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8501. Locations and Characteristics of Pharmacy Deserts in the United States: A Geospatial Study - Resources
Date: Apr 2024

Classifies census tracts as pharmacy deserts or non-pharmacy deserts. Compares pharmacy desert and non-pharmacy desert areas by various social determinants of health and pharmacy characteristics including rurality. See the supplemental materials for state-by-state and rural/urban comparisons.

...health and pharmacy characteristics including rurality. See the supplemental materials for state-by-state and rural/urban...

8502. ACO Primary Care Flex Model - Resources
Reviewed: Mar 2025

Provides information on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center's ACO Primary Care Flex Model, which will test how prospective payments and increased funding for primary care in accountable care organizations (ACOs) impact health outcomes, quality, and costs of care. Aims to increase the number of low-revenue ACOs participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (SSP), including ACOs serving rural and underserved populations.

...Health Centers · Healthcare quality · Medicare · Policy · Primary care · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural Health Clinics...

8503. What We Know (and Don't Know) About Caregiving in Rural America - Resources
Date: Feb 2022

Webinar offering an overview of informal caregiving for rural residents. Describes the tasks associated with caregiving, rural caregiving data and available research, mental health, cancer related caregiving, and rural and urban comparisons. Includes North Carolina-based caregiving projects. Transcript available in the video description.

...Carolina Rural Health Research Program Cancer · Informal caregivers · Mental health · Rural-urban differences · North Carolina...

8504. CY 2025 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Final Rule (CMS 1809-FC) - Resources
Date: Nov 2024

Fact sheet providing an overview of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule regarding updates and changes to the Medicare payments for hospital outpatient and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) services for calendar year 2025. Summarizes provisions regarding changes to Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) and partial hospital program rate setting; incorporating an add-on payment to the Medicare outpatient hospital all-inclusive rate (AIR) for certain high-cost drugs for people with Medicare who receive care at Indian Health Service (IHS) or tribal hospitals; updates to the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR), Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting (ASCQR), and Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting (REHQR) Programs; a new Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) for obstetrical services; Medicaid and CHIP continuous eligibility; Medicaid clinic services "four walls" exceptions; and more.

...Health Service (IHS) or tribal hospitals; updates to the Hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR), Ambulatory...

8505. Rural Hospital Renovation & Expansion Study - Resources - Archive
Date: Oct 2008

Summarizes the results of a survey assessing the impact of community hospital renovations on healthcare delivery and recruitment and retention of health professionals.

...health professionals. --- Rural Hospital Renovation & Expansion Study Archived Resource This item is of historical interest...

8506. Grantee Sourcebook: Rural HIV/AIDS Planning Program, 2020-2021 - Resources - Archive
Date: Sep 2021

Detailed descriptions of 7 Rural HIV/AIDS Planning Program grant projects funded in fiscal year 2020. Reports on each grantee's key Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) strategies, secondary focus areas, target populations served, network development and planning activities, initial outcomes of their planning work, and sustainability strategies of the HIV/AIDS rural health networks and HIV-related programming beyond the planning year. Grantee profiles identify the geographic areas served, network partners, and primary contact person.

...health networks and HIV-related programming beyond the planning year. Grantee profiles identify the geographic...

8507. Associations Between Neighborhood Characteristics and Physical Activity Among Youth Within Rural–Urban Commuting Areas in the US - Resources
Date: Dec 2012

Examines rural versus urban associations in physical activity and neighborhood characteristics. Includes data on youth participating in physical activity 5 or more days per week for a minimum of 20 minutes at a time by Rural-Urban Commuting Area. Table 2 covers age group, sex, race/ethnicity, youth health, youth activities, family, and household characteristics.

...health, youth activities, family, and household characteristics. --- Associations Between Neighborhood Characteristics and Physical Activity Among...

8508. National Farm Medicine Center: 2023 Year in Review - Resources
Date: 2024

Provides an overview of the 2023 activities of the National Farm Medicine Center and related partners, with a focus on research, policy, outreach and education, projects, and more. Discusses population health, well-being, and agricultural safety.

...health, well-being, and agricultural safety. 2024 National Farm Medicine Center Agricultural health and safety...

8509. Occupational Injury and Treatment Patterns of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers - Resources
Date: May 2009

Highlights a study based on a survey of migrant and seasonal workers in Maine and New York regarding occupational injuries and treatment locations. Breaks down rate of migrant health center and emergency room utilization, as well as the rate of injuries treated elsewhere and those that went untreated.

...health and safety · Emergency department and urgent care services · Farmers and farmworkers · Federally Qualified Health...

8510. Targeted Technical Assistance for Rural Hospitals Program - Funding
Deadline: Sep 30, 2025

2-year technical assistance program for rural hospitals to address financial and operational challenges and help maintain essential health services in rural communities.

...health services in rural communities. --- Targeted Technical Assistance for Rural Hospitals Program This funding record...