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8381. Ways and Means Republican Members Share Commitment to Value-Based Health Care and Outline Priorities For Medicare Innovation Hub - Resources
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...

8382. Rural Depopulation and the Rural-Urban Gap in Cognitive Functioning Among Older Adults - Resources
Date: Sep 2022

Presents a study on the disparities in cognitive health older adults in rural versus urban populations. Breaks down data by age, marital status, and education, among other measures. Explores how depopulation correlates with cognitive functioning and compares the effect in rural and urban populations.

...Health, 38(4), 696-704 09/2022 Aging and aging-related services · Health disparities · Mental health...

8383. Events Across the Life Course Contribute to Higher Mobility Impairment Rates in Rural U.S. - Resources
Date: May 2022

Examines factors associated with increased risk of mobility impairment at age 40 and 50 using 1979-2016 data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Provides statistics for rural and urban populations, including rates of illness, injury, occupation, and health insurance coverage. Discusses the impact of disability on individuals and the importance of workplace safety and healthcare access to long-term health.

...health insurance coverage. Discusses the impact of disability on individuals and the importance of workplace...

8384. QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Met the 2018 Federal Physical Activity Guidelines for Both Muscle-Strengthening and Aerobic Physical Activity, by Urbanization Level — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2020 - Resources
Date: Jul 2022

Bar chart showing the percentage of adults meeting physical activity guidelines overall and by urbanization level for large central metro, large fringe metro, medium and small metro, and nonmetropolitan areas.

...Health Interview Survey, United States, 2020 --- Bar chart showing the percentage of adults meeting physical...

8385. United Ambulance Service - RHIhub Community Paramedicine Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Jul 16, 2020

United Ambulance Service provides resources to patients who do not have access to home health care in rural southwest Maine.

...health care in rural southwest Maine. --- United Ambulance Service Program Representative Interviewed: Dennis Russell, Community...

8386. Sociodemographic and Geographic Disparities of Prostate Cancer Treatment Delay in Tennessee: A Population-Based Study - Resources
Date: Nov 2021

Examines 2005-2015 Tennessee Cancer Registry data of adults with prostate cancer to determine the relationship between population characteristics and prostate cancer treatment delay. Discusses geographic residence, insurance status, and social determinants of health (SDOH) such as race, marital status, and others. An urban versus rural breakdown is included.

...Health, 15(6) 11/2021 Appalachia · Cancer · Health disparities · Men · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health...

8387. VA Health Care: Improved Data, Planning, and Communication Needed for Infrastructure Modernization and Realignment - Resources
Date: Mar 2023

Describes the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recommendations to modernize and realign its infrastructure. Examines the data that the VA used to inform its recommendations, any plans that VA has to improve such data, and the extent of the VA's planning to modernize and realign its infrastructure. Discusses rural-specific recommendations and compares data on facility closure and service line change recommendations by rurality.

...Health Care: Improved Data, Planning, and Communication Needed for Infrastructure Modernization and Realignment --- Describes the Asset...

8388. Health Care Transparency: CMS Needs More Information on Hospital Pricing Data Completeness and Accuracy - Resources
Date: Oct 2024

Provides an overview of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hospital price transparency requirements before and after 2024 updates to the requirements. Describes users' experiences with hospital pricing data before the 2024 updates. Examines CMS's enforcement of hospital price transparency requirements and offers recommendations to CMS regarding the sufficiency and accuracy of the data reported. Table 3 compares CMS enforcement actions by hospitals' rural or urban designation between 2021 and 2023.

...Health Care Transparency: CMS Needs More Information on Hospital Pricing Data Completeness and Accuracy --- Provides...

8389. Racial Disparities in Cancer Outcomes, Screening, and Treatment - Resources
Date: Feb 2022

Presents an overview of data on cancer incidence and mortality, risk factors, screening, treatment, and outcomes by race and ethnicity. Discusses factors contributing to racial cancer disparities, including inequities in health coverage and access to care, and social and economic factors, among others. Includes data on cancer disparities in rural communities.

...Health disparities · Health screening · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

8390. Evaluation of a Family Connects Dissemination to Four High-Poverty Rural Counties - Resources
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...