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611. MACPAC Response to Senate Finance Committee Request for Information on Behavioral Health - Resources
Date: Nov 2021

Summarizes the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission's (MACPAC) ongoing analysis of behavioral health in Medicaid and CHIP and offers policy recommendations. Discusses the behavioral health workforce; behavioral healthcare service delivery and access; mental health parity; telehealth; and improving access for children and youth. Includes rural references and considerations throughout.

...telehealth; and improving access for children and youth. Includes rural references and considerations throughout. --- MACPAC...

612. Innovations in Primary Care Education and Training: Developing Community Partnerships to Improve Population Health - Seventeenth Annual Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and to Congress - Resources
Date: Oct 2020

Offers policy and program development recommendations to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding primary care training and education. Recommendations cover longitudinal community-based training programs, chronic disease prevention and management, population health education and training, and telehealth education and training. Includes rural references throughout.

...telehealth education and training. Includes rural references throughout. --- Innovations in Primary Care Education and Training...

613. Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule - Resources
Date: Nov 2023

Fact sheet providing an overview of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule regarding updates and changes to the Medicare payments under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and other Medicare Part B issues for calendar year 2024. Summarizes provisions related to paying separately for Community Health Integration, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Risk Assessment, and Principal Illness Navigation services; telehealth services; mental health visits furnished by Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), including marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors as eligible for payment at RHCs and FQHCs; and more.

...telehealth services; mental health visits furnished by Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health...

614. National Rural Health Day and a Behavioral Health Community Star, with Tammy Norville and Jason Lillich – Exploring Rural Health Podcast - Podcast Episode
Date: Nov 7, 2023

The November 2023 episode of RHIhub's podcast includes two interviews leading up to National Health Day on November 16th. Features interviews with Tammy Norville, National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) CEO, and Jason Lillich, Executive Director of Three Rivers Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Center, a 2023 National Rural Health Day Community Star.

...telehealth services, so we can connect by audio-visual telehealth. And then we also have...

615. Addressing the Impact of Rural Hospital Closures on Maternal and Infant Health - Resources
Date: Jun 2023

Blog post discussing the impact of rural hospital closures on rural maternal and infant health outcomes. Identifies risk-appropriate strategies to ensure the provision of maternal and infant healthcare at facilities that best meet each individual's level of health risk. Covers birthing centers, hub-and-spoke models, and telehealth models to preserve access to care.

...telehealth models to preserve access to care. --- Addressing the Impact of Rural Hospital Closures on Maternal...

616. Frequently Asked Questions: CMS Waivers, Flexibilities, and the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Resources
Date: May 2023

Provides information related to COVID-19 flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) that expired May 11, 2023. Addresses issues impacting Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and private insurance including concerns related to COVID-19 vaccines and treatment, telehealth, and more. Includes information about which changes have ended, as well as end dates for those that extend after the PHE.

...telehealth, and more. Includes information about which changes have ended, as well as end dates...

617. Telemedicine for Tobacco Cessation and Prevention to Combat COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality in Rural Areas - Resources
Date: Jan 2021

Discusses the use of telehealth to initiate tobacco cessation programs in rural areas as a means of limiting comorbidity and mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Highlights the rates of tobacco use in rural areas by type and compares rates to urban areas. Explores several examples of programs using telemedicine to implement successful models of tobacco cessation treatment in the U.S.

...telehealth to initiate tobacco cessation programs in rural areas as a means of limiting comorbidity...

618. Patient Perspectives on Cancer Care during COVID-19: A Qualitative Study - Resources
Date: Jul 2024

Analyzes the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on cancer patients' care experiences and mental health. Utilizes interview data from 15 rural Maryland patients who received a cancer diagnosis or treatment between January 2020 and October 2022. Discusses access to care, consistency of care, telehealth use, social isolation, patient advocacy, COVID-19 precautions, and more.

...telehealth use, social isolation, patient advocacy, COVID-19 precautions, and more. --- Patient Perspectives on Cancer...

619. Medicare Telemedicine Snapshot - Resources
Date: Dec 2021

Presents data on telemedicine utilization by Medicare beneficiaries from March 1, 2020 to February 28, 2021, including pre- and post-pandemic rates of accessing telehealth services, trends in e-visits and virtual check-ins, geographic breakdowns including rural and urban residence, and beneficiary characteristics. Uses data from Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) claims, Medicare Advantage (MA) encounters, and Medicare enrollment.

...telehealth services, trends in e-visits and virtual check-ins, geographic breakdowns including rural and urban...

620. Telemedicine vs Telephone Consultations and Medication Prescribing Errors Among Referring Physicians: A Cluster Randomized Crossover Trial - Resources
Date: Feb 2024

Compared 696 acutely ill children in 15 community and rural California emergency departments receiving telephone or video consultations to determine differences in physician-related medication errors. Discusses the impact of telehealth on healthcare quality and remote acute care.

...telehealth on healthcare quality and remote acute care. --- Telemedicine vs Telephone Consultations and Medication Prescribing...