Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare facilities
Performance Benchmarking Toolkit for Rural Health Centers: Tracking Data to Improve Financial Performance
Offers guidance for rural health centers on how to apply data analysis tools to improve financial performance. Includes information on metrics and metrics and benchmarks for fee-for-service and value-based payment environments.
Date: 2021
Sponsoring organization: Capital Link
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Offers guidance for rural health centers on how to apply data analysis tools to improve financial performance. Includes information on metrics and metrics and benchmarks for fee-for-service and value-based payment environments.
Date: 2021
Sponsoring organization: Capital Link
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Rural Colorado: Access to Healthcare, 2021
Shows the location of rural clinics and rural hospitals by county. Identifies rural counties without a hospital or clinic.
Date: 2021
Sponsoring organization: Colorado Rural Health Center
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Shows the location of rural clinics and rural hospitals by county. Identifies rural counties without a hospital or clinic.
Date: 2021
Sponsoring organization: Colorado Rural Health Center
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Texas Rural Hospital Funding Resource Guide
Offers information on funding opportunities available to rural health facilities in Texas, including COVID-19, economic development, and telehealth funding. Lists federal and state funding programs, national foundations, and private foundations. Organizes Texas funders into 6 service regions, and provides a map of Critical Access Hospitals and Prospective Payment System Hospitals in each region.
Date: 2021
Sponsoring organization: Texas State Office of Rural Health
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Offers information on funding opportunities available to rural health facilities in Texas, including COVID-19, economic development, and telehealth funding. Lists federal and state funding programs, national foundations, and private foundations. Organizes Texas funders into 6 service regions, and provides a map of Critical Access Hospitals and Prospective Payment System Hospitals in each region.
Date: 2021
Sponsoring organization: Texas State Office of Rural Health
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2020 340B Health Annual Survey: 340B Hospitals Use Benefits to Provide Services and Improve Outcomes for Low-Income and Rural Patients
Summarizes the results of a November 2020 - January 2021 survey of nearly 500 hospitals, including small and rural hospitals, that participate in the 340B drug pricing program. Describes how these hospitals utilize their savings from the 340B program to benefit patients. Discusses the importance of the program to Critical Access Hospitals, Disproportionate Share Hospitals, and other safety-net facilities.
Date: 2021
Sponsoring organization: 340B Health
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Summarizes the results of a November 2020 - January 2021 survey of nearly 500 hospitals, including small and rural hospitals, that participate in the 340B drug pricing program. Describes how these hospitals utilize their savings from the 340B program to benefit patients. Discusses the importance of the program to Critical Access Hospitals, Disproportionate Share Hospitals, and other safety-net facilities.
Date: 2021
Sponsoring organization: 340B Health
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FQHC Roles and Opportunities Related to Rural Hospital Financial Distress and Closure
Explores the experiences of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) regarding hospital financial distress, downsizing, and closure. Summarizes the results of a survey of 34 FQHCs operating 277 sites in rural communities. Discusses the potential for collaboration between rural hospitals and FQHCs.
Date: 2021
Sponsoring organization: Capital Link
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Explores the experiences of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) regarding hospital financial distress, downsizing, and closure. Summarizes the results of a survey of 34 FQHCs operating 277 sites in rural communities. Discusses the potential for collaboration between rural hospitals and FQHCs.
Date: 2021
Sponsoring organization: Capital Link
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Financial Impact of COVID-19 on Rural Federally Qualified Health Centers
Infographic describing the estimated financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and the communities they serve between April 2020 and June 2021.
Date: 2021
Sponsoring organization: Capital Link
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Infographic describing the estimated financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and the communities they serve between April 2020 and June 2021.
Date: 2021
Sponsoring organization: Capital Link
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Rural Federally Qualified Health Centers Financial and Operational Performance Analysis 2016-2019
Examines financial and operational characteristics of rural Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). Explores FQHC patient and payer mix, revenue and growth mix, financial performance, quality of care, and more. Compares data on rural FQHCs to urban and national FQHC data.
Date: 2021
Sponsoring organization: Capital Link
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Examines financial and operational characteristics of rural Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). Explores FQHC patient and payer mix, revenue and growth mix, financial performance, quality of care, and more. Compares data on rural FQHCs to urban and national FQHC data.
Date: 2021
Sponsoring organization: Capital Link
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U.S. Hospital List (2020)
Excel file providing a comprehensive list of urban and rural U.S. hospitals that were reported open as of January 1, 2020. Includes 4,613 acute care hospitals and 1,379 specialty hospitals.
Date: 2021
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Excel file providing a comprehensive list of urban and rural U.S. hospitals that were reported open as of January 1, 2020. Includes 4,613 acute care hospitals and 1,379 specialty hospitals.
Date: 2021
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Guide to Selecting Population Health Management Technologies for Rural Care Delivery
Presents a six-step process to help organizations plan for and implement technology to manage the health of existing patient populations. Provides an explanation for each step and links to additional resources. Process consists of the following steps: form a team, set goals, plan for financing, develop requirements, compare products, select vendor and negotiate contracts.
Date: 2021
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Presents a six-step process to help organizations plan for and implement technology to manage the health of existing patient populations. Provides an explanation for each step and links to additional resources. Process consists of the following steps: form a team, set goals, plan for financing, develop requirements, compare products, select vendor and negotiate contracts.
Date: 2021
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Public Law 116–260: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
Text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Public Law 116-260 (December 27, 2020). Section 125 establishes the Rural Emergency Hospital designation. Section 127 makes changes to direct graduate medical education (GME) and indirect GME payments to teaching hospitals that train residents in Rural Training Programs.
Date: 12/2020
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Congress
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Text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Public Law 116-260 (December 27, 2020). Section 125 establishes the Rural Emergency Hospital designation. Section 127 makes changes to direct graduate medical education (GME) and indirect GME payments to teaching hospitals that train residents in Rural Training Programs.
Date: 12/2020
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Congress
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