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9561. Medicare Advantage: It's Here, Now What? - Resources
Date: Feb 2024

Slides from a presentation at the 2024 National Rural Health Association's Policy Institute conference that discuss Medicare Advantage, with data on eligibility and enrollment percentages depicted for select states as well as by metro versus nonmetro location.

...Health Association's Policy Institute conference that discuss Medicare Advantage, with data on eligibility and enrollment...

9562. Medicaid and CHIP in Guam - Resources
Date: Apr 2020

Summarizes key requirements and design features of Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in Guam. Features statistics on program costs from fiscal years 2011-2019, with breakdowns by federal spending and Guam spending.

...Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in Guam. Features statistics on program costs from fiscal years 2011-2019, with...

9563. Value-Based Purchasing Demonstrations for Critical Access and Small PPS Hospitals - Resources
Date: Sep 2011

White paper discussing the expanded quality reporting programs for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and hospitals excluded from the inpatient Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program due to a low number of cases. Includes recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the rural implications from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision on inpatient hospital VBP program.

...Health and Human Services on the rural implications from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision...

9564. California's Midwives: How Scope of Practice Laws Impact Care - Resources
Date: Oct 2019

Compares the scope of practice, professional licensures, regulatory systems, and educational requirements for licensed midwives (LMs) and nurse-midwives (NMs) in California. Appendix provides per capita distribution data for midwives by county within the state.

...Health workforce supply and demand · Licensure and certification of health professionals · Maternal health and prenatal...

9565. Standing Technical Expert Panel for the Development, Evaluation, and Maintenance of Post-Acute Care (PAC) and Hospice Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Measurement Sets: Summary Report - Resources
Date: Jul 2024

Describes a December 15, 2023, Technical Expert Panel (TEP) regarding the development of additional cross-setting measures for the Post-Acute Care (PAC) and Hospice Quality Reporting Programs (QRPs), and filling measurement gaps with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Universal Foundation measures. Summarizes TEP comments on adding measures to PAC and Hospice QRPs in four domains: 1) behavioral and mental health, 2) patient experience of care, 3) pain management, and 4) immunization. Covers panelists' discussions on the appropriateness of the existing measure set and potential new measures, setting-specific considerations, data sources, and other topics related to each domain. Includes rural references throughout.

...health, 2) patient experience of care, 3) pain management, and 4) immunization. Covers panelists' discussions...

9566. Rural Communities: A Two-Pronged Approach for Improving Walking and Bicycling - Resources
Date: 2015

Outlines infrastructure solutions rural communities can use to encourage and support biking and walking, as a means of improving the health of rural residents.

...health of rural residents. 2015 Safe Routes to School National Partnership Infrastructure · Wellness, health promotion...

9567. Delta Dental of New Jersey Foundation S.M.I.L.E. Grants - Funding
Deadline: Feb 18, 2026

Grants for organizations throughout New Jersey and Connecticut that focus on access to dental care for underserved children, people with disabilities, veterans, and seniors.

...health and prenatal care · Mobile and episodic healthcare delivery · Oral health · People with disabilities · Veterans...

9568. 2026 NARHC Fall Institute (Sep 29 - Oct 1, 2026) - Events
Date: Sep 29, 2026

Summary information for the event 2026 NARHC Fall Institute, sponsored by National Association of Rural Health Clinics.

...Health Clinics. --- 2026 NARHC Fall Institute National Association of Rural Health Clinics Sep 29 - Oct 1, 2026 Kentucky...

9569. April 2023 MACPAC Meeting Transcript - Resources
Date: Apr 2023

Transcript from the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission's (MACPAC) April 2023 meeting. Covers automatic adjustments to Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) allotments, DSH third-party payer policy, integrating care for dually eligible beneficiaries, access to Medicaid coverage and care for adults leaving incarceration, adult access to covered dental benefits, access to home- and community-based services, and an update on the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) unwinding. Includes rural references and considerations throughout.

...health emergency (PHE) unwinding. Includes rural references and considerations throughout. --- April 2023 MACPAC Meeting Transcript...

9570. Telemedicine in Rural EMS: Expanding Capabilities and Scope - Resources
Date: Feb 2026

Discusses the integration of telemedicine and emergency medical services (EMS) for improving rural health outcomes by connecting EMS with trauma specialists and expanding what is available as prehospital care. Describes the workforce, equipment, and infrastructure needs.

...health outcomes by connecting EMS with trauma specialists and expanding what is available as prehospital...