Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Service delivery models
State Actions to Promote and Restrain Commercial Accountable Care Organizations
Identifies actions state governments can take to promote the benefits of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) while mitigating potential risks. Discusses rural-specific concerns related to solvency and exclusivity provisions. Also examines state policy tools that regulate and support both providers and payers. Section 2 offers ACO policy guidance specific to California.
Author(s): Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare
Date: 10/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of California - Berkeley
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Identifies actions state governments can take to promote the benefits of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) while mitigating potential risks. Discusses rural-specific concerns related to solvency and exclusivity provisions. Also examines state policy tools that regulate and support both providers and payers. Section 2 offers ACO policy guidance specific to California.
Author(s): Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare
Date: 10/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of California - Berkeley
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Rural Delivery System Reform Takes Center Stage for National Advisory Committee
Reports on discussion at a September 2015 meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services focused on the need for rural healthcare providers to be involved in health system changes related to payment and service delivery.
Author(s): Kate Menzies, Brandon Baumbach
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 10/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Reports on discussion at a September 2015 meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services focused on the need for rural healthcare providers to be involved in health system changes related to payment and service delivery.
Author(s): Kate Menzies, Brandon Baumbach
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 10/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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National Advisory Committee Tackles Delivery System Reform, Child Poverty
Describes a September 2015 meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services held in Mahnomen, Minnesota, which focused on rural child poverty and healthcare delivery system reform.
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 10/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Describes a September 2015 meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services held in Mahnomen, Minnesota, which focused on rural child poverty and healthcare delivery system reform.
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 10/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Mahnomen, Minnesota, September 9-11, 2015
Provides a summary of the 78th meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services (NACRHHS), which was held in Mahnomen, Minnesota. Primary topics of discussion include poverty among children in rural areas, particularly within tribal communities, and healthcare delivery system reform.
Date: 09/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Provides a summary of the 78th meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services (NACRHHS), which was held in Mahnomen, Minnesota. Primary topics of discussion include poverty among children in rural areas, particularly within tribal communities, and healthcare delivery system reform.
Date: 09/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Evaluation of the Frontier Community Health Care Coordination Network Grant
Policy brief analyzing the effectiveness of using community health workers as community healthcare coordinators during a 3 year period (2012–2015) in frontier Montana. Includes recommendations to other communities that may consider implementing this model. Project was supported by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) Frontier Community Health Care Network Coordination (FCHCNC) grant program.
Date: 09/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Policy brief analyzing the effectiveness of using community health workers as community healthcare coordinators during a 3 year period (2012–2015) in frontier Montana. Includes recommendations to other communities that may consider implementing this model. Project was supported by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) Frontier Community Health Care Network Coordination (FCHCNC) grant program.
Date: 09/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project Guide: A Guide for Rural Hospitals to Identify Populations and Shift to Population Health
Helps hospital management teams recognize specific patient populations associated with a higher percentage of total healthcare expenditures and helps hospitals focus their programs on these population groups to improve quality of care, healthcare outcomes, and reduce healthcare costs. Serves as a resource for State Offices of Rural Health directors and Flex Program coordinators to help rural hospitals with transition efforts to value-based payment models.
Date: 09/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Stroudwater Associates
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Helps hospital management teams recognize specific patient populations associated with a higher percentage of total healthcare expenditures and helps hospitals focus their programs on these population groups to improve quality of care, healthcare outcomes, and reduce healthcare costs. Serves as a resource for State Offices of Rural Health directors and Flex Program coordinators to help rural hospitals with transition efforts to value-based payment models.
Date: 09/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: National Rural Health Resource Center, Stroudwater Associates
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Leading Change: Best Practices in Technical Assistance for Rural and Frontier Health-Care in an Era of Transformation
Provides resources, tools, and proven practices to augment technical assistance and support the development and implementation of services provided by State Offices of Rural Health (SORH), nonprofit organizations, and government agencies when working with rural and frontier health service organizations (HSOs).
Date: 08/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Frontier Communities
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Provides resources, tools, and proven practices to augment technical assistance and support the development and implementation of services provided by State Offices of Rural Health (SORH), nonprofit organizations, and government agencies when working with rural and frontier health service organizations (HSOs).
Date: 08/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Frontier Communities
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Investing in Population Health
Profile of a pilot project in rural New Mexico focused on population health for Medicaid recipients. Offers communities 3 levels of patient services and payment. Uses community health workers to address the social determinants of health.
Date: 08/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Profile of a pilot project in rural New Mexico focused on population health for Medicaid recipients. Offers communities 3 levels of patient services and payment. Uses community health workers to address the social determinants of health.
Date: 08/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Realizing the Promise of Telehealth for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Describes how telehealth can improve access for children with special healthcare needs in California, particularly those living in rural areas. Provides an overview of California's telehealth policies, and describes how telehealth is being used in the state to meet the needs of this population.
Author(s): Jacob Vigil, Jenny Kattlove, Rebecca Litman, et al.
Date: 08/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: The Children's Partnership
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Describes how telehealth can improve access for children with special healthcare needs in California, particularly those living in rural areas. Provides an overview of California's telehealth policies, and describes how telehealth is being used in the state to meet the needs of this population.
Author(s): Jacob Vigil, Jenny Kattlove, Rebecca Litman, et al.
Date: 08/2015
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: The Children's Partnership
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Telephone-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Telephone-Delivered Nondirective Supportive Therapy for Rural Older Adults With Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Analyzes therapy provided over the phone and its impact on symptoms of anxiety and depression among aging populations in rural areas that lack mental health services.
Author(s): Gretchen A. Brenes, Suzanne C. Danhauer, Mary F. Lyles, Patricia E. Hogan, Michael E. Miller
Citation: JAMA Psychiatry, 72(10), 1012-1020
Date: 08/2015
Type: Document
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Analyzes therapy provided over the phone and its impact on symptoms of anxiety and depression among aging populations in rural areas that lack mental health services.
Author(s): Gretchen A. Brenes, Suzanne C. Danhauer, Mary F. Lyles, Patricia E. Hogan, Michael E. Miller
Citation: JAMA Psychiatry, 72(10), 1012-1020
Date: 08/2015
Type: Document
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