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State Policy Levers for Addressing Preventive Dental Care Disparities for Rural Children: Medicaid Reimbursement to Non-Dental Clinicians for Fluoride Varnish and Dental Hygiene Supervision in Primary Care Safety Net Settings (Key Facts) - Provides keys facts regarding preventive dental care disparities for rural children. -- South Carolina Rural Health Research Center...

Demographics of International Medical Graduates in North Dakota - This fact sheet is part of a series of analyses regarding physicians in North Dakota. -- University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health...

Health, United States, 2011: With Special Feature on Socioeconomic Status and Health. - Uses tables and narrative to present trends and information regarding the Nation's health status, demographic distribution, health insurance coverage and expenditures, health behaviors and risk factors, and the utilization and access to health care. -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Promoting a Culture of Safety: Use of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture in Critical Access Hospitals (Briefing Paper) - Discusses the use of patient safety surveys as a means to promote organizational learning and build a culture of safety. -- Flex Monitoring Team...

Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Evaluation (Full Report) - Outlines the positive accomplishments of the Frontier Extended Stay Clinics, which are geographically isolated clinics designed to provide primary, emergency, and extended-stay care 24 hours per day when hospital services are not readily available. -- RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis...

Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Evaluation (Summary) - Outlines the positive accomplishments of the Frontier Extended Stay Clinic (FESC) Pilot Program. -- RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis...

Rural Spotlight: An Interview with Ira Moscovice, Ph.D. - An interview with Ira Moscovice, the director of the Univ. of Minn. Rural Health Research Center, who discusses changes that health reform will bring to rural providers, including new payment structures and quality measures. -- Rural Assistance Center...

Around the Country: Local Programs Help Patients Navigate Medical Care - A look at patient navigator programs in four states: a statewide program in Georgia; a program in Kentucky for cervical cancer patients; a promotores program in Texas for chronic conditions; and a coordinated care program for cancer patients in Vermont. -- Rural Assistance Center...

Look What's Coming: Managing Your Medical School - Discusses patient-centered care, and the need to pay more attention to the percentages of medical school graduates practicing what is needed and where they are needed. -- Rural Assistance Center...

Challenges for Human Services: The Intimacy of Place: Lessons for Philanthropy - Rural areas generally receive fewer charitable donations than urban, but the TLL Temple Foundation in Texas proves that rural giving is easier and more efficient when it is housed there. -- Rural Assistance Center...

Sidebar: HITECH Programs Help CAHs Fund IT Conversion - The federal government offers funding and other support for electronic health record implementation through several programs including Regional Extension Centers. -- Rural Assistance Center...

HIT Workforce a Growing Concern for Critical Access Hospitals - Addresses some of the challenges of implementing health information technology (HIT) in rural hospitals. Highlights difficulties related to HIT workforce recruitment and the benefits of rural information technology networks. -- Rural Assistance Center...

Active Recruitment Pays Off for Small Town Clinics - Looks at ways rural communities are working to actively recruit primary care providers and to train and establish HIT staff. Discusses the National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network (3RNet). -- Rural Assistance Center...

Non-Direct Patient Care Physicians in North Dakota - This fact sheet is Number 4 in a series of analyses regarding physicians in North Dakota. -- University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health...

Type of Employment for Physicians in North Dakota - This fact sheet is Number 3 in a series of analyses regarding physicians in North Dakota. -- University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health...

Demographics of Direct Patient Care Physicians in North Dakota - This fact sheet is Number 2 in a series of analyses regarding physicians in North Dakota. -- University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health...

Recommended Core Measures for Evaluating the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Cost, Utilization, and Clinical Quality - Describes how more than 70 researchers came together as part of the Patient-Centered Medical Home Evaluators Collaborative to identify a set of standardized measures to assess patient-centered medical homes. -- Commonwealth Fund...

Achieving Better Quality of Care for Low-Income Populations: The Roles of Health Insurance and the Medical Home in Reducing Health Inequities - An analysis of the Commonwealth Fund 2010 Biennial Health Insurance Survey. Demonstrates that when low-income adults have both health insurance and a medical home, they are less likely to report cost-related access problems, more likely to be up-to-date with preventive screenings, and report greater satisfaction with the quality of their care. -- Commonwealth Fund...

A Physician's Guide to Medicare's Home Health Certification, Including the Face-to-Face Encounter - Provides education on the contents of the home health certification, including homebound criteria and requirements for the face-to-face encounter and documentation needed. Includes guidance that physicians, non-physician practitioners, physician support personnel, and home health agencies can use to ensure that all certification requirements are understood and met. -- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...

The Rural Implications of Geographic Rating of Health Insurance Premiums - Examines how and to what extent states allow health plans to vary premiums by geographic rating area. Discusses strategies that federal and state policymakers might use to help ensure that premium variations based on geography are justified. -- State Health Access Reform Evaluation...

Farm Activities Associated With Rural Development Initiatives - Describes farm and farmer characteristics that may influence farm operator involvement in development activities, specifically by focusing on five farm activities: organic farming,value-added agriculture, direct marketing, agritourism, and energy/electricity production. -- USDA Economic Research Service...

The Effects of State EITC Expansion on Childrens Health - Examines the impact of state-level adoption of Earned Income Tax Credits (EITCs) on a set of health-related outcomes for children including health insurance coverage, the use of preventive medical and dental care, and health status measures. -- Carsey Institute...

Maternal and Child Health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders - Describes indicators of maternal and child health,including prenatal care, low birth weight, and infant mortality, within AA and NHPI (Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander) populations in the United States and Pacific Islands. -- Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum...

Guide to Privacy and Security of Health Information - Contains information on privacy and security in health information technology and meaningful use of electronic health records. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...

Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation - Evaluates obesity prevention strategies and identifies recommendations for community based programs. -- Institute of Medicine...

5 Key Questions About Medicaid And Its Role in State/Federal Budgets and Health Reform - Highlights key issues about Medicaid, including the structure, financing and purpose of the program, its role for low-income beneficiaries, its share of the federal budget and state budgets, and the significant implications of the coverage expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Mentions rural throughout. -- Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured...

Promoting a Culture of Safety: Use of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture in Critical Access Hospitals (Policy Brief) - Discusses the use of patient safety culture surveys as a means to promote organizational learning and build a culture of safety. -- Flex Monitoring Team...

Low-Income & Rural Beneficiaries with Medigap Coverage, 2010 - Data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) show that Medicare Advantage plans, Medicares private comprehensive health plans, continue to be a vital source of coverage for low-income and minority beneficiaries in 2010. -- AHIP Center for Policy and Research...

Opportunities and Challenges: Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the U.S. Pacific Territories - Describes provisions in the Affordable Care Act that will benefit Americans living in the U.S. Territories by increasing access, ensuring quality and advancing prevention and public health. -- Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum...

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health Disparities - Provides an overview of NHPA (Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander) health in the United States. Where possible, this health brief also includes data on the health status of NHPAs living in the USAPI (U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands.) -- Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum...

Fate of 'Uninsurables' Hinges on Supreme Court - Seattle Times, (WA) article reports that State officials who administer the federal pre-existing condition plan in 27 states are trying to make fallback arrangements in case the law is invalidated and coverage suddenly terminates....

New Life for Old Cabinets - Daily Yonder article tells how in the old chairs and cabinets people no longer had a use for, David Rolo finds art, and in the process he gives trees back the life they once knew....

CMS Eases Rules to Cut Doctors Regulatory Burdens - American Medical News article reports that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized two regulations that eliminated rules deemed to have adversely affected those participating in Medicare. In one regulation, billing privileges for physicians will be protected from unjust revocations. In another rule, CMS increased flexibility on governance boards at hospitals but protected the autonomy of medical staff at each facility....

Regional Rural Development Centers to Spearhead New National Agricultural and Rural Development Policy Center - Southern Rural Development Center article reports that the nations four Regional Rural Development Centers were recently chosen by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture/United States Department of Agriculture to establish the National Agricultural and Rural Development Policy Center (or NARDeP)....

Joint VA/Labor Department Program Launches to Retrain 99,000 Unemployed Veterans - Unemployed veterans between the ages of 35 and 60 can now apply for new benefits to cover education costs for up to one year through a joint U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Labor program that focuses on retraining 99,000 veterans for high-demand jobs....

Want Rural Docs? Just Ask - Daily Yonder article by Wayne Myers, former director of the federal Office of Rural Health Policy, discusses how we know what forecasts whether a medical student will go into family practice or set up shop in a rural community, but what we need now are medical school admissions officers who will care to ask the right questions....

More States Work to Implement Health Care Law - Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced yesterday that Illinois, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee and Washington will receive more than $181 million in grants to help implement the new health care law by establishing Affordable Insurance Exchanges....

Webinar on "Screening for Developmental and Psychosocial Risks in Rural Family Medicine Practice: Implementation of Best Practices" - The University of Washington Maternal and Child Public Health Leadership Training Program invites you to join a Webinar on "Screening for Developmental and Psychosocial Risks in Rural Family Medicine Practice: Implementation of Best Practices" on Tuesday, May 29th, 2012....

HUD Makes Available $85 Million to Fund Housing for Extremely Low-Income Persons with Disabilities - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has made $85 million available to state housing agencies to provide affordable supportive housing for extremely low-income persons with disabilities....

Country is Separating by Education - Daily Yonder article discusses how when it comes to education, the rich are getting richer, as people with college degrees flock to a small number of U.S. counties, a demographic divide with serious economic consequences....

Obama Administration Presents National Plan to Fight Alzheimers Disease - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius yesterday released an ambitious national plan to fight Alzheimers disease that outlines research funding, tools for health care providers, an awareness campaign and a new website....

HHS Launches New Web-Based Tool to Track Performance of Nations Health Care System - Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius yesterday announced the launch of a new web-based tool that will make it easier for all Americans to monitor and measure how the nations health care system is performing....

Medicare and Medicaid Program; Regulatory Provisions to Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction; Final Rule - This final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) identifies reforms in Medicare and Medicaid regulations that CMS has identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on health care providers and beneficiaries. This rule increases the ability of health care professionals to devote resources to improving patient care, by eliminating or reducing requirements that impede quality patient care or that divert provid...

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Reform of Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation; Final Rule - This final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revises the requirements that hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs....

Nationwide 2K Event Will Support Homeless Veterans and Promote Employee Wellness - The Department of Veterans Affairs is once again hosting a nationwide 2K Walk and Roll event at more than 130 VA facilities on May 16 to coincide with National Employee Health and Fitness Day....

4 in 10 Healthcare Organizations Seek Locum Tenens - HealthLeaders Media article reports that three in four healthcare organizations had to find temporary physicians at some point in the last 12 months because they couldn't find permanent physicians, survey data shows....

Nationwide Health Information Network: Conditions for Trusted Exchange; Comment Request - The Department of Health and Human Services will accept comments through June 14, 2012, on draft proposals for a governance mechanism for the nationwide health information network....

Peoples Department: USDA at 150 - Times and Democrat, (SC) article gives U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack remarks on the history and accomplishments of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on its 150th birthday....

Endangered Rural Post Offices Get a Reprieve - MSNBC article reports that the financially struggling U.S. Postal Service sought Wednesday to tamp down concern over wide-scale cuts, revealing it will seek to keep thousands of rural post offices open with shorter hours....

Vets Attracted to Rural Counties, Smaller Cities - Daily Yonder article reports that military veterans disproportionately live in rural and exurban communities, and vets who live in cities are much more likely to live in smaller urban areas, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census....

Nurse Practitioners Provide Solution to Shortage of Primary Health Care Providers - PRNewswire article reports that the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners today announced a national campaign to increase public awareness of the critical role nurse practitioners play in the American health care system....

White House Rural Council: Rural Stakeholders Meeting - The White House Rural Council reports that on Tuesday, May 1st, along with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, they hosted a group of 24 rural health care providers and experts to discuss issues around access to care and improving health outcomes in rural communities....

National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services; Notice of Meeting - The Health Resources and Services Administration announces that the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health will convene its seventy - first meeting on June 18-20, 2012, in Kansas City, Missouri. The meeting will be open to the public....

Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Pilot Program Receives Positive Reviews - NRHA Rural Health Voices blog reports that the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) released a study today outlining the positive accomplishments of the Frontier Extended Stay Clinic (FESC) Pilot Program....

CMS Releases Final CoP, Regulatory Burden Reduction Rules - AHA News Now article reports that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday released a final regulation to revise the existing Conditions of Participation for hospitals and critical access hospitals, as well as a final rule that addresses more than two dozen regulatory requirements for a broader range of providers, including hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, end-stage renal disease facilities and durable medical equipment suppl...

HRSA Webinar Announcement: Using Health IT for Care Coordination - The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will be holding a webinar on May 18, 2012, that focuses on using health information technology (IT) to help coordinate care among outpatient and inpatient safety net providers....

House Approves $310B in Cuts; Medicaid And Children's Health Care Targeted - Kaiser Health News brings together a variety of articles discussing how the House approved sweeping legislation on Thursday to cut $310 billion from the deficit over the next decade much of it from programs for the poor and shift some of that savings to the Pentagon to stave off automatic military spending cuts scheduled for next year....

Registration is Now Open for the NHSC Scholar Orientation and Placement Conference - Registration is now open for sites interested in attending the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) 2012 Scholar Orientation and Placement Conference, July 19-21 in Grapevine, TX....

Dubious Medicare Billings Paid to 2,600 Pharmacies in 2009, Inspector General Finds - CBS News article reports that Medicare paid $5.6 billion to 2,600 pharmacies with questionable billings, including a Kansas drugstore that submitted more than 1,000 prescriptions each for two patients in just one year, government investigators have found....

USDA Seeks Grant Applications to Improve Rural Housing - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced yesterday that applications for grants are being accepted to provide assistance to low- and very-low-income rural residents to install or improve plumbing, provide access to individuals with disabilities, and weatherize and repair their homes....