Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Hospitals
Rural Hospitals and Medicaid Payment Policy
Describes how rural hospitals serve Medicaid beneficiaries and the process through which Medicaid programs pay rural hospitals. Features statistics from 2015 with breakdowns by urban hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), and other rural hospitals.
Date: 08/2018
Sponsoring organization: Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission
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Describes how rural hospitals serve Medicaid beneficiaries and the process through which Medicaid programs pay rural hospitals. Features statistics from 2015 with breakdowns by urban hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), and other rural hospitals.
Date: 08/2018
Sponsoring organization: Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission
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Emerging Strategies to Ensure Access to Health Care Services: Rural Hospital-Health Clinic Integration
Provides an overview of the benefits of sharing resources between rural hospitals and clinics, including Federally Qualified Health Centers. Offers suggestions for federal policy solutions and actions for hospital and health system to deploy.
Date: 08/2018
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Provides an overview of the benefits of sharing resources between rural hospitals and clinics, including Federally Qualified Health Centers. Offers suggestions for federal policy solutions and actions for hospital and health system to deploy.
Date: 08/2018
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Implementing Team Huddles in Small Rural Hospitals: How Does the Kotter Model of Change Apply?
Discusses how the Kotter model of change and team huddles were implemented through the TeamSTEPPS program at 8 Critical Access Hospitals in Iowa. Describes how team huddles can promote patient safety. Examines different implementation strategies, the scope of implementation, and other factors that supported or hindered the performance of teams executing the Kotter model of change.
Author(s): Jure Baloh, Xi Zhu, Marcia M. Ward
Citation: Journal of Nursing Management, 26(5), 571-578
Date: 07/2018
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Discusses how the Kotter model of change and team huddles were implemented through the TeamSTEPPS program at 8 Critical Access Hospitals in Iowa. Describes how team huddles can promote patient safety. Examines different implementation strategies, the scope of implementation, and other factors that supported or hindered the performance of teams executing the Kotter model of change.
Author(s): Jure Baloh, Xi Zhu, Marcia M. Ward
Citation: Journal of Nursing Management, 26(5), 571-578
Date: 07/2018
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2018 Rural Hospital and Clinic Financial Summit Report: Key Financial Success Indicators and Strategies
Identifies the indicators of financial success for hospitals and clinics, provides strategies to transition into value-based payment models, and includes success stories from Summit participants and resources necessary for hospitals and clinics. Includes a table showing Critical Access Hospital financial indicators medians for 2016.
Date: 07/2018
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Identifies the indicators of financial success for hospitals and clinics, provides strategies to transition into value-based payment models, and includes success stories from Summit participants and resources necessary for hospitals and clinics. Includes a table showing Critical Access Hospital financial indicators medians for 2016.
Date: 07/2018
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Reducing Health Care Costs: Decreasing Administrative Spending
Presents testimony from the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) on reducing healthcare costs by decreasing administrative spending in hospitals. Includes policy recommendations. Features testimony from the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association, America's Health Insurance Plans, a Harvard economics professor, and an economic advisor to the American Action Forum.
Additional links: Becky Hultberg Testimony
Author(s): Becky Hultberg, Matt Eyles, David M. Cutler, Robert A. Book
Date: 07/2018
Sponsoring organization: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
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Presents testimony from the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) on reducing healthcare costs by decreasing administrative spending in hospitals. Includes policy recommendations. Features testimony from the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association, America's Health Insurance Plans, a Harvard economics professor, and an economic advisor to the American Action Forum.
Additional links: Becky Hultberg Testimony
Author(s): Becky Hultberg, Matt Eyles, David M. Cutler, Robert A. Book
Date: 07/2018
Sponsoring organization: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
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Together We Can Be Bully Free: CAH and Law Enforcement Address Peer Victimization through School-Based Program
Highlights an anti-bullying program developed by Union General Hospital, a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) in Union Parish, Louisiana. Describes how the hospital and local law enforcement collaborate to teach elementary, middle, and high school students about the negative effects bullying and how to model positive social behavior.
Author(s): Jenn Lukens
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 07/2018
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Highlights an anti-bullying program developed by Union General Hospital, a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) in Union Parish, Louisiana. Describes how the hospital and local law enforcement collaborate to teach elementary, middle, and high school students about the negative effects bullying and how to model positive social behavior.
Author(s): Jenn Lukens
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 07/2018
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Coronary Artery Disease, Acute Myocardial Infarction, and Ischemic Stroke Rates Among Inpatient Stays, 2001–2014
Examines adult inpatient stays with diagnoses of coronary artery disease, acute myocardial infarction, and ischemic stroke and by procedure for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and coronary artery bypass graft. Includes data by location of patient residence for rural, micropolitan, small metropolitan, and large metropolitan counties.
Author(s): Quyen Ngo-Metzger, Arlene S. Bierman, Amanda Borsky, et al.
Date: 07/2018
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Examines adult inpatient stays with diagnoses of coronary artery disease, acute myocardial infarction, and ischemic stroke and by procedure for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and coronary artery bypass graft. Includes data by location of patient residence for rural, micropolitan, small metropolitan, and large metropolitan counties.
Author(s): Quyen Ngo-Metzger, Arlene S. Bierman, Amanda Borsky, et al.
Date: 07/2018
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Drug Discount Program: Characteristics of Hospitals Participating and Not Participating in the 340B Program
Analyzes 2016 cost report data to describe and compare characteristics of 340B participating and non-participating hospitals, specifically examining three hospital types: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Sole Community Hospitals (SCHs), and general acute care hospitals. Discusses trends related to decreased charity care and an increase in Medicaid expansion on 340B hospital participation.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 07/2018
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Analyzes 2016 cost report data to describe and compare characteristics of 340B participating and non-participating hospitals, specifically examining three hospital types: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Sole Community Hospitals (SCHs), and general acute care hospitals. Discusses trends related to decreased charity care and an increase in Medicaid expansion on 340B hospital participation.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 07/2018
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Strengthening the Workforce to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes in Rural Areas
Highlights rural workforce initiatives related to maternity and childbirth services and discusses strategies to improve rural pregnancy outcomes. Features a training program at a Critical Access Hospital in Alaska and a rural OB-GYN residency program in Wisconsin.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 07/2018
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Highlights rural workforce initiatives related to maternity and childbirth services and discusses strategies to improve rural pregnancy outcomes. Features a training program at a Critical Access Hospital in Alaska and a rural OB-GYN residency program in Wisconsin.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 07/2018
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Quality Peer Group Indicators for Critical Access Hospitals
Describes the results of a study to identify Critical Access Hospital (CAH) peer groups for the purposes of analyzing quality performance indicators.
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Ira Moscovice, Peiyin Hung
Date: 07/2018
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Describes the results of a study to identify Critical Access Hospital (CAH) peer groups for the purposes of analyzing quality performance indicators.
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Ira Moscovice, Peiyin Hung
Date: 07/2018
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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