Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare business and finance
An Introduction to RHI's Network Sustainability Toolkit: History and Background
Provides an audio recording of a presentation on the history and background of the Network Sustainability Toolkit. Covers the goals for the toolkit, what it includes, and the research process behind the creation of the toolkit. Summarizes the characteristics of a sustainable rural health network.
Date: 07/2019
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Provides an audio recording of a presentation on the history and background of the Network Sustainability Toolkit. Covers the goals for the toolkit, what it includes, and the research process behind the creation of the toolkit. Summarizes the characteristics of a sustainable rural health network.
Date: 07/2019
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Guidance to States and School Systems on Addressing Mental Health and Substance Use Issues in Schools
Report provides guidance to school systems and state governments about mental health and substance use in schools. Highlights examples of methods to identify and address mental health issues and substance use in schools. Discusses state-level Medicaid funding for behavioral health.
Author(s): Elinore McCance-Katz, Calder Lynch
Date: 07/2019
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Report provides guidance to school systems and state governments about mental health and substance use in schools. Highlights examples of methods to identify and address mental health issues and substance use in schools. Discusses state-level Medicaid funding for behavioral health.
Author(s): Elinore McCance-Katz, Calder Lynch
Date: 07/2019
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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When Will the U.S. Territories Exhaust Federal Medicaid Funding?
Issue brief exploring the projected effects on healthcare expense funding in American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands if all sources of federal funding are allowed to expire in 2019. Features statistics for Medicaid funding and spending in the territories for fiscal year 2018, and sources of federal Medicaid funding and periods during which the funding is available.
Date: 07/2019
Sponsoring organization: Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission
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Issue brief exploring the projected effects on healthcare expense funding in American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands if all sources of federal funding are allowed to expire in 2019. Features statistics for Medicaid funding and spending in the territories for fiscal year 2018, and sources of federal Medicaid funding and periods during which the funding is available.
Date: 07/2019
Sponsoring organization: Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission
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Nebraska's Uninsured and the Coverage Gap by County
Highlights the percent of the population without health insurance by county in Nebraska for 2017. Details the percentage of people employed without insurance and those that fall in the gap between Medicaid eligibility and the least expensive insurance plan.
Date: 07/2019
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Affairs
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Highlights the percent of the population without health insurance by county in Nebraska for 2017. Details the percentage of people employed without insurance and those that fall in the gap between Medicaid eligibility and the least expensive insurance plan.
Date: 07/2019
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Affairs
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Texas Area Health Education Centers, Managed Care Areas, and Texas Workforce Board
Offers map showing Texas Area Health Education Center regions, managed care areas, and Texas Workforce Board regions.
Date: 06/2019
Sponsoring organization: Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals
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Offers map showing Texas Area Health Education Center regions, managed care areas, and Texas Workforce Board regions.
Date: 06/2019
Sponsoring organization: Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals
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A Rural Health Crisis: The Changing Landscape of the 1980s and Beyond
Brief video overview of issues in the 1980s that resulted in a wave of rural hospital closures, including an economic shift from manufacturing, farm closures, and changes in the Medicare payment system.
Date: 06/2019
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Brief video overview of issues in the 1980s that resulted in a wave of rural hospital closures, including an economic shift from manufacturing, farm closures, and changes in the Medicare payment system.
Date: 06/2019
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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The Role of Primary Care in Improving Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment for Rural Medicaid Enrollees with Opioid Use Disorder
Examines the utilization of primary care among rural Medicaid enrollees in rural Pennsylvania diagnosed with an opioid use disorder (OUD). Describes the relationship between primary care utilization, distance to a medication-assisted treatment (MAT) prescriber, and MAT utilization.
Author(s): Evan S. Cole, Ellen DiDomenico, Gerald Cochran, et al.
Citation: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 34(6), 936-943
Date: 06/2019
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Examines the utilization of primary care among rural Medicaid enrollees in rural Pennsylvania diagnosed with an opioid use disorder (OUD). Describes the relationship between primary care utilization, distance to a medication-assisted treatment (MAT) prescriber, and MAT utilization.
Author(s): Evan S. Cole, Ellen DiDomenico, Gerald Cochran, et al.
Citation: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 34(6), 936-943
Date: 06/2019
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The Rural Hospital Problem
Provides a perspective on rural hospital closures, summarizing literature on contributing factors and impacts on healthcare access and rural economies. Also discusses hospital quality and hospital competition.
Author(s): Austin B. Frankt
Citation: JAMA, 321(23), 2271-2272
Date: 06/2019
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Provides a perspective on rural hospital closures, summarizing literature on contributing factors and impacts on healthcare access and rural economies. Also discusses hospital quality and hospital competition.
Author(s): Austin B. Frankt
Citation: JAMA, 321(23), 2271-2272
Date: 06/2019
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How the Federal Government Supports State and Local Efforts to Improve Rural Health: A Q&A with Tom Morris
Provides a Q&A with Tom Morris, associate administrator of rural health policy at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Focuses on how government agencies are addressing rural hospital closures, population health, rural workforce development, and the opioid epidemic.
Date: 06/2019
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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Provides a Q&A with Tom Morris, associate administrator of rural health policy at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Focuses on how government agencies are addressing rural hospital closures, population health, rural workforce development, and the opioid epidemic.
Date: 06/2019
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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HELP Committee Executive Session: S. 1199, S. 1173, and S.1895
Congressional hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, Pensions (HELP) Committee focused on: the Poison Center Network Enhancement Act of 2019, Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act of 2019, and Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019. Focuses on ending surprise medical billing, creating price transparency, increasing prescription drug competition, improving public health, and improving health information exchange. Legislation would extend funding for community health centers, the National Health Service Corps, and the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program. Addresses rural throughout.
Date: 06/2019
Sponsoring organization: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
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Congressional hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, Pensions (HELP) Committee focused on: the Poison Center Network Enhancement Act of 2019, Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act of 2019, and Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019. Focuses on ending surprise medical billing, creating price transparency, increasing prescription drug competition, improving public health, and improving health information exchange. Legislation would extend funding for community health centers, the National Health Service Corps, and the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program. Addresses rural throughout.
Date: 06/2019
Sponsoring organization: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
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