Rural Health
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Medicare Learning Network: Federally Qualified Health Center
Provides a general overview of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and includes a list of helpful rural health resources and websites.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Medicare Benefit Policy Manual: Chapter 7 - Home Health Services
Discusses the Home Health Prospective Payment System (PPS), requirements for home health coverage, services provided, physician certificates, supplies, and duration. Mentions rural throughout.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Medicare Learning Network: Home Health Prospective Payment System & Coverage
Provides information on the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) including background information and consolidated billing requirements, coverage of HH services, elements of the HH PPS, and additional requirements. Includes information on payment adjustments for rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Rural Emergency Department Performance Improvement: A Compendium of Performance Topics
Provides rural hospital leaders a quick, easy-to-read primer about the emergency department.
Author(s): Clint MacKinney
Sponsoring organization: Stroudwater Associates
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Code of Federal Regulations: Title 42 Public Health, Chapter 4, Subchapter C, Part 477, Subpart F: Rural Health Clinic Services
Details Medicare payment requirements for Rural Health Clinic services established Sept. 29, 1978 and amended Sept. 30, 1986.
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National Advisory Committee Compendium of Recommendations by Year
A list of recommendations, arranged by year or broad subject area, made by the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services in its reports to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 1989 through 2021.
Additional links: Recommendations by Subject
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Public Health Service Act, Section 330
Section 330 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act defines the requirements for Health Centers. Title 42 of the U.S. Code, Chapter 6A is the Public Health Service Act, and section 254b is the equivalent of Section 330 of the PHS Act.
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Code of Federal Regulations: 42 CFR 485: Subpart F, Conditions of Participation: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)
Sets forth the conditions that a hospital must meet to be designated as a Critical Access Hospital (CAH).
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Code of Federal Regulations: 42 CFR 440.20 Outpatient Hospital Services and Rural Health Clinic Services
Defines the current scope of Rural Health Clinic (RHC) services, and who can provide them.
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Social Security Act, Section 1902 (bb): State Plans for Medical Assistance
Part (bb) covers state plan requirements for payment for services for Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers.
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