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9781. MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2026 - Resources
Date: Mar 2026

Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Includes discussion on Medicare payment policies directly affecting rural providers and beneficiaries. Addresses payment adequacy for Medicare fee-for-service payment systems, Medicare Advantage (MA), and Medicare Part D. Includes mandated reports on the impact of regulatory changes to the home health prospective payment system and dual-eligible special needs plans.

...health prospective payment system and dual-eligible special needs plans. --- MedPAC Report to the Congress...

9782. Agriculture Partnership Models to Support Food Access - RHIhub SDOH Toolkit - Toolkits
Reviewed: May 11, 2026

Discusses agricultural partnership models that can be used to support rural farmers and increase rural access to local foods.

...Health System, Chicago Public Schools, and Milwaukee Public Schools while also reaching institutions in rural...

9783. The Front Lines of the Opioid Crisis: Perspectives from States, Communities, and Providers - Resources
Date: Nov 2017

Video recording details the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on the opioid epidemic. Features testimony detailing efforts to combat opioid addiction from representatives of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry; the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals; the Wisconsin Prescription Drug Monitoring Program; and the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet.

...Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on the opioid epidemic. Features testimony detailing...

9784. Effect of Rurality on Screening for Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Comparing Mammography - Resources
Date: Jun 2014

Examines urban and rural differences among adult women who utilize mammography screenings. Discusses urban–rural disparities in breast cancer treatment and experience.

...Health, 14(2), 2730 06/2014 Access · Cancer · Health disparities · Health screening · Rural-urban differences · Statistics...

9785. Predictors of Primary Care Physician Practice Location in Underserved Urban and Rural Areas in the United States: A Systematic Literature Review - Resources
Date: Sep 2016

Literature review on predictors of practice locations for primary care physicians. Literature includes 72 peer-reviewed articles published prior to November 2015. Discusses themes found including demographics, financial considerations, and medical training.

...Health workforce education and training · Health workforce supply and demand · Loans, loan repayment, and loan...

9786. Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS): 2026 MIPS Promoting Interoperability Performance Category Hardship Exception Application Guide - Resources
Date: May 2026

Provides guidance on how clinicians can apply for a MIPS hardship exception. Highlights guidance for having your MIPS Promoting Interoperability performance category reweighted to 0% in cases of insufficient internet connectivity, decertified electronic health record technology, or other circumstances out of the clinicians' control.

...health record technology, or other circumstances out of the clinicians' control. --- Merit-based Incentive Payment...

9787. Measuring the Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Diné and White Mountain Apache School Personnel, Families, and Students: Protocol for a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study - Resources
Date: Aug 2022

Examines the protocol for the "Project SafeSchools" (PSS) study, which aims to analyze barriers, facilitators, and overall educational, social-emotional, and health impacts of reopening schools on the Diné Nation and the White Mountain Apache Tribal lands after COVID-19 closures. Discusses recruitment, participatory research model, community engagement, and data collection methods.

...health impacts of reopening schools on the Diné Nation and the White Mountain Apache Tribal...

9788. Caring for Miners During the Coronavirus Disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) Pandemic - Resources
Date: Jan 2021

Highlights the particular susceptibility of miners in the Southwestern U.S. to COVID-19. Discusses preexisting conditions, such as COPD, as well as issues related to access to care.

...Health, 37(1), 165-168 01/2021 COVID-19 · Chronic respiratory conditions · Health disparities · Occupational health...

9789. Racial and Rural-Urban Disparities in Maternal Cardiac Disease Care in North Carolina: A Call to Action - Resources
Date: Jul 2023

Analyzes cardiac-specific severe maternal morbidity of rural and urban, as well as Black and White, populations using data from the 2019 North Carolina State Inpatient Database. Provides statistics on delivery hospitalizations in North Carolina, including births with preexisting maternal cardiac disease, maternal cardiac disease outcomes, and patient characteristics. Discusses disparities in comorbidities, cardiac categories, and health outcomes.

...health outcomes. --- Racial and Rural-Urban Disparities in Maternal Cardiac Disease Care in North Carolina...

9790. Study of Telehealth Expansion and Payment Parity: Preliminary Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2023 - Resources
Date: May 2023

Provides an overview of telehealth usage in Minnesota, with a focus on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on telehealth; issues of access, quality, satisfaction, and equity; payment parity; audio-only telehealth; and more. Includes 2021 Minnesota Health Access (MNHA) Survey data about telehealth satisfaction for various populations, including rural, as well as telehealth implications for rural areas.

...Health Access (MNHA) Survey data about telehealth satisfaction for various populations, including rural, as well...