Rural Health
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National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Johnson City, Tennessee, June 12-14, 2005
Summary of a meeting addressing the following topics: family caregiver support for rural elderly, pharmacy services in rural areas, and health information technology in rural areas.
Date: 06/2005
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Summary of a meeting addressing the following topics: family caregiver support for rural elderly, pharmacy services in rural areas, and health information technology in rural areas.
Date: 06/2005
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Health Centers and Rural Clinics: State and Federal Implementation Issues for Medicaid's New Payment System
Reviews states' implementation of the prospective payment system (PPS) for Medicaid payments to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). Includes recommendations for CMS on guidance and oversight for states.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 06/2005
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Reviews states' implementation of the prospective payment system (PPS) for Medicaid payments to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). Includes recommendations for CMS on guidance and oversight for states.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 06/2005
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Elderly Housing: Federal Housing Programs and Supportive Services
An overview of federal programs that provide housing for older adults and which require the provision of supportive services. Includes information on rural housing programs for older adults.
Additional links: Full Report
Author(s): David G. Wood
Date: 06/2005
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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An overview of federal programs that provide housing for older adults and which require the provision of supportive services. Includes information on rural housing programs for older adults.
Additional links: Full Report
Author(s): David G. Wood
Date: 06/2005
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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MedPAC Report to the Congress: Issues in a Modernized Medicare Program, 2005
Examines issues affecting the Medicare program. Addresses Part D, Medicare's new outpatient prescription drug benefit, with some coverage of rural issues. Includes overview of the Medicare Advantage program. Discusses the effects of the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) provisions in the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA).
Date: 06/2005
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Examines issues affecting the Medicare program. Addresses Part D, Medicare's new outpatient prescription drug benefit, with some coverage of rural issues. Includes overview of the Medicare Advantage program. Discusses the effects of the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) provisions in the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA).
Date: 06/2005
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Community Health Worker (CHW) Certification and Training: A National Survey of Regionally and State-Based Programs
Provides a national overview of state policy and state involvement in more formal training and certification of community health workers. Analyzes the potential effects of these policy trends.
Author(s): Marlynn L. May, Bita Kash, Ricardo Contreras
Date: 05/2005
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
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Provides a national overview of state policy and state involvement in more formal training and certification of community health workers. Analyzes the potential effects of these policy trends.
Author(s): Marlynn L. May, Bita Kash, Ricardo Contreras
Date: 05/2005
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
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Health Information Technology: HHS is Taking Steps to Develop a National Strategy
Overview of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services efforts to develop a national health information technology (IT) strategy. Includes some information on rural health IT activities.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 05/2005
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Overview of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services efforts to develop a national health information technology (IT) strategy. Includes some information on rural health IT activities.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 05/2005
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Financial Indicators for Critical Access Hospitals
Discusses the development of a set of financial indicators for the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) program. Includes discussion of the potential usefulness of different types of indicators. Also provides indicator medians for CAHs for 1998-2003.
Author(s): George H. Pink, G. Mark Holmes, Cameron D'Alpe, et al.
Date: 05/2005
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Discusses the development of a set of financial indicators for the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) program. Includes discussion of the potential usefulness of different types of indicators. Also provides indicator medians for CAHs for 1998-2003.
Author(s): George H. Pink, G. Mark Holmes, Cameron D'Alpe, et al.
Date: 05/2005
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Factors that Influence Students in Choosing Rural Nursing Practice: A Pilot Study
Reports findings from a survey of nursing students, examining self-identified factors of students who expressed an interest in rural practice post-graduation.
Author(s): Angeline Bushy, Beverly Leipert
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 5(2), 387
Date: 04/2005
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Reports findings from a survey of nursing students, examining self-identified factors of students who expressed an interest in rural practice post-graduation.
Author(s): Angeline Bushy, Beverly Leipert
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 5(2), 387
Date: 04/2005
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The 2005 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Service Issues
Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Includes chapters focused on collaborations in rural communities, rural access to obstetrical services, and obesity in rural communities. Also examines rural welfare reform, including barriers faced by TANF recipients in the areas of transportation, child care, and the rural labor market. Includes recommendations to address these issues.
Date: 04/2005
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. Includes chapters focused on collaborations in rural communities, rural access to obstetrical services, and obesity in rural communities. Also examines rural welfare reform, including barriers faced by TANF recipients in the areas of transportation, child care, and the rural labor market. Includes recommendations to address these issues.
Date: 04/2005
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Patterns Of Post-Acute Utilization In Rural and Urban Communities: Home Health, Skilled Nursing, and Inpatient Medical Rehabilitation
Describes rural Medicare beneficiaries' patterns of post-acute utilization of home health services, skilled nursing facilities, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities. Provides baseline data that policymakers, researchers, and others who are interested in rural healthcare issues may use to monitor how changes in Medicare policies affect access to post-acute care in rural areas.
Author(s): Janet P. Sutton
Date: 03/2005
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Describes rural Medicare beneficiaries' patterns of post-acute utilization of home health services, skilled nursing facilities, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities. Provides baseline data that policymakers, researchers, and others who are interested in rural healthcare issues may use to monitor how changes in Medicare policies affect access to post-acute care in rural areas.
Author(s): Janet P. Sutton
Date: 03/2005
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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