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Date: Apr 2025
Describes the history of Medicare rural hospital designations. Discusses how traditional Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid impact hospital finances. Outlines policy recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Congress regarding rural hospitals designations, payment adjustments, Medicare Advantage, and rural ambulance and emergency services.
...Sustaining Rural Hospital Access: Adjustments to Medicare Rural Hospital Designations --- Describes the history of Medicare...
Reviewed: Jun 8, 2023
Rural communities face challenges in offering or expanding telehealth services due to state and federal regulations and rural infrastructure.
...Sustainability Rural telehealth programs may face challenges with sustaining services. For example, programs may have...
Reviewed: May 6, 2022
Several cross-cutting issues to consider prior to implementing a rural oral health program.
...sustainability of the program. Sustainability planning may include identifying funding sources for the future. Sustainability...
Reviewed: Mar 21, 2025
Guide outlines the roles of community health workers (CHWs) in rural areas. Features frequently asked questions about CHWs' duties, certification, and education, among other topics.
...sustain a community health worker program? Where can I find funding to help develop a community...
Date: Mar 2026
Opinion piece exploring competency-based approaches to physician education and training. Examines the concept of competence in terms of performance at the time of graduation and habit in life.
...Sustaining Competence in Rural Practice --- Opinion piece exploring competency-based approaches to physician education and training...
Date: May 2019
Analyzes 2016 survey data to examine how rural emergency medical services (EMS) in Minnesota are trained to assess, manage, and treat patients experiencing time critical events, such as trauma, stroke, ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), or sudden cardiac arrest. Includes time critical event statistics for each rural EMS region.
...Sustainability Survey --- Analyzes 2016 survey data to examine how rural emergency medical services (EMS) in Minnesota...
Date: Nov 30, 2016
First conceptualized in the 1970s, but not widely adopted in rural communities, freestanding emergency departments (FSEDs) have been getting another look as a sustainable rural option. This article discusses hospital-based versus independent FSEDs, the model's financial viability, and highlights two FSEDs meeting their communities' healthcare needs in Arizona and Illinois. - The Rural Monitor
...sustainable rural option. This article discusses hospital-based versus independent FSEDs, the model's financial...
Date: Nov 2024
Assesses a mobile COVID-19 screening and resource sharing program for rural migrant families in Nebraska. Discusses the program's attempt to overcome barriers to healthcare for rural residents and migrants in those rural communities.
...Sustainability of the Mobile Health for Migrant Health (mHealth-4-Mhealth) Program: Nebraska, 2022‒2023 --- Assesses...
Date: 2015
Discusses the barriers in maintaining electronic health records (EHRs) for compliance with the federal policy of meaningful use found in small practices located in rural and urban Michigan.
...Sustaining "Meaningful Use" of Health Information Technology in Low-Resource Practices --- Discusses the barriers in maintaining...
Date: Feb 2019
Reports on an analysis of rural hospital financial viability. Identifies the number of hospitals by state at financial risk of closing and the number by state at high financial risk that are considered essential for community trauma access. Discusses factors affecting rural hospitals' finances and offers recommendations for policymakers and regional/academic partnerships.
...Sustainability: New Data Show Worsening Situation for Rural Hospitals, Residents --- Reports on an analysis of rural...