Rural Health Policy – Resources
Selected recent or important resources focusing on Rural Health Policy.
Health Costs, Coverage and Delivery State Legislation Database
Identifies enacted state legislation addressing healthcare costs, access, and health system efficiencies. Topics covered include alternative payment methods, health insurance marketplaces, health system consolidation and competition, Medicaid reforms, price transparency, surprise billing, and telehealth. Searchable by state, topic, keyword, year, status, and primary sponsor. Updated every two weeks, with information on legislation starting in 2022.
Sponsoring organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
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Identifies enacted state legislation addressing healthcare costs, access, and health system efficiencies. Topics covered include alternative payment methods, health insurance marketplaces, health system consolidation and competition, Medicaid reforms, price transparency, surprise billing, and telehealth. Searchable by state, topic, keyword, year, status, and primary sponsor. Updated every two weeks, with information on legislation starting in 2022.
Sponsoring organization: National Conference of State Legislatures
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CMS: Rural Health
Provides information about the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) rural health initiatives, including the CMS Rural Health Council. Also provides links to rural-specific resources, publications, and reports.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Provides information about the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) rural health initiatives, including the CMS Rural Health Council. Also provides links to rural-specific resources, publications, and reports.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Highlights from the History of Rural Health
Video series highlighting key moments and developments in recent rural health history in the United States. Provides first-person accounts of the issues and how solutions came to be.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Video series highlighting key moments and developments in recent rural health history in the United States. Provides first-person accounts of the issues and how solutions came to be.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Scope of Practice Policy
Website designed to provide state policymakers with information on scope of practice topics related to nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dental hygienists, dental therapists, and behavioral health providers. Includes interactive state policy maps and a legislation database.
Sponsoring organizations: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, National Conference of State Legislatures
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Website designed to provide state policymakers with information on scope of practice topics related to nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dental hygienists, dental therapists, and behavioral health providers. Includes interactive state policy maps and a legislation database.
Sponsoring organizations: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, National Conference of State Legislatures
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Rural Community Hospital Demonstration
An overview of a CMS demonstration project which provides cost-based reimbursement for small rural hospitals too large to be Critical Access Hospitals. Examines the community benefits and financial impact for participating hospitals.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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An overview of a CMS demonstration project which provides cost-based reimbursement for small rural hospitals too large to be Critical Access Hospitals. Examines the community benefits and financial impact for participating hospitals.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Frontier Community Health Integration Project Demonstration (FCHIP)
An overview of a CMS demonstration to develop and test new models of integrated, coordinated healthcare in the most sparsely-populated rural counties with the goal of improving health outcomes and reducing Medicare expenditures.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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An overview of a CMS demonstration to develop and test new models of integrated, coordinated healthcare in the most sparsely-populated rural counties with the goal of improving health outcomes and reducing Medicare expenditures.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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CMS Innovation Center
Supports the development, testing and sharing of innovative healthcare payment and service delivery models. Includes data, reports, webinars and forums for sharing knowledge among healthcare innovators, data researchers and policy analysts.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Supports the development, testing and sharing of innovative healthcare payment and service delivery models. Includes data, reports, webinars and forums for sharing knowledge among healthcare innovators, data researchers and policy analysts.
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Daily Yonder
Tracks policy and publishes news and special reports on these issues facing small communities: health, employment, broadband access, education, and economic development.
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Strategies
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Tracks policy and publishes news and special reports on these issues facing small communities: health, employment, broadband access, education, and economic development.
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Strategies
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PubMed Search: Health Policy and Rural Health
Searches PubMed's collection of journal article citations on the topics of health policy and rural health published in the U.S.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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Searches PubMed's collection of journal article citations on the topics of health policy and rural health published in the U.S.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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Code of Federal Regulations: Title 42 Public Health
Provides access to Code of Federal Regulations' health-related provisions, including Medicare and Medicare.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
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Provides access to Code of Federal Regulations' health-related provisions, including Medicare and Medicare.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
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