Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Policy
Health Center Program: 2011 Grant Award Process Highlighted Need and Special Populations and Merits Evaluation
Examines the actions HRSA has taken to target its grants for new delivery sites to health centers in communities with demonstrated need and the outcome of HRSA's award process in recent years, and the extent to which HRSA-funded health centers collaborate and compete with other health care providers in their service area.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 05/2012
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Examines the actions HRSA has taken to target its grants for new delivery sites to health centers in communities with demonstrated need and the outcome of HRSA's award process in recent years, and the extent to which HRSA-funded health centers collaborate and compete with other health care providers in their service area.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 05/2012
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Flux in Loan Repayment Programs for Healthcare Professionals With States' Budget Cuts and National Health Service Corps Budget Increases
Discusses how states' loan repayment programs are weathering the current economic conditions and competition with the expanding federal National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.
Author(s): Donald Pathman, Lynda Goldberg, Thomas R. Konrad, Kelly Kerwin, Jennifer Craft Morgan
Date: 05/2012
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Discusses how states' loan repayment programs are weathering the current economic conditions and competition with the expanding federal National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.
Author(s): Donald Pathman, Lynda Goldberg, Thomas R. Konrad, Kelly Kerwin, Jennifer Craft Morgan
Date: 05/2012
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Anticipating the Rural Impact of Medicare Value-Based Purchasing
Describes the design and implementation of Medicare value-based purchasing (VBP) programs. Addresses the potential impact of these programs on rural healthcare providers. Includes discussion on the five provider types: Prospective Payment system (PPS) hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), home health agencies, and physician office practices.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith J. Mueller, Nicholas P. Lillios, et al.
Date: 04/2012
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Describes the design and implementation of Medicare value-based purchasing (VBP) programs. Addresses the potential impact of these programs on rural healthcare providers. Includes discussion on the five provider types: Prospective Payment system (PPS) hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), home health agencies, and physician office practices.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith J. Mueller, Nicholas P. Lillios, et al.
Date: 04/2012
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Primary Care and Public Health: Exploring Integration to Improve Population Health
Provides a detailed portrait for integrating primary healthcare and public health to move the nation toward a more efficient health system. Includes some examples from rural areas.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 03/2012
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Provides a detailed portrait for integrating primary healthcare and public health to move the nation toward a more efficient health system. Includes some examples from rural areas.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 03/2012
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2012
Reviews Medicare payment policies and covers policy recommendations to Congress. Discusses rural aspects of Medicare payment policies.
Date: 03/2012
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Reviews Medicare payment policies and covers policy recommendations to Congress. Discusses rural aspects of Medicare payment policies.
Date: 03/2012
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Regional Resilience: Research and Policy Brief
Summarizes research on disaster resiliency. Provides a framework for assessing current policy and practice as it relates to regional resilience. Includes rural areas.
Author(s): Brian Dabson, Colleen M. Heflin, Kathleen K. Miller
Date: 02/2012
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
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Summarizes research on disaster resiliency. Provides a framework for assessing current policy and practice as it relates to regional resilience. Includes rural areas.
Author(s): Brian Dabson, Colleen M. Heflin, Kathleen K. Miller
Date: 02/2012
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
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Ohio Appalachian Residents' Views on Smoke-free Laws and Cigarette Warning Labels
Presents results from a study that explored attitudes and beliefs of residents in Appalachian Ohio relating to smoke-free laws and public health policies in place to reduce smoking and smoking-related diseases.
Author(s): Paul Reiter, Mary Wewers, Electra Paskett, Elizabeth Klein, Mira Katz
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(1), 1945
Date: 02/2012
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Presents results from a study that explored attitudes and beliefs of residents in Appalachian Ohio relating to smoke-free laws and public health policies in place to reduce smoking and smoking-related diseases.
Author(s): Paul Reiter, Mary Wewers, Electra Paskett, Elizabeth Klein, Mira Katz
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(1), 1945
Date: 02/2012
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Defining the Issues and Principles of Recruitment and Retention: Introduction to the Rural Health Careers Pipeline Series
Overview of the issues endemic to healthcare workforce recruitment and retention in rural areas. The introduction to a series of issue papers addressing rural health care workforce development through career pipeline programs.
Author(s): Dave Schmitz, Natalie Claiborne, Nicole Rouhana
Date: 01/2012
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Overview of the issues endemic to healthcare workforce recruitment and retention in rural areas. The introduction to a series of issue papers addressing rural health care workforce development through career pipeline programs.
Author(s): Dave Schmitz, Natalie Claiborne, Nicole Rouhana
Date: 01/2012
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Pursuing High Performance in Rural Health Care
Addresses the state of rural healthcare and offers a vision for a high performance rural healthcare system that is affordable, accessible, community-focused, high quality, and patient-centered. Covers models of care, value-based payments, healthy communities, and more.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith J. Mueller, Andrew F. Coburn, et al.
Date: 01/2012
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Addresses the state of rural healthcare and offers a vision for a high performance rural healthcare system that is affordable, accessible, community-focused, high quality, and patient-centered. Covers models of care, value-based payments, healthy communities, and more.
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith J. Mueller, Andrew F. Coburn, et al.
Date: 01/2012
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Quality Incentives for Federally Qualified Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics and Free Clinics: A Report to Congress
Discusses initiatives and incentives that apply to primary care clinics regarding quality of care and the use of health information technology.
Date: 01/2012
Sponsoring organization: George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management
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Discusses initiatives and incentives that apply to primary care clinics regarding quality of care and the use of health information technology.
Date: 01/2012
Sponsoring organization: George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management
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