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Date: Apr 2025
An April 2025 letter from the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means majority members regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center (CMMI). Offers considerations for new and existing models related to promoting value, improving care in rural and underserved communities, and incorporating public input.
...Health Care and Outline Priorities For Medicare Innovation Hub --- An April 2025 letter from the U.S. House...
Date: Jul 2023
Presents results of an audit of Indian Health Service (IHS) funds for COVID-19 testing. Examines if 10 IHS Direct, Tribal, and Urban Indian Organizations (UIO) in the Great Plains Area Office allocated COVID-19 testing funds to meet community needs, the effectiveness of the funding allocation, and if the funding was used in accordance with federal requirements. Outlines recommendations to IHS, as well as IHS comments and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service Office of the Inspector General's response.
...Health Service (IHS) funds for COVID-19 testing. Examines if 10 IHS Direct, Tribal, and Urban...
Date: Jul 2019
Annual report identifying the top 25 unimplemented recommendations from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) that, in their view, would have the most substantial positive impact on Health and Human Services (HHS) programs. Positive impact may refer to cost savings, program efficacy and efficiency, and/or quality improvement. Primary areas of interest in the July 2019 edition include: reforming the hospital wage index system, a quality program and disaster planning for Indian Health Service (IHS) hospitals, and Medicaid payments for 340B drugs.
...Health and Human Services (HHS) programs. Positive impact may refer to cost savings, program efficacy...
Date: Dec 2022
Describes the use of audio-only telehealth services among Medicare beneficiaries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Presents data on the use of telehealth by selected demographic characteristics, number of chronic conditions, service type and modality, urbanicity, and outpatient facility provider type.
...Health Care Services --- Describes the use of audio-only telehealth services among Medicare beneficiaries before...
Date: Apr 2022
Identifies the frontier areas in Arizona and provides data on the demographics, natality and infant mortality, and healthcare utilization of populations in those areas compared to rural and urban areas in Arizona. Includes data on health workforce to population ratios and healthcare facilities and services.
...Health Systems Development Access · Frontier and remote areas · Health workforce supply and demand · Maternal health...
Date: Jun 2015
Describes the factors, including health insurance status and degree of rurality, that influence rural pregnant women to give birth in non-local hospitals.
...Health Research Center Access · Health insurance · Hospitals · Maternal health and prenatal care · Women · Colorado · Iowa...
Date: Dec 2023
Report discusses direct care worker shortages throughout the country. Details shortages of home health aids, certified nursing assistants, and residential care aids, among other direct care workers, and makes recommendations for decreasing shortages. Highlights some of the added barriers faced by rural communities.
...Health aides and assistants · Health disparities · Health workforce supply and demand · Home and community-based...
Date: May 2022
Results from the Family Connects postpartum home visiting program, conducted in 4 high-poverty rural eastern North Carolina counties from September 2014 through December 2015. Features statistics on Family Connects' impact on infant and parental health and well-being, with breakdowns by intervention group and comparison group.
...health and prenatal care · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · North Carolina...
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Loan repayment assistance in exchange for providing comprehensive primary care services in eligible facilities serving high need patients in rural and other approved communities of North Carolina.
...health · Behavioral health workforce · Dental workforce · Loans, loan repayment, and loan forgiveness for health careers...
Date: Jan 2024
A policy brief focused on preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) through trauma-informed care and strengthening the behavioral healthcare workforce. Discusses strategies to prevent ACEs while providing related data, such as county-level maps showing location of family treatment courts and ratio of population to mental health providers, with discussion specific to rural areas.
...Health Policy Institute of Ohio Abuse and violence · Behavioral health · Behavioral health workforce · Children and youth...