Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health insurance
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
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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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
Sponsoring organization: State Health Access Reform Evaluation
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Anticipating the Rural Impact of Medicare Value-Based Purchasing
Describes the design and implementation of Medicare value-based purchasing (VBP) programs. Addresses the potential impact of these programs on rural healthcare providers. Includes discussion on the five provider types: Prospective Payment system (PPS) hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), home health agencies, and physician office practices.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith J. Mueller, Nicholas P. Lillios, et al.
Date: 04/2012
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Describes the design and implementation of Medicare value-based purchasing (VBP) programs. Addresses the potential impact of these programs on rural healthcare providers. Includes discussion on the five provider types: Prospective Payment system (PPS) hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), home health agencies, and physician office practices.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith J. Mueller, Nicholas P. Lillios, et al.
Date: 04/2012
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2012
Reviews Medicare payment policies and covers policy recommendations to Congress. Discusses rural aspects of Medicare payment policies.
Date: 03/2012
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Reviews Medicare payment policies and covers policy recommendations to Congress. Discusses rural aspects of Medicare payment policies.
Date: 03/2012
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington DC, February 15-17, 2012
Minutes from the NACRHHS, which provides recommendations on rural health and human services issues to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Meeting included the following topics: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, children and families, Head Start, health professional shortage areas, rural healthcare infrastructure, and the White House Rural Council.
Date: 2012
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Minutes from the NACRHHS, which provides recommendations on rural health and human services issues to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Meeting included the following topics: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, children and families, Head Start, health professional shortage areas, rural healthcare infrastructure, and the White House Rural Council.
Date: 2012
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Geographic Adjustment in Medicare Payment Phase I: Improving Accuracy, Second Edition
Report brief that expands on recommendations made in an earlier report for improving how the Medicare program calculates geographic practice cost indexes that result in payments to hospitals, physicians, and other clinical practitioners based on their geographic locations.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2012
Sponsoring organization: Institute of Medicine
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Report brief that expands on recommendations made in an earlier report for improving how the Medicare program calculates geographic practice cost indexes that result in payments to hospitals, physicians, and other clinical practitioners based on their geographic locations.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 2012
Sponsoring organization: Institute of Medicine
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Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier Program
Discusses provisions from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act including the Physician Payment Modifier (VBM) program, which provides differential payment to physicians or physician groups based on the quality of care provided compared to the cost of providing care.
Date: 12/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Discusses provisions from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act including the Physician Payment Modifier (VBM) program, which provides differential payment to physicians or physician groups based on the quality of care provided compared to the cost of providing care.
Date: 12/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Medicare Copayments for Critical Access Hospital Outpatient Services - 2009 Update
Discusses the impact of Part B coinsurance on beneficiaries receiving outpatient services at Critical Access Hospitals.
Author(s): Sara Freeman, Kathleen Dalton
Date: 12/2011
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Discusses the impact of Part B coinsurance on beneficiaries receiving outpatient services at Critical Access Hospitals.
Author(s): Sara Freeman, Kathleen Dalton
Date: 12/2011
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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