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9171. Alternative Models to Preserving Access to Emergency Care - Resources
Date: Jul 2016

Explores proposals for maintaining timely access to emergency and other basic healthcare services in rural communities that may not be able to support a full-service hospital, including frontier extended stay clinics and free-standing emergency departments. Identifies models of care and various ideologies for the Secretary and the Department of Health and Human Services to consider when evaluating policy options.

...Health and Human Services to consider when evaluating policy options. --- Alternative Models to Preserving Access...

9172. Rural Implications of Changes to the Medicare Hospice Benefit - Resources
Date: Aug 2013

Policy brief highlights an April 2013 meeting in Grand Junction, Colorado, of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services. Presents the committee's recommendations and analyses of ACA provisions which may have rural implications regarding challenges and innovations in hospice and palliative care in rural and frontier areas.

...Health and Human Services. Presents the committee's recommendations and analyses of ACA provisions which...

9173. Nebraska Clinical Psychologist Map - Resources
Reviewed: Dec 2025

Shows clinical psychology state and federal shortage areas.

...Office of Rural Health Behavioral health workforce · Health workforce shortage designations · Mental health · Specialty care · Nebraska...

9174. Financial Sustainability Workbook - Resources
Date: Aug 2022

Workbook offering insights and activities for collaboratives to use when considering diversifying funding in order to sustain healthcare delivery and health improvement efforts. Discusses identifying the financial resources in the local system, community approaches to financing innovation, and engaging and building relationships with payers to create new funding streams. Includes case examples of leveraging grant funds and innovations.

...health improvement efforts. Discusses identifying the financial resources in the local system, community approaches to financing...

9175. Availability of Hospital-Based Obstetric Services in the United States by County, 2010–2023: A State-by-State Report - Resources
Date: Jan 2026

Provides national, state, and county-specific information on changes in obstetric care access from 2010-2023. Displays county-level maps of changes in hospital-based services availability between 2010-2023, highlighting changes from 2022 to 2023. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural counties.

...Health Research Center Access · Health workforce supply and demand · Hospitals · Maternal health and prenatal care...

9176. Death by Drugs: Colorado Reaches a Record High for Overdose Fatalities. Again. - Resources
Date: Apr 2018

Describes county-level estimates for drug overdose death rates in Colorado from 2001 through 2016 using data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Includes discussion on small counties experiencing high overdose rates, the rise of opioid overdoses and deaths, and covers policy implications.

...Health and Environment (CDPHE). Includes discussion on small counties experiencing high overdose rates, the rise...

9177. Trends in Primary Care Provision to Medicare Beneficiaries by Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, or Physician Assistants: 2008-2014 - Resources
Date: Oct 2017

Examines trends in elderly patients receiving primary care from physicians alone, physicians with nurse practitioners (NPs) and/or physician assistants (PAs), and NPs/PAs without physicians. Considered these models for delivering primary care to Medicare patients with multiple chronic conditions and Medicare patients in rural and health professional shortage areas (HPSAs).

...health professional shortage areas (HPSAs). --- Trends in Primary Care Provision to Medicare Beneficiaries by Physicians...

9178. The Appalachian Region: A Data Overview from the 2019-2023 American Community Survey Chartbook - Resources
Date: Jun 2025

State- and county-level information on population, age, household characteristics, housing occupancy, education, labor force, employment, transportation, income, health insurance coverage, disability, and veteran status, for the 13 Appalachian states. Features statistics with breakdowns by 5 levels of population density. Includes data explorer options for Appalachian categories such as population and age, education, income and poverty, computer and broadband access, rural Appalachia versus rural America, and employment and commuting.

...health insurance coverage, disability, and veteran status, for the 13 Appalachian states. Features statistics with...

9179. Meeting Students Where They Are: Trauma-Informed Approaches in Rural Schools - Resources
Date: 2021

Discusses the need for more supports in rural schools to address trauma and mental health concerns. Provides potential models schools can adopt to improve trauma-informed education and close achievement gaps for rural students.

...health concerns. Provides potential models schools can adopt to improve trauma-informed education and close...

9180. April 2022 MedPAC Meeting Transcript - Resources
Date: Apr 2022

Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) April 2022 meeting. Covers high prices of drugs covered under Medicare Part B, initial findings from MedPAC's analysis of Part D data on drug rebates and discounts, segmentation in the stand-alone Part D prescription drug plan market, leveraging Medicare policies to address social determinants of health, an approach to streamline and harmonize Medicare's portfolio of alternative payment models, and aligning fee-for-service payment rates across ambulatory settings. Includes rural references throughout.

...health, an approach to streamline and harmonize Medicare's portfolio of alternative payment models, and aligning...