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Date: Oct 2021
Discusses the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Provides an overview of federal actions on healthcare and economic policy areas through September 2021, including data on COVID-19 relief spending, testing, worker health and safety, and child nutrition programs. Offers 16 new recommendations to federal agencies regarding the proper use of relief funding, occupational health and safety, and fraud risks to unemployment insurance programs that would improve the federal response and preparation for future public health emergencies.
...assistance · Occupational health and safety · Policy · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Jul 2024
Uses 2021 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Household Component data to estimate healthcare utilization and expenditures for adults with and without adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in addition to various health conditions and behaviors. Exhibit 1 includes prevalence and relative risk of various demographic and geographic factors by number of ACEs. Discusses policy implications of study findings.
...Fang Health Affairs, 43(8) 07/2024 Abuse and violence · Health disparities · Policy · Statistics and data...
Date: 2014
Describes 20 initiatives funded under the Rural Health Network Development Grant Program in the 2011-2014 funding cycle. Programs address healthcare access, quality, and delivery systems through the development of formal networks, alliances, coalitions, and partnerships. Includes information on program services, community characteristics, outcomes, challenges addressed, partners involved, program sustainability, and implications for other communities.
...Health Network Development Grant Program, 2011-2014 --- Describes 20 initiatives funded under the Rural Health...
Date: 2023
Collection of stories about individuals and organizations across the U.S. that have made positive differences in the health of the rural communities they serve through innovation, leadership, commitment, collaboration, education, and communication.
...communication. 2023 National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health Leadership · Networking and collaboration · Population health...
Date: Jun 2013
Examines promising practices for enhancing mental health services to the elderly living in rural long-term care facilities or in their own homes.
...Health Research Center Aging and aging-related services · Long-term care · Mental health · Older adults...
Date: Jul 2018
A toolkit offering information and strategies to help hospitals and healthcare systems design and implement a community health worker (CHW) program targeted to the communities they serve. Highlights evidence-based best practices, sustainable financing of CHW activities, engaging stakeholders, and suggests outcome measures. Provides a chapter of case studies on rural, urban, and suburban settings.
...CommunityHealth Works Access · Community health workers · Public health · Reimbursement and payment models · Sustainability of programs...
Date: Jun 2023
Evaluates Medicare payment issues and provides recommendations to the U.S. Congress. Chapter 7 presents a report on the use, payment, and quality of telehealth services that Medicare pays for separately under the physician fee schedule (PFS). Also includes chapters on the cost of drugs covered under Medicare Part B, postsale rebates for prescription drugs in Medicare Part D, standardized benefits in Medicare Advantage plans, future directions for Medicare Advantage payment policy, disparities in outcomes for beneficiaries with different social risks, Medicare behavioral health services, the alignment of fee-for-service payment rates across ambulatory settings, and the evaluation of a post-acute care prospective payment system prototype.
...health · Health insurance · Healthcare business and finance · Healthcare facilities · Medicare · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Policy...
Date: Sep 2018
Evaluates the implementation phase of a pilot project to treat patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in California, including rural FQHCs. Highlights interventions focused on medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and integrating substance use and mental healthcare in a primary care setting.
...Qualified Health Centers · Illicit drug use · Integrated service delivery · Mental health · Prescription drug misuse · California...
Date: Feb 2026
Discusses state implementation of Rural Health Transformation Plans (RHTPs) and provides recommendations to assist states in creating appropriate administrative infrastructure to implement their RHTPs. Focuses on governance; stakeholder engagement and communications; budget tracking, reporting, and contracting; and data and evaluation.
...evaluation. Tricia McGinnis, Rob Houston 02/2026 Center for Health Care Strategies Rural Health Transformation Program...
Date: Feb 2013
Provides an overview of the interplay between rural communities and rural elder health. Discusses policy and practices. Covers recommendations for policy makers based on a systems approach, incorporating sustainability, best practice, quality, efficiency, and effectiveness.
...Health Association Aging and aging-related services · Home and community-based services · Home health · Hospice...