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Date: Apr 2025
Provides an overview of the rural development provisions of the 2018 Farm Bill, including provisions related to rural broadband, water and waste disposal, and business creation and economic development. Offers considerations Congress may consider in the 2025 reauthorization of the Farm Bill related to the ReConnect Program and rural health challenges.
...health challenges. --- Farm Bill Primer: Rural Development Title Provides an overview of the rural development...
Date: Jan 2024
Provides an overview of service-contingent federal student loan forgiveness and repayment programs, including those administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration. Includes a table outlining each program's administering agency, service requirements, maximum amount repaid or forgiven, statutory citation, and more.
...Health Resources and Services Administration. Includes a table outlining each program's administering agency, service...
Date: Dec 2018
Describes changes to the Controlled Substance Act (CSA) authorizing special registration for telemedicine to increase access to healthcare providers that can prescribe controlled substances using telemedicine, with the goal of helping address the opioid crisis and shortage of mental health providers. Outlines the seven categories for the practice of telemedicine under the authority of the CSA. The Drug Enforcement Administration plans to publish the related proposed rule to finalize the registration process and procedures.
...health providers. Outlines the seven categories for the practice of telemedicine under the authority of the CSA. The Drug...
Date: Aug 2020
Explores how COVID-19 and related stay-at-home orders contributed to feelings of social isolation and loneliness among people with disabilities. Compares feelings of social isolation and loneliness among urban and rural groups before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Discusses the possible impact of technological accommodations on these feelings.
...health · COVID-19 · Health disparities · Mental health · People with disabilities · Rural-urban differences · Social connectedness...
Date: 2023
Report offering an overview of 8 counties in central California using the Human Development Index, a measure of wellness using health, education, and earnings indicators. Discusses rural throughout. Includes data at the census-tract level.
...health, education, and earnings indicators. Discusses rural throughout. Includes data at the census-tract level...
Date: May 2019
Highlights the new rural development provisions included in the 2018 Farm Bill, which address rural access to high-speed broadband, rural health, loans and grants for rural water and wastewater infrastructure, economic development, and more. Outlines changes in how rural is defined for these programs.
...health, loans and grants for rural water and wastewater infrastructure, economic development, and more. Outlines...
Date: Nov 2021
Estimates level of access to opioid use disorder treatment at 31,053 locations in July 2020 for rural and urban opioid users by comparing drive time and availability of treatment. Discusses treatment differences between rural and urban opioid users with particular focus on infrastructure such as transportation and broadband, hospital closures, and health insurance status.
...health insurance status. --- Robustness of Estimated Access to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Providers in Rural...
Date: May 2019
Position statement to educate members of the Infectious Diseases Society of America on telehealth and to promote use of this technology in clinical care, research, and education. Explores the potential to increase access to subspecialist care in rural areas, and describes reimbursement policies of private insurers, Medicare, and Medicaid, for telehealth services provided to patients in rural areas. Also describes HIPAA requirements for telehealth interactions and protected health information.
...health information. --- Infectious Diseases Society of America Position Statement on Telehealth and Telemedicine as Applied...
Date: 2022
Highlights discussions from a virtual workshop focused on improving cancer diagnosis. Includes information on addressing disparities in diagnosis and access to care, including disparities for rural populations. Features a cancer screening and diagnosis program serving rural Appalachia, describing the challenges faced and strategies used, including the use of a mobile screening unit.
...Health disparities · Health screening · Mobile and episodic healthcare delivery · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: May 2018
Examines the use and roles of U.S. funds and programs in budgets of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and preparations for grant decreases. Appendix III shows compact grants supporting health and education in the FSM and RMI.
...health and education in the FSM and RMI. --- Compacts of Free Association: Actions Needed to Prepare...