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6731. Living at Home in Rural America: Improving Accessibility for Older Adults and People with a Disability - Resources
Date: Aug 2020

Information on current federal resources, programs, and initiatives intended to improve home safety and accessibility for rural older adults and people with disabilities. Supports the Rural Health Strategy, launched by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2018 to improve health care in rural America by leveraging partnerships on the federal, regional, state, and local levels.

...Health Strategy, launched by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2018 to improve...

6732. State Medicaid Managed Care and Access to Rural Behavioral Health Services - Resources
Date: May 2022

Details how states with Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) are using MCO contract language to increase access to behavioral healthcare through service access requirements, provider network requirements, and telehealth utilization policies. Includes links to available MCO contracts and requests for applications.

...Academy for State Health Policy Access · Behavioral health · Healthcare business and finance · Medicaid · Policy · Telehealth...

6733. The Health of US Primary Care: 2024 Scorecard Report — No One Can See You Now - Resources
Date: Feb 2024

Second annual scorecard exploring primary care in the United States across measures in four categories: access, financing, workforce/training, and research. Identifies five factors contributing to increased challenges in accessing primary care. The appendix includes data on the number and percentage of physician residents trained in an MUA, rural county, or both between the 2012-2013 and 2021-2022 academic years.

...Health workforce · Health workforce supply and demand · Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses...

6734. Kansas Innovation Fund - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Funding to support innovative projects that address health in Kansas.

...health in Kansas. --- Kansas Innovation Fund Kansas Health Foundation applications@khf.org 316.262.7676 The Kansas Health Foundation...

6735. Creating a Culture of Safety: A Rural School's Story - Resources
Date: 2025

Discusses educational issues such as mental health concerns, absenteeism, and disciplinary problems and ways to address them. Profiles the rural Silver Creek Central School District (SCCSD) in New York and their strategies to create belonging, improve mental health and community support, and provide behavioral interventions.

...Community engagement and volunteerism · Mental health · Schools · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · New York...

6736. Oklahoma Perinatal and Reproductive Health Dashboard - Resources
Reviewed: Dec 2025

Dashboard of data related to births, infant deaths, and stillbirths in Oklahoma between 2010 and 2021. Includes county-level data.

...Health Children and youth · County-by-county data · Maternal health and prenatal care · Mortality · Oklahoma...

6737. Indian Health Focus: Injuries 2017 Edition - Resources
Date: Oct 2017

Highlights a report on the mortality rates in tribal communities. Details causes of death and compares rates to other groups and to the U.S. as a whole.

...groups and to the U.S. as a whole. 10/2017 Indian Health Service Health disparities · Injuries · Mortality · Statistics and data · Tribal communities...

6738. Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) Starting Points - Resources
Added: Apr 2026

Explains how to find information about the RHTP program available via RHIhub.

...about the RHTP program available via RHIhub. Rural Health Information Hub Rural Health Transformation Program...

6739. October 2024 MedPAC Meeting Transcript - Resources
Date: Oct 2024

Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) October 2024 meeting. Covers an analysis of Medicare beneficiaries in nursing homes, findings from MedPAC's annual beneficiary and provider focus groups, supplemental benefits in Medicare Advantage, a work plan for a mandated final report on the impact of recent changes to the home health prospective payment system, and initial estimates of home health care use among Medicare Advantage enrollees. Includes rural references throughout.

...health prospective payment system, and initial estimates of home health care use among Medicare Advantage...

6740. Delivery System Reform and Implications for Rural Communities - Resources
Date: Dec 2015

Policy brief discussing how rural healthcare providers can benefit from participating in delivery system reform (DSR) to be able to continue providing accessible, quality health services. Offers recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, such as requiring rural healthcare providers to participate in CMS quality programs and having CMS incorporate rural-relevant quality measures that are appropriate for rural healthcare providers.

...health services. Offers recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, such as requiring...