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Date: Jun 2015
Reports on a study comparing preventive healthy behaviors of Hispanic populations in the U.S. nationwide and those living in the U.S.-Mexico border region. Healthy behaviors included physical activity, diets of fruits and vegetables, avoiding heavy alcohol use, and being a non-smoker.
...Health Behaviors: A Comparison of Hispanics Nationally and Those Living Along the US-Mexico Border...
Date: Jan 2020
Discusses the U.S. Census Bureau's set of "Hard-to-Count" target areas for the 2020 census that include rural census tracts. Identifies ways in which rural stakeholders can use this information to engage healthcare providers in census support activities.
...Health Stakeholders --- Discusses the U.S. Census Bureau's set of "Hard-to-Count" target areas...
Date: May 2024
Examines supplemental benefits of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, categorized as traditional health benefit, expanded health benefit, and special benefit for the chronically ill. Utilizes 2022 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) data to analyze availability of and benefits offered in MA plans according to metro, micro, and noncore location. Includes county-level maps of MA data organized by U.S. region.
...health benefit, expanded health benefit, and special benefit for the chronically ill. Utilizes 2022 Centers...
Date: Mar 2023
Summarizes nonmetropolitan and metropolitan providers' participation in different Quality Payment Program tracks and subdivisions, and evaluates provider and patient-panel characteristics associated with financial risk acceptance. Features statistics on risk acceptance with breakdowns by specialty type and metropolitan status, and patient panel characteristics by risk type.
...Health Care Providers Participating in the Quality Payment Program --- Summarizes nonmetropolitan and metropolitan providers' participation...
Date: Sep 2009
Examines medical professionals in urban and rural Wyoming providing care to Medicaid and Medicare enrollees, and factors associated with provider acceptance of new patients. Includes policy considerations to inform state-level policy and program implementation for low-income and elderly populations.
...Health Care to Elderly and Low-Income Populations in Wyoming: Medical Providers' Acceptance of Medicaid...
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Online educational opportunity to learn about tools and resources that can assist in recruiting qualified providers to rural areas.
...Health Centers · Health occupations · Hospitals · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · Rural Health Clinics · Statistics...
Date: Sep 2021
Policy brief exploring rural and urban healthcare, geographic access to providers, and types of providers seen by Medicare beneficiaries based on Medicare administrative data from 2014. Charts offer rural and urban comparisons of characteristics of beneficiaries, number of visits by region, number of visits by race/ethnicity, visits by provider type, and travel distance and time.
...Health Care for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries: A National Study --- Policy brief exploring rural and urban...
Date: Dec 2015
Provides an assessment of Project ARCH (Access Received Closer to Home), a congressionally legislated pilot program operated under the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Chief Business Office (CBO), and funded by the VHA Office of Rural Health (ORH). The focus of Project ARCH was to increase access to cost effective non-VA medical care. Results of this assessment may inform the implementation of the Veteran's Choice program.
...Health Administration (VHA) Chief Business Office (CBO), and funded by the VHA Office of Rural...
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...
Date: Nov 2025
An interview conversation with Carrie Henning-Smith of the the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (UMN) Rural Health Research Center about All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). Covers how PACE supports older adults, the impact of PACE in rural communities as well as potential barriers, and policy and partnership needs.
...Health (UMN) Rural Health Research Center about All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). Covers...