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7451. Mary Baldwin University Launching Rural Mental Healthcare Program - News
Date: Jun 26, 2026

A Virginia university is offering a new psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program to address a growing need for rural mental healthcare amid healthcare workforce shortages. The program will support placements in Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Source: Augusta Free Press.

...health workforce · Health workforce education and training · Health workforce supply and demand · Mental health · Nurse...

7452. Medicaid's Role in Small Towns and Rural Areas - Resources
Date: Jan 2025

Discusses the roles Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) play in providing health coverage to residents of small towns and rural areas. Presents data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) on the percentage of children, non-elderly adults, and older adults covered by Medicaid and CHIP in 2023, and compares the share of Medicaid coverage of these groups by metro areas and small town/rural residence. Describes Medicaid coverage of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) in metro and non-metro areas. Includes lists of the top 20 small towns and rural areas with the highest share of children, non-elderly adults, and older adults covered by Medicaid.

...Health Insurance Program (CHIP) play in providing health coverage to residents of small towns and rural...

7453. Annual Report To the Congress of the United States On Sanitation Deficiency Levels for Indian Homes and Communities: Fiscal Year 2024 - Resources
Date: Sep 2025

Reports on sanitation deficiencies in tribal communities and describes efforts and priorities of the Indian Health Service to improve tribal water, sewer, and solid waste infrastructure. Includes data on estimated costs to address sanitation deficiencies, estimated health impacts, and healthcare costs avoided by infrastructure investment.

...health impacts, and healthcare costs avoided by infrastructure investment. 09/2025 Indian Health Service Funding · Housing...

7454. Step Into Cuba - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Feb 3, 2026

Step Into Cuba in rural Cuba, New Mexico, works to make the community more pedestrian-friendly by creating and improving hiking trails and other places to walk.

...Health Impact Assessment, Physical Activity and Federal Lands Trail Policy. Health Behavior and Policy Review...

7455. SUD Program Implementation Considerations for Service Members, Veterans, and Their Families - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: Dec 12, 2025

Learn about the considerations for implementing substance use disorder programs for veterans, service members, and their families.

...health conditions — can make recovery challenging. The VA Health System and Department of Defense offer...

7456. National Capital Grants Infographic for FQHCs - Resources
Date: May 2022

Provides an overview of Health Center Construction and Capital Improvements grants awarded to Federally Qualified Health Centers in 2021. Outlines the economic impacts of these projects on local communities. Presents data by urban, micropolitan, and rural location. Requires name, email address, and organization information to download.

...Health Center Construction and Capital Improvements grants awarded to Federally Qualified Health Centers in 2021. Outlines...

7457. Addressing Low Case-Volume in Healthcare Performance Measurement of Rural Providers: Recommendations from the MAP Rural Health Technical Expert Panel - Resources
Date: Mar 2019

Final report recommending how to measure healthcare performance in low case-volume situations, such as rural providers. Reviews existing and proposed low-volume healthcare quality measures, how measures are calculated, data use, and data analysis techniques. Focuses on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) quality programs reporting requirements.

...Health Technical Expert Panel --- Final report recommending how to measure healthcare performance in low case...

7458. Will Bundling Work in Rural America? Analysis of the Feasibility and Consequences of Bundled Payments for Rural Health Providers and Patients - Resources
Date: Sep 2011

Assesses how bundled payments may affect both healthcare quality and access among rural providers, and explains the financial and operational challenges associated with implementing bundled payments in low-volume providers such as Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs).

...Health Providers and Patients --- Assesses how bundled payments may affect both healthcare quality and access...

7459. Health Services Utilization in Asthma Exacerbations and PM10 Levels in Rural Colorado - Resources
Date: Aug 2018

Study examining the relationship between increased air levels of particulate matter with a diameter below 10 micrometers (PM10) and the number of asthma-related emergency/urgent visits and hospitalizations (EUH) in rural Colorado. Includes average EUHs and PM10 concentrations by day of week, month, and year from 2003-2012.

...Health Services Utilization in Asthma Exacerbations and PM10 Levels in Rural Colorado --- Study examining the relationship...

7460. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) - Resources
Reviewed: Apr 2026

Provides data on healthcare access, healthcare quality, health services utilization, cost, and payment methods. Also provides data on health insurance coverage, cost, scope, and breadth. Some topics include metropolitan and nonmetropolitan data.

...health services utilization, cost, and payment methods. Also provides data on health insurance coverage, cost...