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1261. Rural Health Quality: How CMS Initiatives Improve How We Measure and Address Gaps in Care - Resources
Date: Apr 2022

Recording of an April 2022 webinar regarding healthcare quality measurement in rural areas. Discusses measurement challenges in rural areas and how CMS is working to mitigate these issues. Presents resources and programs for rural providers to improve healthcare quality. Transcript is available by clicking the three dots above the video description, then selecting Show Transcript.

...Medicare and Medicaid Services Access · Healthcare quality · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural Emergency Hospitals · Telehealth...

1262. Frontier Community Health Integration Project (FCHIP) Demonstration Evaluation: Final Evaluation Report - Resources
Date: Nov 2020

Presents findings from an evaluation of the Frontier Community Health Integration Project (FCHIP) Demonstration. Describes the three possible interventions, including their impact, progress and accomplishments, challenges, and lessons learned. Identifies commonalities that emerged across the FCHIP interventions that may inform future demonstrations among rural healthcare providers.

...Healthcare quality · Medicare · Policy · Service delivery models · Swing bed services · Telehealth · Montana · Nevada · North Dakota...

1263. Implementation of Telepharmacy in Rural Hospitals: Potential for Improving Medication Safety - Resources
Date: Dec 2008

Describes successful telepharmacy activities being implemented in rural hospitals and analyzes policy issues related to the implementation of telepharmacy projects in rural hospitals.

...drugs · Policy · Telehealth · Arkansas · Idaho · Minnesota · Montana · North Dakota · Oklahoma · South Dakota · Texas · Utah · Washington...

1264. Closing the Distance in Rural Primary Care: Evidence, Stories and Solutions - Resources
Date: Nov 2025

Explores the state of rural primary care in the United States. Describes recent federal legislation that may impact rural primary care, healthcare access, and health outcomes. Discusses trends in rural primary care, including comparisons between rural and urban primary care spending relative to all total spending, primary care workforce availability, and comprehensiveness of primary care. Presents five case studies highlighting rural primary care practices and practice models.

...care · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural-urban differences · Service delivery models · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

1265. 2018 Report to Congress: Annual Update on the Adoption of a Nationwide System for the Electronic Use and Exchange of Health Information - Resources
Date: Dec 2018

Annual report to Congress describing progress related to the adoption of health information technology (HIT). Describes barriers to progress and recommendations related to interoperability, technical capacity, data transparency, and support for provider adoption.

...Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Health information technology · Telehealth...

1266. Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Emergency Services and Telemedicine: Implications for Emergency Services Condition of Participation (CoPs) and Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) On-Call Compliance - Resources
Date: Jun 2013

Memorandum clarifying the CMS Conditions of Participation (CoP) for Critical Access Hospital emergency services and Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) On-Call Compliance.

...Medicaid Services Critical Access Hospitals · Emergency department and urgent care services · Legislation and regulations · Telehealth...

1267. Improving Rural Health: State Policy Options for Increasing Access to Care - Resources
Date: Jun 2020

Discusses strategies from state legislatures and other stakeholders to increase access to healthcare in rural areas. Focuses on policies and policy options for state legislatures in three areas: improving health insurance coverage, safeguarding rural health facilities, and changing rural healthcare delivery. Features examples from Colorado, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

...Reimbursement and payment models · Scope of practice · Service delivery models · Telehealth · Colorado · Georgia · Pennsylvania · Wisconsin...

1268. Recovering from a Cybersecurity Attack and Protecting the Future in Small, Rural Health Organizations - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Oct 4, 2023

Rural hospitals are becoming increasingly vulnerable to attempts to penetrate information systems to create havoc, steal data, or hold information "hostage" for a monetary ransom. Two Critical Access Hospital leaders discuss attacks at their organizations and how they are working to prevent future attacks. An information technology compliance expert also highlights actions organizations can take to better protect themselves from cyber-attacks. - The Rural Monitor

...telehealth equipment, as well as high-tech radiology like CT and MRI machines, allow rural...

1269. Diagnostic Excellence in U.S. Rural Healthcare: A Call to Action - Resources
Date: Sep 2024

Issue brief exploring challenges to diagnostic quality in rural healthcare. Provides an overview of the topic of diagnostic errors in rural settings, and provides suggestions related to resource and workforce limitations, access to care, care coordination and other service delivery models, and social determinants of health.

...delivery · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · Service delivery models · Social determinants of health · Telehealth...

1270. Rural Challenges, Strategies, and Recommendations to Advance Value-Based Payment and Care During and Beyond the COVID-19 Crisis - Resources
Date: Nov 2020

Describes the key challenges rural primary care and behavioral health providers have faced in delivering care since COVID-19, in addition to the policy changes implemented in response to those challenges. Offers state-level policy recommendations for improving rural primary care and behavioral health services.

...Safety Net Behavioral health · Policy · Primary care · Reimbursement and payment models · Service delivery models · Telehealth...