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Date: Apr 2022
Letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) responding to a request for information on access to coverage and care in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Discusses strategies related to enrolling in and maintaining coverage, accessing services, and ensuring adequate payment rates. Includes information on physical and behavioral health integration, substance use disorder treatment for pregnant and postpartum women, telehealth, and more.
...Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Discusses strategies related to enrolling in and maintaining coverage, accessing services...
Date: Jan 2023
Examines the use of telehealth visits for rural and urban fee-for-service Medicare enrollees between January 2018 and June 2021. Compares telehealth utilization before the COVID-19 pandemic (2018-2019) with telehealth utilization from January 2020 to June 2021. Describes the demographic, geographical, and technological characteristics of telehealth services that were associated with increased telehealth use. Explores the extent to which the increased implementation and utilization of telehealth during the PHE impacted the cost of patient care and provider utilization.
...Health Emergency --- Examines the use of telehealth visits for rural and urban fee-for-service...
Date: 2017
Describes the process of engaging rural patients and caregivers to explore and understand rural perspectives surrounding the patient-centered medical home model. Discusses engagement efforts and lessons learned from analyzing rural residents' engagement in healthcare research.
...Health Care Research --- Describes the process of engaging rural patients and caregivers to explore and understand...
Date: Apr 2024
Examines the general awareness of breast cancer risk with alcohol use according to sociodemographic variables. Surveys adult women regarding cancer risk awareness, with data broken down by age, income, education, health status, alcohol use, information sources, U.S. region, and rural versus urban location.
...Health, 24, 1076 04/2024 Alcohol use · Cancer · Health disparities · Health literacy · Rural-urban differences · Statistics...
Date: Jun 2017
Uses data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) to explore the changing levels of Medicaid coverage and uninsured rates at the county level by age. Addresses the role of Medicaid in the 46 states containing small-town and rural populations. Includes numerous charts, maps, and graphs to help illustrate the relationship between Medicaid growth and uninsured rates in rural areas, focusing on the time period from 2008-2009 to 2014-2015.
...Health Coverage in Small Towns and Rural Areas State Data on Child Health Coverage in Small...
Date: Apr 2024
Results of a study intended to develop and content validate a survey to assess engagement and burnout, referral practices, and self-efficacy and confidence in making referrals based on social determinants of health among primary care providers and clinic staff in Appalachian North Carolina. Uses data from 10 participants, collected between August and November 2022.
...Health, 6(1):69–89 04/2024 Appalachia · Clinics · Healthcare quality · Mental health · Networking and collaboration...
Date: Jul 2012
Highlights a study on several methods of presenting the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in northern Louisiana and which method led the most patients to complete the screening process in both rural and urban areas. Analyzes data by age and sex, as well as several other factors.
...Health, 28(3), 306-311 07/2012 Cancer · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Rural-urban differences · Statistics...
Date: Dec 2016
Policy statement providing recommendations that promote the early development of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children who have been exposed to alcohol and substance abuse during pregnancy or early childhood. Discusses best practices and reviews promising strategies that tribal early childhood programs can use to support children's development and wellness. Also points out health disparities that exist between tribes and the general U.S. population, and uses case studies to show where success has been achieved in reducing the destructive effects of substance abuse.
...Health and Human Services Child welfare · Children and youth · Health disparities · Substance use and misuse...
Date: May 2018
Policy position brief discussing the oral and systemic health connection and the dental workforce shortage. Highlights the need for interprofessional education and offers recommendations for improving access to rural oral healthcare.
...Health Association Access · Dental workforce · Health workforce shortage designations · Oral health · Policy · Rural-urban differences...
Date: Nov 2024
Executive summary of program activities and high-level data from the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program. Includes contact information and amounts of funding by source and service level.
...Health Resources and Services Administration Children and youth · Maternal health and prenatal care · Population health...