Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare business and finance
Rural Community Hospital Demonstration
An overview of a CMS demonstration project which provides cost-based reimbursement for small rural hospitals too large to be Critical Access Hospitals. Examines the community benefits and financial impact for participating hospitals.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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An overview of a CMS demonstration project which provides cost-based reimbursement for small rural hospitals too large to be Critical Access Hospitals. Examines the community benefits and financial impact for participating hospitals.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Data.CMS.gov
Interactive tool for identifying Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) data and information resources. Sources can be narrowed by the geographic level available, including state, county, rural and urban, and more. Sources can also be viewed by CMS program, topic, and setting of care.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Interactive tool for identifying Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) data and information resources. Sources can be narrowed by the geographic level available, including state, county, rural and urban, and more. Sources can also be viewed by CMS program, topic, and setting of care.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Healthcare Access in Rural Communities Topic Guide
Provides resources and answers frequently asked questions related to healthcare access. Discusses the importance of primary care for rural residents and covers barriers to healthcare access in rural areas, such as transportation, insurance, and workforce issues. Highlights strategies to improve access to care for rural residents.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Provides resources and answers frequently asked questions related to healthcare access. Discusses the importance of primary care for rural residents and covers barriers to healthcare access in rural areas, such as transportation, insurance, and workforce issues. Highlights strategies to improve access to care for rural residents.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Tools and Strategies for Managing Health Networks
Provides templates, guides, and other resources to help health network leaders manage and develop their networks. Includes resources focused on rural health networks.
Sponsoring organization: National Cooperative of Health Networks Association
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Provides templates, guides, and other resources to help health network leaders manage and develop their networks. Includes resources focused on rural health networks.
Sponsoring organization: National Cooperative of Health Networks Association
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Rural Hospital Closures
Interactive maps displaying the location of rural hospital closures and conversions across the U.S. from January 2005 to present. Provides sortable and downloadable lists containing important facility information about each closed hospital.
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Interactive maps displaying the location of rural hospital closures and conversions across the U.S. from January 2005 to present. Provides sortable and downloadable lists containing important facility information about each closed hospital.
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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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.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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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.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Medicare Learning Network: Telehealth & Remote Patient Monitoring
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, telehealth home health, remote patient monitoring, and a list of helpful websites.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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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, telehealth home health, remote patient monitoring, and a list of helpful websites.
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.
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Office of Rural Health
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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.
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Office of Rural Health
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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.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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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.
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 use and quality of healthcare for Medicare patients. Offers data on spending for the Medicare fee-for-service population. Also offers data on utilization of facilities for Medicare Advantage patients. Includes trends and comparisons to national and state averages.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Access to national, state, and county-level data on variations in use and quality of healthcare for Medicare patients. Offers data on spending for the Medicare fee-for-service population. Also offers data on utilization of facilities for Medicare Advantage patients. Includes trends and comparisons to national and state averages.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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