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771. A Formal Framework For Incorporating Equity Into Health Care Quality Measurement - Resources
Date: Oct 2023

Describes equity weighting, a measurement used to address population health disparities by examining multiple demographic factors that then interpret healthcare quality for specific population groups. Utilizes 2017 Medicare colorectal cancer screening data to show examples of equity weighting, with demographics broken down by patient race and rurality.

...cancer screening data to show examples of equity weighting, with demographics broken down by patient...

772. Medicare Care Management Billing Strategies - RHIhub Webinar - Webinars
Date: May 30, 2025

Medicare Care Management Billing Strategies. A webinar from the Rural Health Information Hub.

...cancer screening. And what they determined was that the ones that received those patient navigator...

773. Rural-Urban Differences in Barriers to Care and Utilization of Preventive Care Among Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries - Resources
Date: Nov 2025

Discusses the differences in barriers to care and preventive care utilization for older adults enrolled in traditional Medicare versus Medicare Advantage and makes a rural-urban comparison. Explores barriers to care, such as quality of care and out-of-pocket costs, as well as care utilization, such as regular vaccinations, cancer screenings, and cholesterol tests, among others.

...cancer screenings, and cholesterol tests, among others. --- Rural-Urban Differences in Barriers to Care and Utilization...

774. Washington Program Trains Dental Super-Generalists to Serve Rural Communities - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Mar 7, 2018

How do you attract dental students into practice in rural areas? With 70% of RIDE graduates practicing in those targeted areas, University of Washington School of Dentistry's RIDE faculty, a preceptor, graduate, and current student share how it's done and why it works. - The Rural Monitor

...cancers, gum conditions, and jaw bone problems – all part of routine dentistry – are impacted or even...

775. Translating and Testing the ENABLE: CHF-PC Concurrent Palliative Care Model for Older Adults with Heart Failure and Their Family Caregivers - Resources
Date: Sep 2014

Reports on an evaluation study to determine the feasibility and satisfaction of converting a cancer-focused concurrent palliative care (PC) intervention into early PC for rural patients with a diagnosis of heart failure.

...cancer-focused concurrent palliative care (PC) intervention into early PC for rural patients with a diagnosis...

776. Health Inequities by Sexual Orientation among New Mexican Adults, 2011-2014 - Resources
Date: Jan 2017

Examines health outcomes and behaviors by sexual orientation for adults in New Mexico. Covers demographics, access to healthcare, chronic health conditions, behavioral risk factors including binge drinking and smoking, protective factors such as HIV and cervical cancer screening, and quality of life differences such as mental health. Includes rural/urban breakdowns for demographics and addresses disparities by race/ethnicity, including American Indian/Alaska Native lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults.

...cancer screening, and quality of life differences such as mental health. Includes rural/urban breakdowns for demographics...

777. April 2025 MedPAC Meeting Transcript - Resources
Date: Apr 2025

Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) April 2025 meeting. Covers physician fee schedule updates and improving the accuracy of relative payment rates; structural differences between the stand-alone prescription drug plan (PDP) and Medicare Advantage–Prescription Drug plan (MA–PD) markets; the utilization and delivery of Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits; the effect of Medicare Advantage on rural hospitals; paying for software technologies in Medicare; access to hospice and certain services under the hospice benefit for beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease and beneficiaries with cancer; and regulations, star ratings, and fee-for-service Medicare policies aimed at improving nursing home quality.

...cancer; and regulations, star ratings, and fee-for-service Medicare policies aimed at improving nursing...

778. Young Rural Healthcare Leaders Series: Q&A with Benjamin Anderson - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Jan 24, 2018

Benjamin Anderson, CEO of a 25-bed CAH in Kansas, discloses his relational style of healthcare leadership and his success attracting committed medical providers and engaging the area's growing refugee population. - The Rural Monitor

...Cancer Center in Dallas, Texas. That seemed like a natural introduction into healthcare leadership. Through...

779. Indexed Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates by Geography for Oklahomans Age 25 to 64 (2016-2020) - Resources
Date: Sep 2023

Chart depicting mortality rates in Oklahoma for adults between 25 and 64. Compares rates between metropolitan and non-metropolitan tiers, all of Oklahoma, and the national rate for all causes of mortality, multiple chronic illnesses, cancer, stroke, suicide, opioids, and accidents. Click the full screen icon in the chart viewer to see the entire chart.

...cancer, stroke, suicide, opioids, and accidents. Click the full screen icon in the chart viewer...

780. Still Stealing Rural America's Breath: An Update on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Jun 16, 2021

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a condition that continues to steal rural America's breath. Researchers, philanthropists, and healthcare professionals talk about new rural research efforts and the impact of COVID-19 on COPD. Also discussed is the importance of pulmonary rehabilitation, an impactful treatment long known to improve quality of life and now backed by new research proving it decreases death rates in select patients. - The Rural Monitor

...cancer, and unintentional injuries were on this list, along with chronic lower respiratory diseases. This...