Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare facilities
Oklahoma Critical Access Hospitals, Health Professional Shortage Areas: Primary Care
County map showing locations of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), CAH National Health Service Corps Sites, primary care low income designation, and geographic Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in Oklahoma.
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organization: Oklahoma Office of Primary Care and Rural Health Development
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County map showing locations of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), CAH National Health Service Corps Sites, primary care low income designation, and geographic Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in Oklahoma.
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organization: Oklahoma Office of Primary Care and Rural Health Development
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Beyond Patient Care: A Qualitative Study of Rural Hospitals' Role in Improving Community Health
Explores rural hospitals' motivations and strategies to engage in community health improvement efforts. Presents findings from eleven interviews with key informants from 4 Midwestern hospitals and identifies common themes.
Author(s): Mochamad Muska Nataliansyah, Xi Zhu, Thomas Vaughn, Keith Mueller
Citation: BMJ Open, 12(3), e057450
Date: 03/2022
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Explores rural hospitals' motivations and strategies to engage in community health improvement efforts. Presents findings from eleven interviews with key informants from 4 Midwestern hospitals and identifies common themes.
Author(s): Mochamad Muska Nataliansyah, Xi Zhu, Thomas Vaughn, Keith Mueller
Citation: BMJ Open, 12(3), e057450
Date: 03/2022
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Delaware Dental HPSA Designations
State map showing Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers in Delaware.
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organization: Delaware Health Statistics Center
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State map showing Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers in Delaware.
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organization: Delaware Health Statistics Center
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Delaware Mental HPSA Designations
State map showing Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers in Delaware.
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organization: Delaware Health Statistics Center
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State map showing Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers in Delaware.
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organization: Delaware Health Statistics Center
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Council on Graduate Medical Education Meeting Minutes, March 24-25, 2022
Summarizes the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME) meeting held on March 24-25, 2022. Includes updates from the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (ACTPCMD), Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program, and the Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Program. Features presentation from National Health Service Corps, HHS Initiative to Strengthen Primary Health Care, and more.
Additional links: Presentations
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organization: Council on Graduate Medical Education
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Summarizes the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME) meeting held on March 24-25, 2022. Includes updates from the Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry (ACTPCMD), Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) Program, and the Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Program. Features presentation from National Health Service Corps, HHS Initiative to Strengthen Primary Health Care, and more.
Additional links: Presentations
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organization: Council on Graduate Medical Education
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March 2022 MedPAC Meeting Transcript
Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) March 2022 meeting. Covers findings from MedPAC's annual beneficiary and clinician focus groups, Medicare payment policies to support safety net providers, opportunities to strengthen the geriatric workforce, integrating episode-based payment with population-based payment, and improving Medicare Advantage risk adjustment. Includes rural references throughout.
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) March 2022 meeting. Covers findings from MedPAC's annual beneficiary and clinician focus groups, Medicare payment policies to support safety net providers, opportunities to strengthen the geriatric workforce, integrating episode-based payment with population-based payment, and improving Medicare Advantage risk adjustment. Includes rural references throughout.
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Washington Rural Health Clinic Dental Services Toolkit: A Guide to Implementing Dental Services in Washington's Rural Health Clinics
Resource guide to assist Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) in Washington implement dental services alongside primary care. Covers funding, facility, health information technology, and other considerations related to implementing dental care.
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organization: Washington State Department of Health
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Resource guide to assist Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) in Washington implement dental services alongside primary care. Covers funding, facility, health information technology, and other considerations related to implementing dental care.
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organization: Washington State Department of Health
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Impact of New Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Reimbursement Methodology
Webinar discussing changes to the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) reimbursement methodology, covering upper payment limits and Oklahoma-specific implications of the changes, as well as RHC reimbursement impacts. Part a series of webinars directed toward rural hospital CEOs and CFOs.
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organizations: Oklahoma Office of Rural Health, Stroudwater Associates
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Webinar discussing changes to the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) reimbursement methodology, covering upper payment limits and Oklahoma-specific implications of the changes, as well as RHC reimbursement impacts. Part a series of webinars directed toward rural hospital CEOs and CFOs.
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organizations: Oklahoma Office of Rural Health, Stroudwater Associates
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Hospital Community Benefit Spending in Minnesota, 2016 to 2019: A Report to the Minnesota Legislature
Reports on hospital-based and community benefits spending from 2016 to 2019 that promotes health in Minnesota. Includes geographic breakdowns of information according to isolated small rural town, small town, large rural city, and urban.
Additional links: Data Tables
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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Reports on hospital-based and community benefits spending from 2016 to 2019 that promotes health in Minnesota. Includes geographic breakdowns of information according to isolated small rural town, small town, large rural city, and urban.
Additional links: Data Tables
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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Indian Health Service: Relief Funding and Agency Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Describes the COVID-19 relief funding for Indian Health Service (IHS), tribal, and urban Indian organization health facilities and how the funds were used to meet immediate and longstanding system needs. Discusses the initial IHS response to the pandemic and steps IHS took to address challenges that its hospitals faced responding to the pandemic.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Describes the COVID-19 relief funding for Indian Health Service (IHS), tribal, and urban Indian organization health facilities and how the funds were used to meet immediate and longstanding system needs. Discusses the initial IHS response to the pandemic and steps IHS took to address challenges that its hospitals faced responding to the pandemic.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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