health Clinics (RHCs).
Author(s): Andrea D. Radford, Denise A. Kirk, Hilda A. Howard
Date: 12/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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The Current and Future Role and Impact of Medicaid in Rural Health
Describes the Medicaid program and its importance for rural people, providers, and communities. Addresses its impact on rural insurance coverage, financial support for rural healthcare providers, and its contribution to local economics. Discusses rural implications of program expansion, including whether and how states choose to implement changes.
Author(s): Keith J. Mueller, Andrew F. Coburn, Jennifer P. Lundblad, et al.
Date: 09/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Describes the Medicaid program and its importance for rural people, providers, and communities. Addresses its impact on rural insurance coverage, financial support for rural healthcare providers, and its contribution to local economics. Discusses rural implications of program expansion, including whether and how states choose to implement changes.
Author(s): Keith J. Mueller, Andrew F. Coburn, Jennifer P. Lundblad, et al.
Date: 09/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans Dominated the Rural Market in 2011
Examines the prevalence of Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage in rural and urban areas, and explains enrollment patterns based on rural/urban region. Also discusses the difference between stand-alone prescription drug plans (PDPs) and Medicare Advantage prescription drug (MA-PD) plans, and how changes in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may affect rural and urban Medicare Part D beneficiaries differently.
Author(s): Leah Kemper, Abigail Barker, Fred Ullrich, et al.
Date: 09/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Examines the prevalence of Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage in rural and urban areas, and explains enrollment patterns based on rural/urban region. Also discusses the difference between stand-alone prescription drug plans (PDPs) and Medicare Advantage prescription drug (MA-PD) plans, and how changes in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may affect rural and urban Medicare Part D beneficiaries differently.
Author(s): Leah Kemper, Abigail Barker, Fred Ullrich, et al.
Date: 09/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2011
Analyzes data on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage collected through the 2012 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC) for U.S. residents. Includes metropolitan and outside metropolitan comparisons.
Author(s): Carmen DeNavas-Walt, Bernadette Proctor, Jessica Smith
Date: 09/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Analyzes data on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage collected through the 2012 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC) for U.S. residents. Includes metropolitan and outside metropolitan comparisons.
Author(s): Carmen DeNavas-Walt, Bernadette Proctor, Jessica Smith
Date: 09/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Electronic Health Records: Number and Characteristics of Providers Awarded Medicare Incentive Payments for 2011
Reports on Medicare electronic health record incentive payments for 2011 to hospitals and healthcare providers. Compares incentive payments by geographic location including rural/urban breakdowns, hospital type including Critical Access Hospitals, and healthcare provider specialty.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 07/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Reports on Medicare electronic health record incentive payments for 2011 to hospitals and healthcare providers. Compares incentive payments by geographic location including rural/urban breakdowns, hospital type including Critical Access Hospitals, and healthcare provider specialty.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 07/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Preparing for a Public Sector Mental Health Reform in New Mexico: The Experience of Agencies Serving Adults with Serious Mental Illness
Reports on the differences in characteristics, infrastructure, and financial status of mental health services available in New Mexico. Examines the experience of rural provider agencies and compares rural and urban agencies.
Author(s): Rafael M. Semansky, Dominic Hodgkin, Cathleen E. Willging
Citation: Community Mental Health Journal, 48(3), 264-269
Date: 06/2012
Type: Document
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Reports on the differences in characteristics, infrastructure, and financial status of mental health services available in New Mexico. Examines the experience of rural provider agencies and compares rural and urban agencies.
Author(s): Rafael M. Semansky, Dominic Hodgkin, Cathleen E. Willging
Citation: Community Mental Health Journal, 48(3), 264-269
Date: 06/2012
Type: Document
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Rural Implications of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
One of a series of policy briefs that focus on the rural implications of key provisions from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Includes policy recommendations that will be sent to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Date: 06/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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One of a series of policy briefs that focus on the rural implications of key provisions from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Includes policy recommendations that will be sent to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Date: 06/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Serving Rural Medicare Beneficiaries
Chapter five of MedPAC's Report to Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System. Covers rural Medicare beneficiaries, access to health services, rural vs urban coverage of care, health care quality in rural areas, and rural payment adjustments.
Date: 06/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Chapter five of MedPAC's Report to Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System. Covers rural Medicare beneficiaries, access to health services, rural vs urban coverage of care, health care quality in rural areas, and rural payment adjustments.
Date: 06/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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The Rural Implications of Geographic Rating of Health Insurance Premiums
Examines how and to what extent states allow health plans to vary premiums by geographic rating area. Discusses strategies that federal and state policymakers might use to help ensure that premium variations based on geography (like rural vs. urban) are justified.
Author(s): Andrew Coburn, Erika Ziller, Zach Croll, Elizabeth Kilbreth
Date: 05/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: State Health Access Reform Evaluation
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Examines how and to what extent states allow health plans to vary premiums by geographic rating area. Discusses strategies that federal and state policymakers might use to help ensure that premium variations based on geography (like rural vs. urban) are justified.
Author(s): Andrew Coburn, Erika Ziller, Zach Croll, Elizabeth Kilbreth
Date: 05/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: State Health Access Reform Evaluation
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