Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health insurance
A Snapshot of Sources of Coverage Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Examines the sources of healthcare and supplemental insurance coverage among Medicare beneficiaries in 2022. Presents data on the sources of coverage by beneficiary characteristics, including health status, metropolitan status, and income.
Author(s): Nancy Ochieng, Juliette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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Examines the sources of healthcare and supplemental insurance coverage among Medicare beneficiaries in 2022. Presents data on the sources of coverage by beneficiary characteristics, including health status, metropolitan status, and income.
Author(s): Nancy Ochieng, Juliette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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September 2024 MedPAC Meeting Transcript
Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) September 2024 meeting. Covers Medicare's overall financial situation, cost-sharing for outpatient services at Critical Access Hospitals, and experiences and challenges of measuring the quality of care provided by rural providers.
Additional links: Cost Sharing for Outpatient Services at Critical Access Hospitals - Presentation Slides, Medicare's Measurement of Rural Provider Quality - Presentation Slides
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) September 2024 meeting. Covers Medicare's overall financial situation, cost-sharing for outpatient services at Critical Access Hospitals, and experiences and challenges of measuring the quality of care provided by rural providers.
Additional links: Cost Sharing for Outpatient Services at Critical Access Hospitals - Presentation Slides, Medicare's Measurement of Rural Provider Quality - Presentation Slides
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Exploring the State of Value-Based Care
Slides presented to the South Dakota Rural Health Equity Summit on September 5, 2024. Provides an overview of value-based care and payment models and progress toward value-based care models. Describes potential strategies state agencies and organizations may use to assist rural healthcare organizations to deliver value-based care and receive value-based payments. Highlights state-level engagements to advance rural value-based care and payment in North Dakota and Pennsylvania.
Author(s): Karla Weng
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Slides presented to the South Dakota Rural Health Equity Summit on September 5, 2024. Provides an overview of value-based care and payment models and progress toward value-based care models. Describes potential strategies state agencies and organizations may use to assist rural healthcare organizations to deliver value-based care and receive value-based payments. Highlights state-level engagements to advance rural value-based care and payment in North Dakota and Pennsylvania.
Author(s): Karla Weng
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Environmental Scan on Identifying a Pathway Toward Maximizing Participation in Population-Based Total Cost of Care (PB-TCOC) Models
Presents results of an environmental scan on the identification of a pathway toward maximizing participation in population-based total cost of care (PB-TCOC) models. Describes the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services's (CMS's) goal of having all Medicare beneficiaries with Parts A and B in accountable care relationships by 2030. Discusses challenges and technical issues related to maximizing participation in PB-TCOC models, including organizational structure, payment, and risk adjustment. Summarizes relevant features of CMS Innovation Center (CMMI) models identified in previous Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) proposals. Includes rural references and considerations throughout.
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Presents results of an environmental scan on the identification of a pathway toward maximizing participation in population-based total cost of care (PB-TCOC) models. Describes the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services's (CMS's) goal of having all Medicare beneficiaries with Parts A and B in accountable care relationships by 2030. Discusses challenges and technical issues related to maximizing participation in PB-TCOC models, including organizational structure, payment, and risk adjustment. Summarizes relevant features of CMS Innovation Center (CMMI) models identified in previous Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) proposals. Includes rural references and considerations throughout.
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Rural Emergency Hospitals Fact Sheet
Provides a brief overview of the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) provider designation. Outlines REH payment, services, eligibility requirements, and how to apply for REH designation.
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Provides a brief overview of the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) provider designation. Outlines REH payment, services, eligibility requirements, and how to apply for REH designation.
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Addressing Travel Costs for Providers of Field-Based Services in Medi-Cal
Examines provider travel costs associated with field-based healthcare services in Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program. Discusses Medicaid policies related to provider travel costs and the implications for community health workers (CHWs), doula services, and behavioral health services, with emphasis on the impact for rural areas of the state.
Author(s): Logan Kelly
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Examines provider travel costs associated with field-based healthcare services in Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program. Discusses Medicaid policies related to provider travel costs and the implications for community health workers (CHWs), doula services, and behavioral health services, with emphasis on the impact for rural areas of the state.
Author(s): Logan Kelly
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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NHPCO Facts and Figures: 2024 Edition
Provides an overview of hospice and palliative care in the United States. Includes information and data on patient characteristics, access to care, reimbursement, barriers and facilitators to care, quality of care, and more. Includes data on geographic locations of hospice services and patients.
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organizations: National Alliance for Care at Home, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
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Provides an overview of hospice and palliative care in the United States. Includes information and data on patient characteristics, access to care, reimbursement, barriers and facilitators to care, quality of care, and more. Includes data on geographic locations of hospice services and patients.
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organizations: National Alliance for Care at Home, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
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Vital Signs: Suicide Rates and Selected County-Level Factors — United States, 2022
Examines differences in suicide rates by county-level health insurance coverage, broadband Internet access, and household income. Includes data on suicide rates for these three county-level factors for rural compared to urban areas.
Author(s): Alison L. Cammack, Mark R. Stevens, Rebecca B. Naumann, et al.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 73(37), 810-818
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Examines differences in suicide rates by county-level health insurance coverage, broadband Internet access, and household income. Includes data on suicide rates for these three county-level factors for rural compared to urban areas.
Author(s): Alison L. Cammack, Mark R. Stevens, Rebecca B. Naumann, et al.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 73(37), 810-818
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Revised: Guidance for Rural Emergency Hospital Provisions, Conversion Process and Conditions of Participation
Provides guidance regarding the enrollment and conversion processes for facilities interested in participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs as a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH). Covers eligibility, enrollment, conversion action plans, action plans, and attestation. Includes answers to frequently asked questions about the REH program.
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Provides guidance regarding the enrollment and conversion processes for facilities interested in participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs as a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH). Covers eligibility, enrollment, conversion action plans, action plans, and attestation. Includes answers to frequently asked questions about the REH program.
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Financial Performance of Rural and Urban Hospitals in the Medicare Shared Savings Program
Presents financial performance trends of hospitals that participated in Medicare's Shared Savings Program (SSP) from 2011-2018. Compares trends in 6 financial outcomes between SSP and non-SSP hospitals, and differences in these trends among rural and urban hospitals.
Author(s): Huang Huang, Xi Zhu, Fred Ullrich, A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith Mueller
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Presents financial performance trends of hospitals that participated in Medicare's Shared Savings Program (SSP) from 2011-2018. Compares trends in 6 financial outcomes between SSP and non-SSP hospitals, and differences in these trends among rural and urban hospitals.
Author(s): Huang Huang, Xi Zhu, Fred Ullrich, A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith Mueller
Date: 09/2024
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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