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6981. Geographic Disparities in Unpaid Caregiving - Resources
Date: Jun 2025

Presents a study examining the differences in the perceived health and well-being of unpaid caregivers between rural and urban areas. Breaks down data by caregiver demographic characteristics, such as age, sex, and employment status, among others.

...Health, 41(2), e70039 06/2025 Health disparities · Informal caregivers · Mental health · Primary care · Rural-urban...

6982. Insights on Telehealth Use and Program Integrity Risks Across Selected Health Care Programs During the Pandemic - Resources
Date: Dec 2022

Presents a study of telehealth expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic and program integrity risks, including fraud, waste, and abuse. Offers a range of data on telehealth usage and programs

...Health Care Programs During the Pandemic --- Presents a study of telehealth expansion during the COVID...

6983. Medicare Advantage Growth and Its Impact on Rural Health Care - Resources
Date: Dec 2023

Policy position paper regarding the impact of the increase of Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment in rural areas on healthcare access, delivery, and financial viability. Offers policy recommendations to support rural MA beneficiaries, healthcare providers, and hospitals at a local level, as well as rural healthcare provision within the MA framework.

...Health Care --- Policy position paper regarding the impact of the increase of Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment...

6984. MedPAC Data Book: Health Care Spending and the Medicare Program, 2025 - Resources
Date: Jul 2025

Provides an overview of Medicare spending and highlights data on Medicare beneficiary demographics, dual-eligible beneficiaries, quality of care provided through the Medicare program, and other payer liability. Examines settings of care, including rural-specific provider sites, as they relate to spending, access to care, and profit margins. Compares rural and urban beneficiaries and providers throughout. Chart 6-2 addresses rural hospital closures and Rural Emergency Hospital conversions.

...Health Care Spending and the Medicare Program, 2025 --- Provides an overview of Medicare spending and highlights...

6985. North Dakota Rural Healthcare Peer Exchange and Professional Development Program - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Travel support for individuals or small groups from Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), CAH-owned Rural Health Clinics, and rural emergency medicine service agencies to meet with similar entities from other areas of North Dakota and share information, ideas, and successful approaches to improving quality and access to healthcare services.

...Health, University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health Anna Walter 701.213.5336 anna.walter@UND.edu The ND Flex...

6986. MedPAC Payment Basics - Resources
Date: Nov 2025

Series of briefs providing an of Medicare payment systems. Covers payments systems including Accountable Care Organizations (ACO), Critical Access Hospitals (CAH), Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics, hospital acute inpatient services, and more.

...Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics, hospital acute inpatient services, and more. --- MedPAC Payment Basics...

6987. Nebraska Center for Rural Affairs Loan and Business Development Programs - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Loans, training, technical assistance, and other development services for small businesses in rural Nebraska communities. Eligible recipients of program services may include healthcare providers, healthcare and social determinants of health related businesses, nonprofit human services providers, public agencies, and reservation communities.

...health, small business, and small towns). Agricultural health and safety · Capital funding · Community and economic...

6988. Considerations for Defining Rural Places in Health Policies and Programs - Resources
Date: May 2020

Highlights key questions to be considered when evaluating a definition of rural that is most appropriate for a specific policy or program. Discusses the principles needed to drive rural definitions and the current challenges of changing rural definitions. Provides an overview of common rural definitions in use, and offers options for the development of new definitions and adjustments to current definitions.

...Health Policies and Programs --- Highlights key questions to be considered when evaluating a definition of rural...

6989. The Current and Future Role and Impact of Medicaid in Rural Health - Resources
Date: Sep 2012

Describes the Medicaid program and its importance for rural people, providers, and communities. Addresses its impact on rural insurance coverage, financial support for rural healthcare providers, and its contribution to local economics. Discusses rural implications of program expansion, including whether and how states choose to implement changes.

...Health --- Describes the Medicaid program and its importance for rural people, providers, and communities. Addresses...

6990. Why Are Obstetric Units in Rural Hospitals Closing Their Doors? - Resources
Date: Aug 2016

Examines factors associated with obstetric unit closure based on a mixed methods study of rural hospitals in 9 states between 2010 and 2014. Addresses hospital characteristics such as accreditation, ownership, and Critical Access Hospital status; distance to next closest hospital with obstetric services; and county-level characteristics including health workforce supply.

...Health workforce supply and demand · Hospitals · Maternal health and prenatal care · Maternal health workforce · Statistics...