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861. Healthy Monadnock Alliance - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Nov 17, 2025

Healthy Monadnock is a community-wide initiative that aspires to provide "better health and wellness for all" residents of the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire.

...Cancer Screenings: The New Hampshire Healthy Lives Breast and Cervical Cancer Program aims to reduce...

862. 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...

863. 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 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 rurality.

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

864. Assessing Environmental Support for Better Health: Active Living Opportunity Audits in Rural Communities in the Southern United States - Resources
Date: Sep 2014

Describes the built environment, policies, and availability of facilities for physical activity in eight rural communities, four in Alabama and four in the Mississippi Delta, to inform diet and physical activity interventions. Acts as part of a partnership to eliminate cancer health disparities in the Deep South. Includes community data by Rural Active Living Assessment (RALA) measures, such as sidewalks, destinations, and walk-ability.

...cancer health disparities in the Deep South. Includes community data by Rural Active Living Assessment...

865. 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...

866. March 2026 MedPAC Meeting Transcript - Resources
Date: Mar 2026

Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) March 2026 meeting. Covers research and proposals related to the Medicare ground ambulance data collection system, access to hospice and certain complex palliative services for beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease and beneficiaries with cancer, provider participation in Medicare Advantage (MA) networks, MA encounter data in risk adjustment, the complexity of Medicare enrollment decisions for beneficiaries, and Medicare Part B premium payment basics. Includes rural references and considerations throughout.

...cancer, provider participation in Medicare Advantage (MA) networks, MA encounter data in risk adjustment, the complexity...

867. MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, June 2026 - Resources
Date: Jun 2026

Evaluates Medicare payment issues and provides recommendations to the U.S. Congress. Covers payment incentives in Medicare, the complexity of Medicare enrollment decisions for beneficiaries, Medicare payment operations and their role in identifying improper payments, the estimated association between Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment and hospitals' and post-acute care providers' finances, and access to hospice and certain complex palliative services for beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease or cancer. Includes a mandated report regarding the Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System. Includes rural references throughout.

...cancer. Includes a mandated report regarding the Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection System. Includes rural...

868. South Dakota American Indian Mortality Data, 2008-2024 - Resources
Date: Oct 2025

Highlights the leading causes of death in American Indian communities in South Dakota from 2008 to 2024. Ranks causes, such as cancer, heart disease, and stroke, among others, by year.

...cancer, heart disease, and stroke, among others, by year. --- South Dakota American Indian Mortality Data...

869. Public Belief in the Maternal Health Benefits of Breastfeeding — United States, 2018 and 2021 - Resources
Date: Aug 2023

Examines public belief in breastfeeding health benefits for the mother. Utilizes 2018 and 2021 survey data to analyze perceptions related to decreased cancer, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes risk according to survey respondent sex, age, race/ethnicity, education, income, employment, marital status, region, and metro versus nonmetro location.

...cancer, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes risk according to survey respondent sex, age, race/ethnicity...

870. 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...