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Date: Jan 2021
Provides an overview of common approaches and best practices Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) utilize to improve healthcare quality, lower healthcare costs, and enhance patient experiences. Describes ACO programs designed to use telehealth to expand access to care and improve efficiency, support high-risk beneficiaries through home visits, and provide timely access to skilled nursing care through Medicare waivers. Discusses lessons learned, options available to ACOs, and possible implementation challenges.
...telehealth to expand access to care and improve efficiency, support high-risk beneficiaries through home...
Date: Jan 2024
Discusses the impact of community health centers, with a focus on the diverse patients they serve, the low-cost/high-quality healthcare, and the ability to serve patients with complex needs. Includes discussion on disaster response, care coordination, and policies, such as those related to telehealth, that affect community health center work.
...telehealth, that affect community health center work. --- Fortifying Community Health Centers: Fostering Community Resilience, Equitable...
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...
Date: Jun 2023
Examines the Medicaid analysis of non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) using Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) data from 2018-2021. Explores the number and percentage of Medicaid beneficiaries using NEMT, the average number of NEMT "ride days" per NEMT user per month enrolled in Medicaid, the types of medical services accessed when using NEMT, monthly trends in the use of NEMT versus telehealth services before and during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), and the volume of NEMT services used by type of NEMT delivery model. Offers recommendations for states and local stakeholders regarding Medicaid coverage of NEMT. Presents data by state and by beneficiary characteristics, including Medicaid eligibility category, health conditions, and urban-rural location.
...telehealth services before and during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), and the volume...
Date: Jun 2019
Offers a short video featuring a patient's story about accessing maternal healthcare in rural Iowa. Includes the perspective of the obstetrician/gynecologist who provided her care using a combination of telehealth and in-person visits from South Dakota, the closest facility offering the services she needed. Transcript available below description.
...telehealth and in-person visits from South Dakota, the closest facility offering the services she needed...
Date: 2018
Identifies five objectives CMS focuses on to support high quality healthcare in rural communities: applying a rural lens to CMS programs and policies, improving access through provider engagement, telehealth, patient empowerment, and leveraging partnerships. Identifies key activities to address each of the objectives.
...telehealth, patient empowerment, and leveraging partnerships. Identifies key activities to address each of the objectives...
Date: Aug 2022
Examines disruptions and adaptations in delivering mental health and substance use treatment services during the COVID-19 pandemic, including benefits and challenges of telehealth adoption. Discusses changes to substance use disorder (SUD) and medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment during the pandemic and remaining challenges related to access to remote services.
...telehealth adoption. Discusses changes to substance use disorder (SUD) and medication for opioid use disorder...
Date: Dec 2023
Evaluated distance to mental health services, household crowdedness, and access to technology and broadband alongside rurality to determine barriers to mental healthcare for both rural and urban residents in 31,924 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs). Discusses implications for telehealth and policy measures addressing the digital divide.
...telehealth and policy measures addressing the digital divide. --- Geographic Variations in Driving Time to U.S. Mental...
Date: Mar 2023
Interviewed 11 people with HIV in rural Arkansas to identify barriers and facilitators for HIV care. Discusses distance to care, transportation, stigma, telehealth, resilience, support networks, and more.
...telehealth, resilience, support networks, and more. --- Barriers and Facilitators to HIV Care Engagement: Recommendations from...
Date: 2024
Reports on innovative programs and services in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration. Highlights pilot projects, projects being planned, and projects already implemented at local VA facilities. Discusses rural projects related to physical therapy, telehealth for podiatry and dentistry, and social connection.
...telehealth for podiatry and dentistry, and social connection. --- VHA 2024 State of Innovation Report Reports...