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1211. Defense Health Care: Plans Needed to Ensure Implementation of Required Elements for TRICARE's Managed Care Support Contracts - Resources
Date: Feb 2020

Report highlights the Government Accountability Office recommendations for the implementation of changes to the Department of Defense's TRICARE managed support contracts that were required by Congress. Evaluates the specific improvements relating to healthcare delivery and touches on their importance in rural areas.

...02/2020 Organization Government Accountability Office Tagged as Access · Healthcare networks · Healthcare quality · Policy · Telehealth · Veterans...

1212. Telecommunications: FCC's Performance Management Weaknesses Could Jeopardize Proposed Reforms of the Rural Health Care Program - Resources
Date: Nov 2010

Evaluates the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) management of the Rural Health Care Program. Focuses on how well the program is addressing the needs of rural healthcare providers, the impact of the FCC's pilot program design and implementation, and the FCC's performance goals and measures.

...goals and measures. Date 11/2010 Organization Government Accountability Office Tagged as Broadband · Funding · Policy · Telehealth...

1213. Disparities in Spatial Accessibility of Primary Care in Louisiana: From Physical to Virtual Accessibility - Resources
Date: 2023

Evaluates both physical and virtual accessibility to primary care physicians (PCPs) across Louisiana. Analyzes disparities in access between rural and urban areas, the Black population and the general population, and for Area Deprivation Index (ADI) areas.

...Physicians · Primary care · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Louisiana...

1214. Digital Prosperity: How Broadband Can Deliver Health and Equity to All Communities - Resources
Date: Feb 2020

Examines the role broadband plays in impacting health and equity in rural and urban areas, and identifies policy reforms to reduce these barriers. Outlines how government and marketplaces influence access to broadband, and offers case studies demonstrating effective methods to develop more equitable outcomes.

...Bill Callahan Date 02/2020 Organization Brookings Institution Tagged as Access · Broadband · Rural-urban differences · Telehealth...

1215. Understanding Rural-Urban Differences in Veterans' Internet Access, Use and Patient Preferences for Telemedicine - Resources
Date: Jun 2024

Analyzes disparities among rural and urban veterans regarding telemedicine. Utilizes March 2022 survey data from 350 veterans about issues related to telemedicine use, including internet access, connection speeds, internet-connected devices, and use and perception of telemedicine.

...Healthcare quality · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Technology for health and human services · Telehealth...

1216. Health Information Technology: HHS is Taking Steps to Develop a National Strategy - Resources
Date: May 2005

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.

...health IT activities. Date 05/2005 Organization Government Accountability Office Tagged as Health information technology · Policy · Telehealth...

1217. Critical Access Hospitals' Initial Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Use of Federal Funding and Regulatory Flexibilities - Resources
Date: Nov 2021

Explores how Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) used federal relief funding and regulatory waivers to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic through August 2020. Summarizes results of a survey of CAH executives in eight states. Discusses the sources of federal funding CAHs received and the types of regulatory waivers and flexibilities these CAHs used.

...Hospitals · Emergency preparedness and response · Funding · Healthcare business and finance · Legislation and regulations · Policy · Telehealth...

1218. Disruptors, Essential Services, and Reflections on a Career in Rural Health, with John Supplitt - Resources
Date: Jul 2024

An episode of the Exploring Rural Health podcast featuring John Supplitt, Senior Director of Rural Health Services for the American Hospital Association. Focuses on the importance of maintaining rural essential services, along with insights from Supplitt's long career in rural health.

...Policy · Post-acute care · Reimbursement and payment models · Service delivery models · Swing bed services · Telehealth...

1219. VA Health Care: Efforts to Prioritize and Translate Research into Clinical Practice - Resources
Date: Jan 2020

Examines how the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) sets priorities for funding research, VA efforts to facilitate translation of research into clinical practice, and coordination between VA's research program and other parts of the VA. Briefly highlights a research study on the use of telemedicine outreach for rural veterans with PTSD.

...Government Accountability Office Tagged as Mental health conditions · Policy · Research methods and resources · Telehealth · Veterans...

1220. Critical Access Hospitals: Views on How Medicare Payment and Other Factors Affect Behavioral Health Services - Resources
Date: Jun 2023

Provides an overview of Medicare payment policies for care provided by Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Explores how CAHs provide behavioral health services in their communities. Summarizes findings from interviews with officials from 10 CAHs, stakeholder organizations, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) regarding how Medicare payment policies and other factors affect CAHs' ability to provide behavioral health services.

...Access Hospitals · Legislation and regulations · Medicare · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural Health Clinics · Telehealth...