Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health insurance
Update on Medicare+Choice: Rural Medicare Beneficiaries Enrolled in Medicare+Choice Plans through October 2000
Describes enrollment in Medicare+Choice in rural counties through October 2000.
Author(s): Timothy McBride, Courtney Andrews, Keith Mueller
Citation: RUPRI Rural Policy Brief, 6(7)
Date: 03/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Describes enrollment in Medicare+Choice in rural counties through October 2000.
Author(s): Timothy McBride, Courtney Andrews, Keith Mueller
Citation: RUPRI Rural Policy Brief, 6(7)
Date: 03/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington DC, February 4-6, 2001
Minutes from a National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services meeting that covered the following topics: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy update, Medicare reform, and community health centers and rural health clinics.
Date: 02/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Minutes from a National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services meeting that covered the following topics: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy update, Medicare reform, and community health centers and rural health clinics.
Date: 02/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Rural Implications of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000: Concerns, Legislation, and Next Steps
Overview of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (BIPA) as it impacted rural health. Identifies impacts related to Medicare payments to specific types of facilities and for specific services. Also lists BIPA-mandated studies and demonstrations.
Date: 01/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Overview of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (BIPA) as it impacted rural health. Identifies impacts related to Medicare payments to specific types of facilities and for specific services. Also lists BIPA-mandated studies and demonstrations.
Date: 01/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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A Rural Government Role in Medicaid Managed Care: The Development of County-based Purchasing in Minnesota
Describes the development and implementation in Minnesota of a model for rural county government participation in Medicaid managed care initiatives.
Author(s): Astrid Knott, Jon B. Christianson
Date: 01/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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Describes the development and implementation in Minnesota of a model for rural county government participation in Medicaid managed care initiatives.
Author(s): Astrid Knott, Jon B. Christianson
Date: 01/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health in Rural Areas
Reports on state implementation of Medicaid managed behavioral health (MMBH) programs in rural areas. Describes these programs in terms of Medicaid populations served, program design, and implementation model. Describe the experience of programs regarding access to and coordination of services.
Additional links: Research and Policy Brief: Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health Programs in Rural Areas, August 2001
Author(s): David Lambert, John Gale, Donna Bird, David Hartley
Date: 01/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Reports on state implementation of Medicaid managed behavioral health (MMBH) programs in rural areas. Describes these programs in terms of Medicaid populations served, program design, and implementation model. Describe the experience of programs regarding access to and coordination of services.
Additional links: Research and Policy Brief: Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health Programs in Rural Areas, August 2001
Author(s): David Lambert, John Gale, Donna Bird, David Hartley
Date: 01/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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PPS Inpatient Payment and the Area Wage Index
Discusses how Medicare inpatient rates were calculated as of 2001, the role of the wage index, and issues surrounding the wage index and reimbursement to rural hospitals by Medicare under the Prospective Payment System (PPS).
Author(s): Kathleen Dalton, Rebecca T. Slifkin
Date: 01/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Discusses how Medicare inpatient rates were calculated as of 2001, the role of the wage index, and issues surrounding the wage index and reimbursement to rural hospitals by Medicare under the Prospective Payment System (PPS).
Author(s): Kathleen Dalton, Rebecca T. Slifkin
Date: 01/2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Key Rural Issues for Medicare Reform, 2001
Brief overview of rural issues related to Medicare reform. Discusses the need for rural representation and adequate payments to ensure healthcare access.
Date: 2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Brief overview of rural issues related to Medicare reform. Discusses the need for rural representation and adequate payments to ensure healthcare access.
Date: 2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Health, United States, 2001: With Urban and Rural Health Chartbook
Includes a chartbook that highlights rural-urban differences and presents information on population characteristics, health-related behaviors, health status, and health care access and use for five levels of urbanization and four regions of the United States.
Date: 2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Includes a chartbook that highlights rural-urban differences and presents information on population characteristics, health-related behaviors, health status, and health care access and use for five levels of urbanization and four regions of the United States.
Date: 2001
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Rural Hospital Wages and the Area Wage Index: 1990-1997
Examines whether incremental changes to the hospital wage index from 1990-1997 made it more equitable across regions and how these changes impacted rural hospitals.
Additional links: Findings Brief, January 2001
Author(s): Kathleen Dalton, Rebecca Slifkin, Hilda Howard
Date: 11/2000
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Examines whether incremental changes to the hospital wage index from 1990-1997 made it more equitable across regions and how these changes impacted rural hospitals.
Additional links: Findings Brief, January 2001
Author(s): Kathleen Dalton, Rebecca Slifkin, Hilda Howard
Date: 11/2000
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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The Financial Viability of Rural Hospitals in a Post-BBA Environment
Evaluated the financial viability of rural hospitals under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) and the Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (BBRA) Medicare payment policies. Estimated the number of hospitals that would become Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and estimated the number of beds at each hospital.
Author(s): Jeffrey Stensland, Ira Moscovice, Jon Christianson
Date: 10/2000
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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Evaluated the financial viability of rural hospitals under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) and the Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (BBRA) Medicare payment policies. Estimated the number of hospitals that would become Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and estimated the number of beds at each hospital.
Author(s): Jeffrey Stensland, Ira Moscovice, Jon Christianson
Date: 10/2000
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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