Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare business and finance
Health Costs, Coverage and Delivery State Legislation Database
Identifies enacted state legislation addressing healthcare costs, access, and health system efficiencies. Topics covered include alternative payment methods, health insurance marketplaces, health system consolidation and competition, Medicaid reforms, price transparency, surprise billing, and telehealth. Searchable by state, topic, keyword, year, status, and primary sponsor. Updated every two weeks, with information on legislation starting in 2022.
Sponsoring organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
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Identifies enacted state legislation addressing healthcare costs, access, and health system efficiencies. Topics covered include alternative payment methods, health insurance marketplaces, health system consolidation and competition, Medicaid reforms, price transparency, surprise billing, and telehealth. Searchable by state, topic, keyword, year, status, and primary sponsor. Updated every two weeks, with information on legislation starting in 2022.
Sponsoring organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
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Rural Impact Podcast
Podcast featuring discussions on how policy impacts rural areas. Covers rural healthcare, food insecurity, mobility, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Impact! Communications, Inc.
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Podcast featuring discussions on how policy impacts rural areas. Covers rural healthcare, food insecurity, mobility, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Impact! Communications, Inc.
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Rural Emergency Hospitals
Provides an overview of the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) provider designation. Outlines the services REHs provide and REH Conditions of Participation. Describes the facilities that are eligible to become an REH, the Medicare enrollment process, and technical assistance to REHs.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Provides an overview of the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) provider designation. Outlines the services REHs provide and REH Conditions of Participation. Describes the facilities that are eligible to become an REH, the Medicare enrollment process, and technical assistance to REHs.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Local Data on Poverty Status and Health Insurance Coverage in Wisconsin
Provides regional and county-level data pages on poverty and insurance coverage in Wisconsin, based on the Wisconsin Family Health Survey.
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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Provides regional and county-level data pages on poverty and insurance coverage in Wisconsin, based on the Wisconsin Family Health Survey.
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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Quality Payment Program Webinar Library
Offers recordings of webinars on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Payment Program. Includes overviews of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), measure development, regulations, support calls, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Offers recordings of webinars on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Payment Program. Includes overviews of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), measure development, regulations, support calls, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Data Portal
Dashboard provides data on a variety of population health measures. County level data, including a group of counties defined as rural, are available for topic areas including substance use and misuse; maternal and child health; elderly health; Medicaid enrollment; infectious diseases, cancer, and other health conditions; vaccinations; mortality including suicide; telehealth; and other general population and community health statistics. Includes the DHHS Factbook which reports on the activities of DHHS.
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Dashboard provides data on a variety of population health measures. County level data, including a group of counties defined as rural, are available for topic areas including substance use and misuse; maternal and child health; elderly health; Medicaid enrollment; infectious diseases, cancer, and other health conditions; vaccinations; mortality including suicide; telehealth; and other general population and community health statistics. Includes the DHHS Factbook which reports on the activities of DHHS.
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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HealthCare.gov Marketplace Plan Selections by Rural Status
Presents data on consumers who selected or were automatically reenrolled in a Marketplace medical plan during the 2023 open enrollment period. Includes state-by-state breakdowns of rural versus urban enrollees by ZIP code location, a U.S. map showing total enrollees by state, and open enrollment trends.
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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Presents data on consumers who selected or were automatically reenrolled in a Marketplace medical plan during the 2023 open enrollment period. Includes state-by-state breakdowns of rural versus urban enrollees by ZIP code location, a U.S. map showing total enrollees by state, and open enrollment trends.
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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Medicaid/CHIP Coverage by School Districts, 2019-2023
Provides data on the percent of children covered by Medicaid/CHIP by school district, with separate, searchable lists for each state.
Sponsoring organization: Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
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Provides data on the percent of children covered by Medicaid/CHIP by school district, with separate, searchable lists for each state.
Sponsoring organization: Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
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Telehealth for FQHCs/RHCs: Video Resource Library
Offers videos on topics relevant to telehealth implementation for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). Topics address telehealth readiness, marketing, selecting service providers, process improvement, and documenting workflows. Also, covers telehealth in primary care and dentistry, school-based telehealth, and diabetes prevention, screening and education services. Transcripts are available in the video descriptions.
Sponsoring organization: National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers
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Offers videos on topics relevant to telehealth implementation for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). Topics address telehealth readiness, marketing, selecting service providers, process improvement, and documenting workflows. Also, covers telehealth in primary care and dentistry, school-based telehealth, and diabetes prevention, screening and education services. Transcripts are available in the video descriptions.
Sponsoring organization: National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers
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Coverage For American Indian and Alaska Native Children
Examines the impact of The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act Outreach and Enrollment Round III Grantee Activities taking place July 2017 to June 2018 to improve health insurance coverage for American Indian and Alaska Native Children (AI/AN) children. Presents background, activities, and outcomes of grants taking place in rural, suburban, and urban areas.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Examines the impact of The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act Outreach and Enrollment Round III Grantee Activities taking place July 2017 to June 2018 to improve health insurance coverage for American Indian and Alaska Native Children (AI/AN) children. Presents background, activities, and outcomes of grants taking place in rural, suburban, and urban areas.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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