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Resources by Topic: Health insurance

Medicare Learning Network: Swing Bed Services
Provides information about the requirements Critical Access Hospitals must meet in order to enter into a swing bed agreement under which they can use beds, as needed, to provide either acute or Skilled Nursing Facility care.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Medicare Learning Network: Telehealth Services
Contains information on originating sites, distant site practitioners, telehealth services, billing and payment for professional services furnished via telehealth as well as for the originating site facility fee, and a list of helpful websites.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Oregon Office of Rural Health Maps
Offers a compilation of maps of Oregon on topics including urban and rural designations, healthcare providers and facilities, population demographics, and more. Several maps include county-level data.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Office of Rural Health
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Medicare Chronic Conditions Dashboards
Provides access to regional, state, and county statistics on prevalence, utilization, and Medicare spending for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions and multiple chronic conditions.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Provides data on healthcare access, healthcare quality, health services utilization, cost, and payment methods. Also provides data on health insurance coverage, cost, scope, and breadth. Some topics include metropolitan and nonmetropolitan data.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Medicare Geographic Comparisons
Access to national, state, and county-level data on variations in standardized per capita costs for the Medicare fee-for-service population, as well as data by hospital referral region. Includes trend data and comparison to national and state averages. In the county dashboard, select a state by clicking the map.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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What is the Health Insurance Marketplace?
This fact sheet describes the availability of insurance plans through the Oklahoma Health Insurance Marketplace. Also includes information on what assistance is available to consumers across the state.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
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Medicare Telehealth Payment Eligibility Analyzer
Determines geographic eligibility for Medicare telehealth services. Identifies Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) located in rural census tracts, consistent with the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy's definition of rural.
Type: Tool
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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CMS Innovation Center
Supports the development, testing and sharing of innovative healthcare payment and service delivery models. Includes data, reports, webinars and forums for sharing knowledge among healthcare innovators, data researchers and policy analysts.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Health Insurance Marketplace (For Professionals)
Offers information and resources for professionals helping new and existing Health Insurance Marketplace consumers. Includes information on open enrollment and how to become a Champion for Coverage or Certified Application Counselor (CAC) organization, as well as technical assistance and training resources.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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