Rural Health
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Rural Policy Implications for Health Insurance Exchanges
Presents policy recommendations from the National Advisory Committee regarding key provisions from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Presents policy recommendations from the National Advisory Committee regarding key provisions from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Rural Challenges for HHS in Implementing the Community-Based Care Transitions Program (CCTP)
Covers rural challenges for HHS in Implementing the Community-Based Care Transitions Program (CCTP). Recommends steps to more effectively assess those proposals that might be submitted for CCTP funding from rural areas.
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Covers rural challenges for HHS in Implementing the Community-Based Care Transitions Program (CCTP). Recommends steps to more effectively assess those proposals that might be submitted for CCTP funding from rural areas.
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Care Transitions: "Time to Come Home"
Examines care coordination with a focus on transitions from inpatient care back to the rural community and suggests ways of measuring the quality of care coordination on discharge from the hospital.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): Shailendra Prasad, Jill M. Klingner, Ira Moscovice
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Examines care coordination with a focus on transitions from inpatient care back to the rural community and suggests ways of measuring the quality of care coordination on discharge from the hospital.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): Shailendra Prasad, Jill M. Klingner, Ira Moscovice
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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The 2011 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues
Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services focused on rural childhood obesity, place-based initiatives for rural early childhood development, and rural implications of accountable care organizations and payment bundling. Includes recommendations to address these issues and provides appendices describing the 2010 site visits.
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services focused on rural childhood obesity, place-based initiatives for rural early childhood development, and rural implications of accountable care organizations and payment bundling. Includes recommendations to address these issues and provides appendices describing the 2010 site visits.
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Provision of Long Term Care Services by Critical Access Hospitals: Are Things Changing?
Describes trends in access to post-acute and long-term care services in rural areas. Discusses the role Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) play and how their role could change.
Author(s): Melanie Race, John Gale, Andrew Coburn
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Describes trends in access to post-acute and long-term care services in rural areas. Discusses the role Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) play and how their role could change.
Author(s): Melanie Race, John Gale, Andrew Coburn
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Place-Based Policies and Public Health: The Road to Healthy Rural People and Places
Identifies how the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) can influence the social determinants of health and contribute to the prosperity, equity, sustainability, and livability of rural places.
Author(s): Keith J. Mueller, A. Clinton MacKinney, Mario Gutierrez, Jocelyn Richgels
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organizations: Rural Policy Research Institute Human Services Panel, Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Identifies how the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) can influence the social determinants of health and contribute to the prosperity, equity, sustainability, and livability of rural places.
Author(s): Keith J. Mueller, A. Clinton MacKinney, Mario Gutierrez, Jocelyn Richgels
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organizations: Rural Policy Research Institute Human Services Panel, Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Changes in Obstetrical Services Among Critical Access Hospitals
Reports trends and changes in the provision of obstetrical services in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) using data from 2000 to 2009.
Author(s): Mark Holmes, Saleema Karim, George Pink
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Reports trends and changes in the provision of obstetrical services in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) using data from 2000 to 2009.
Author(s): Mark Holmes, Saleema Karim, George Pink
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Farm Labor Housing Program Management and Oversight
Provides an overview of the Farm Labor Housing (FLH) Loan and Grant Program from 2010. Covers the demand for the FLH program, the processes Rural Housing Service (RHS) goes through to ensure quality housing for eligible farmworkers, and the financial status and fiscal management of FHL properties.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Provides an overview of the Farm Labor Housing (FLH) Loan and Grant Program from 2010. Covers the demand for the FLH program, the processes Rural Housing Service (RHS) goes through to ensure quality housing for eligible farmworkers, and the financial status and fiscal management of FHL properties.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Health Decision-making Among Rural Women: Physician Access and Prescription Adherence
Presents findings from a study that explored physician access and prescription adherence among rural, low-income women. Suggests interventions and further research in order to improve access to care and improve the overall health and well-being of rural women.
Author(s): Erik Carlton, Leigh Ann Simmons
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 11(1), 1599
Date: 03/2011
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Presents findings from a study that explored physician access and prescription adherence among rural, low-income women. Suggests interventions and further research in order to improve access to care and improve the overall health and well-being of rural women.
Author(s): Erik Carlton, Leigh Ann Simmons
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 11(1), 1599
Date: 03/2011
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MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2011
Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Discussions of rural aspects of Medicare payment policies are included in the report.
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Discussions of rural aspects of Medicare payment policies are included in the report.
Date: 03/2011
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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