Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health insurance
Historically Excepted Tribal FQHCs (Formerly Known As Grandfathered Tribal FQHCs)
Provides links to resources for historically excepted tribal Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and tribal organizations interested in pursing a historically excepted tribal certification. Includes links to payment rate updates, payment codes, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Provides links to resources for historically excepted tribal Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and tribal organizations interested in pursing a historically excepted tribal certification. Includes links to payment rate updates, payment codes, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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2026 Primary Care Scorecard Data Dashboard
Interactive dashboard providing national- and state-level data on primary care indicators. Indicators cover financing, access to care, training of the healthcare workforce, and federal investment in primary care research. Includes data on primary care spending as a share of Medicare fee-for-service in rural areas, the number of primary care providers per capita, and the percentage of all residents and primary care residents trained in rural or medically underserved areas.
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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Interactive dashboard providing national- and state-level data on primary care indicators. Indicators cover financing, access to care, training of the healthcare workforce, and federal investment in primary care research. Includes data on primary care spending as a share of Medicare fee-for-service in rural areas, the number of primary care providers per capita, and the percentage of all residents and primary care residents trained in rural or medically underserved areas.
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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LEAD (Long-Term Enhanced ACO Design) Model
Provides information on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center's LEAD (Long-term Enhanced ACO Design) Model, an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model set to launch at the end of 2026. It will promote coordinated care for high-needs patients, such as those eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, and those who are homebound or home limited, and includes improved benchmarking for new ACOs and smaller, independent or rural-based practices.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Provides information on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center's LEAD (Long-term Enhanced ACO Design) Model, an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model set to launch at the end of 2026. It will promote coordinated care for high-needs patients, such as those eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, and those who are homebound or home limited, and includes improved benchmarking for new ACOs and smaller, independent or rural-based practices.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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LEAD (Long-Term Enhanced ACO Design) Model
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Tennessee Rural Health Dashboard
Dashboard providing state- and county-level data on rural access to care and rural health policy in Tennessee. Topics covered include rural definitions, poverty, insurance coverage, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics, and Healthcare Provider Shortage Area (HPSA) designations.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Association of Tennessee
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Dashboard providing state- and county-level data on rural access to care and rural health policy in Tennessee. Topics covered include rural definitions, poverty, insurance coverage, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics, and Healthcare Provider Shortage Area (HPSA) designations.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Association of Tennessee
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Designation Requirements for Selected Federal Programs
Shows HPSA and MUA/P designation requirements for the National Health Service Corps, Federally Qualified Health Center program, CMS Medicare Incentive Payment, CMS Rural Health Clinic program, and J-1 visa waivers.
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Public Health
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Shows HPSA and MUA/P designation requirements for the National Health Service Corps, Federally Qualified Health Center program, CMS Medicare Incentive Payment, CMS Rural Health Clinic program, and J-1 visa waivers.
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Public Health
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Missouri's Social Drivers of Health Dashboard
Provides interactive county-level data from 2018-2023 on social drivers of health indicators such as educational attainment, household income, poverty, use of federal food programs, unemployment, and uninsurance percentages. Includes data breakdowns by select demographic indicators.
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
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Provides interactive county-level data from 2018-2023 on social drivers of health indicators such as educational attainment, household income, poverty, use of federal food programs, unemployment, and uninsurance percentages. Includes data breakdowns by select demographic indicators.
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
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North Carolina AHEC Medicaid Managed Care Trainings
Offers tools and coaching on Medicaid care management for North Carolina medical practices. Intended to help practices discover their revenue potential with billing the various care management models, and provides no-cost assistance with education and issue resolution, quality improvement, and clinical workflow redesign.
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Area Health Education Center Program
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Offers tools and coaching on Medicaid care management for North Carolina medical practices. Intended to help practices discover their revenue potential with billing the various care management models, and provides no-cost assistance with education and issue resolution, quality improvement, and clinical workflow redesign.
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Area Health Education Center Program
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Arkansas Hospital Association Data Hub Dashboard
Interactive dashboard providing information on the availability of hospital services in Arkansas counties by specialty, including delivery, palliative, psychiatric, swing bed, intermediate care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, home health, and hospice services. Also includes data on Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and Traditional Medicare enrollment by county.
Sponsoring organization: Arkansas Hospital Association
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Interactive dashboard providing information on the availability of hospital services in Arkansas counties by specialty, including delivery, palliative, psychiatric, swing bed, intermediate care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, home health, and hospice services. Also includes data on Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and Traditional Medicare enrollment by county.
Sponsoring organization: Arkansas Hospital Association
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Data Brief: Avoidable Emergency Department Visits Vary Widely Across California
Visualization showing rates of avoidable emergency department visits in California for 2023. Data breakdowns are available by payer type, public health region, and county.
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Health Care Access and Information
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Visualization showing rates of avoidable emergency department visits in California for 2023. Data breakdowns are available by payer type, public health region, and county.
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Health Care Access and Information
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U.S. Demographics of Dual-Eligible Individuals
Offers national and state data on dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid individuals. Includes a summary of spending, demographic data including rurality, pathways to eligibility, coverage arrangements, and services used. Data varies between 2021 and 2025.
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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Offers national and state data on dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid individuals. Includes a summary of spending, demographic data including rurality, pathways to eligibility, coverage arrangements, and services used. Data varies between 2021 and 2025.
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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