Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Policy
Broadband Data Collection
Offers broadband tools and resources, including presentations, fact sheets, data, reports, and mobile broadband maps. Aims to provide up-to-date information on the availability of mobile and fixed broadband services to inform service provider and government decisions concerning the expansion of broadband.
Sponsoring organization: Federal Communications Commission
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Offers broadband tools and resources, including presentations, fact sheets, data, reports, and mobile broadband maps. Aims to provide up-to-date information on the availability of mobile and fixed broadband services to inform service provider and government decisions concerning the expansion of broadband.
Sponsoring organization: Federal Communications Commission
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Medicare Clarifies Recognition of Interstate License Compact Pathways
Guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) discussing the recognition of physician and non-physician practitioner licenses received through interstate license compacts for billing Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) for services provided to Medicare patients.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) discussing the recognition of physician and non-physician practitioner licenses received through interstate license compacts for billing Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) for services provided to Medicare patients.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Healthy Alaskans
Details Alaska's state health improvement plan. Highlights health objectives with the goal of reaching them by 2030. Features scorecards to track progress, interactive data portal, and news bulletins, among other things.
Sponsoring organizations: Alaska Department of Health, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
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Details Alaska's state health improvement plan. Highlights health objectives with the goal of reaching them by 2030. Features scorecards to track progress, interactive data portal, and news bulletins, among other things.
Sponsoring organizations: Alaska Department of Health, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
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Medicare Learning Network: Medicare Payment Systems
Provides general information about Medicare payment systems, including the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule; Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS); Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS); and more. Includes links to additional resources for each provider type.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Provides general information about Medicare payment systems, including the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule; Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS); Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS); and more. Includes links to additional resources for each provider type.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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CCHP Policy Finder
Database of telehealth laws and regulations with state-by-state information, Medicaid and Medicare information, and other payer and professional requirements. Offers maps comparing policies in each state.
Sponsoring organization: Center for Connected Health Policy: The National Telehealth Policy Resource Center
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Database of telehealth laws and regulations with state-by-state information, Medicaid and Medicare information, and other payer and professional requirements. Offers maps comparing policies in each state.
Sponsoring organization: Center for Connected Health Policy: The National Telehealth Policy Resource Center
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Multi-Discipline Licensure Resource Project
Provides current information on licensing for occupational and physical therapists, psychologists, and social workers. Resources include state-specific information related to licensure, as well as online and phone support.
Sponsoring organization: Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB)
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Provides current information on licensing for occupational and physical therapists, psychologists, and social workers. Resources include state-specific information related to licensure, as well as online and phone support.
Sponsoring organization: Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB)
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Provider Bridge
Connects healthcare professionals with state agencies and healthcare entities to increase access to care for patients in rural and underserved communities, and assists in mobilizing volunteer healthcare professionals during public health emergencies.
Sponsoring organization: Federation of State Medical Boards
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Connects healthcare professionals with state agencies and healthcare entities to increase access to care for patients in rural and underserved communities, and assists in mobilizing volunteer healthcare professionals during public health emergencies.
Sponsoring organization: Federation of State Medical Boards
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CMS Nursing Home Resource Center
Provides information for nursing home providers and CMS partners on regulations and guidance, training and resources, technical information, payment policy, and recent COVID-19 data and related policies. Includes resources and guidance for people in nursing homes and their caregivers.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Provides information for nursing home providers and CMS partners on regulations and guidance, training and resources, technical information, payment policy, and recent COVID-19 data and related policies. Includes resources and guidance for people in nursing homes and their caregivers.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Well Water in Rural Communities: Improving the Safety of Federally Unregulated Private Wells
Provides links to guides, case studies, and other tools that state and local public health agencies can use to implement policy, system, and environmental changes to improve water quality in private wells, especially those in rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: ChangeLab Solutions
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Provides links to guides, case studies, and other tools that state and local public health agencies can use to implement policy, system, and environmental changes to improve water quality in private wells, especially those in rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: ChangeLab Solutions
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Pennsylvania Rural Health Model
Provides information on a joint CMS and the Pennsylvania Department of Health model designed to improve the financial viability of rural Pennsylvania hospitals and reduce the growth of hospital expenditures across payers, including Medicare. Includes information on participating hospitals and details about the performance period and model targets. Concluded December 31, 2024.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Provides information on a joint CMS and the Pennsylvania Department of Health model designed to improve the financial viability of rural Pennsylvania hospitals and reduce the growth of hospital expenditures across payers, including Medicare. Includes information on participating hospitals and details about the performance period and model targets. Concluded December 31, 2024.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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