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Affordable Care Act Opportunities for Community Health Workers: How Medicaid Preventive Services, Medicaid Health Homes, and State Innovation Models are Including Community Health Workers
Discusses how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has provided substantial incentives and opportunities to increase the role of community health workers (CHWs) in state Medicaid programs in urban and rural healthcare facilities (e.g. Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers).
Author(s): Amy Katzen, Maggie Morgan
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
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Scheduled Telephone Visits in the Veterans Health Administration Patient-Centered Medical Home
Discusses the Veteran's Administration patient-centered medical home model, Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT), which includes telephone visits to improve care access and efficiency.
Author(s): Nina R. Sperber, Heather A. King, Karen Steinhauser, et al.
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 14, 145
Date: 2014
Type: Document
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Helping Primary Care Practices Attain Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition Through Collaboration With a University
Evaluates a model supporting rural primary care practices during their development to achieve recognition as a National Center for Quality Assurance patient-centered medical home (PCMH). This model was a collaboration between Community Care of North Carolina and Appalachian State University's College of Health Sciences where undergraduate healthcare management and preprofessional students were guided by the PCMH team to work directly with the practices.
Author(s): Sandi J. Lane, R.W. "Chip" Watkins
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 26(6), 784-786
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
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Effects of Patient-Centered Medical Home Attributes on Patients' Perceptions of Quality in Federally Supported Health Centers
Analyzes patient survey results that rated the quality of care and the patient-centered medical home attributes provided at federally supported health centers in rural and urban locations.
Author(s): Lydie A. Lebrun-Harris, Leiyu Shi, Jinsheng Zhu, et al.
Citation: Annals of Family Medicine, 11(6), 508-516
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
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Care Management for Medicaid Enrollees Through Community Health Teams
Presents data from a 2011-2012 review of state Medicaid medical home programs in 8 states. Identifies community health team programs that provide services such as care coordination and self-management coaching. Includes information on small or rural practices.
Author(s): Mary Takach, Jason Buxbaum
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
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Lost in the Rush to National Reform: Recommendations to Improve Impact on Behavioral Health Providers in Rural Areas
Highlights the challenges faced by behavioral health agencies, providers, and clients in rural New Mexico via a piloted version of the health home model and presents recommendations to improve access to and quality of services.
Author(s): Rafael Semansky, Cathleen Willging, David Ley, Barbara Rylko-Bauer
Citation: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 23(2), 842-856
Date: 05/2012
Type: Document
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The Health and Well-Being of Children in Rural Areas: A Portrait of the Nation 2007
Analyzes data from the National Survey of Children's Health to describe the health status, healthcare utilization, activities, and family and community environments experienced by children in rural and urban areas.
Date: 09/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Patient-Centered Medical Home Services in 29 Rural Primary Care Practices: A Work in Progress
Examines the progress of rural primary care practices as they implement the processes and services of Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs) across five domains: access to care, population-based care, quality, care management, and clinical information management. Findings are based on responses from a national survey of 29 rural physician practices.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Fred Ullrich, Keith J. Mueller
Date: 09/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Use of Health Information Technology in Support of Patient-Centered Medical Homes Is Low Among Non-Metropolitan Family Medicine Practices
Discusses the concept of a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) and examines if physician practices, especially non-metropolitan primary care practices, are ready to become PCMHs. Focuses on their use of health information technology (HIT).
Author(s): Keith J. Mueller, Fred Ullrich, A. Clinton MacKinney
Date: 04/2011
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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The 2009 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues
Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on issues related to rural America. Examines three key topics: workforce and community development, creating viable patient-centered medical homes, and serving at-risk children.
Date: 04/2009
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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