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81. Mental Health Care: Access Challenges for Covered Consumers and Relevant Federal Efforts
Date: Mar 2022

Explores the experiences of consumers with health insurance coverage in accessing timely and appropriate mental health care. Describes challenges accessing mental health services, including workforce shortages and broadband availability in rural areas. Identifies ongoing and planned federal efforts to address these challenges.

...health insurance coverage in accessing timely and appropriate mental health care. Describes challenges accessing mental...

82. Veterans Health: VA Should Improve Its Monitoring of Severe Maternal Complications and Mental Health Screenings
Date: Jan 2024

Examines Veterans Administration (VA) data on deaths and severe maternal morbidity among pregnant and postpartum veterans from fiscal year 2011 through 2020. Explores actions the VA has taken to monitor maternal health outcomes among pregnant and postpartum veterans and the extent to which the VA facilitates mental health screenings for these veterans. Offers recommendations to the VA regarding monitoring trends in severe maternal morbidity by veteran characteristics and maternity care coordinators' screening of veterans for mental health conditions. Includes rural references throughout.

...health conditions. Includes rural references throughout. Date 01/2024 Type Document Organization Government Accountability Office Tagged as Care coordination · Health disparities · Maternal health and prenatal care · Mental...

83. The Provision of Mental Health Services by Rural Health Clinics
Date: May 2010

Reports on a study that examined changes in the delivery of mental health services by RHCs, operational characteristics of these services, barriers and challenges experienced by RHCs, and policy options to encourage more RHCs to deliver mental health services.

...mental health services. --- View more The Provision of Mental Health Services by Rural Health Clinics...

84. Rural and Urban/Suburban Families' Use of a Web-Based Mental Health Intervention
Date: May 2017

Analyzes data from a web-based mental health intervention program serving adolescents and caregivers in disaster-affected areas of Missouri and Alabama, comparing rural and urban/suburban rates of accessing and completing web-based mental healthcare modules. Describes historic disparities in mental healthcare among rural communities, noting changes to access and engagement due to increased internet technology use among rural youth and adults. Discusses the potential of web-based healthcare interventions, including telehealth, to expand mental health services in rural areas.

...Mental Health Intervention --- Analyzes data from a web-based mental health intervention program serving adolescents...

85. Mental Health Visits via Telecommunications for Rural Health Clinics & Federally Qualified Health Centers
Date: May 2023

Details regulatory changes for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) regarding mental health visits provided through real-time audio-video and audio-only technologies. Includes information on coding for RHC and FQHC claims, in-person mental health visit requirements, and exceptions to the in-person requirement.

...Health Visits via Telecommunications for Rural Health Clinics & Federally Qualified Health Centers --- Details regulatory changes for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) regarding mental...

86. Mental Health and Rural America: 1994-2005
Date: 2006

A summary of the knowledge base surrounding mental health and substance abuse issues in rural and frontier areas. Provides an overview of the environment of mental health in rural areas over three decades. Includes an annotated bibliography.

...Health Policy Tagged as Access · Behavioral health workforce · Mental health · Policy · Substance use and misuse...

87. Emergency Department Visits Related to Mental Health Disorders Among Adults, by Race and Hispanic Ethnicity: United States, 2018–2020
Date: Mar 2023

Report explores the rates of mental health-related visits to emergency departments (EDs) by race and Hispanic ethnicity. Breaks down data by race, mental health disorder, and urbanization level, among other measures.

...Mental health · Mental health conditions · Population health · Racial and ethnic groups · Rural-urban differences · Statistics...

88. VA Mental Health: Additional Action Needed to Assess Rural Veterans' Access to Intensive Care
Date: Feb 2023

Report examines the rate at which the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Intensive Mental Health Care programs were being utilized in rural areas. Highlights the difference in the utilization rate of the inpatient, residential, and outpatient mental health programs for both rural and urban veterans. Makes suggestions for how the VHA can improve these rates going forward.

...Health: Additional Action Needed to Assess Rural Veterans' Access to Intensive Care --- Report examines the rate at which the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Intensive Mental...

89. Rural Mental Health Workforce Needs Assessment: A National Survey
Date: Oct 2012

Examines the shortages of mental health professionals in rural communities and the impact of inadequate mental health services access on rural hospitals.

...Mental Health Workforce Needs Assessment: A National Survey --- Examines the shortages of mental health professionals...

90. Mental Health in Rural Areas
Date: Feb 2022

Policy position paper focused on mental health in rural areas. Discusses barriers and policy recommendations regarding the availability, access, and acceptability of mental health care in rural communities.

...health care in rural communities. Author(s) Brenda Mack, Heather Whetsell, Janessa M. Graves Date 02/2022 Type Document Organization National Rural Health Association Tagged as Access · Behavioral health workforce · Health workforce supply and demand · Mental...