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RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis

Description
One of the Rural Health Research Centers currently funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. Focuses on access to healthcare services, Medicare policies, development of rural delivery systems, and public health.
Tagged as
Conducting Research, Needs Assessment, and Evaluation · Healthcare Payment · Rural Health Policy

Resources (172)

  • 2012 Rural Medicare Advantage Quality Ratings and Bonus Payments, 01/2014, view details
  • 2014: Rural Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update, 01/2015, view details
  • 2015: Rural Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update, 07/2015, view details
  • 2016 Rural Enrollment in Health Insurance Marketplaces, by State, 01/2017, view details
  • Access to Medicare Part D Plans: A Comparison of Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas, 05/2020, view details
  • Accountable Care Organizations in Rural America, 07/2013, view details
  • Affordable Insurance Exchanges: A Summary of Characteristics and Rural Implications, 01/2012, view details
  • Analysis of Availability of Medicare + Choice, Commercial HMO, and FEHBP Plans in Rural Areas: Implications for Medicare Reform, 03/2003, view details
  • An Analysis of the Agreement of Financial Data Between the Medicare Cost Report and the Audited Hospital Financial Statement, 05/2004, view details
  • April 2009 Rural Enrollment in Medicare Advantage: Growth in PPOs Outpacing Growth in PFFS, 05/2009, view details
  • Assessing the Financial Effect of Medicare Payment on Rural Hospitals: Does the Source of Data Change the Results?, 11/2005, view details
  • Assessing the Impact of Rural Provider Service Mix on the Primary Care Incentive Payment Program, 12/2013, view details
  • Availability and Use of Health Plan Choices in Rural America: Medicare+Choice, Commercial HMO, and Federal Employees Health Benefit Program Plans, 10/2003, view details
  • Availability of Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage Plans in Rural and Urban Areas, 02/2021, view details
  • Can Payment Policies Attract M+C Plans to Rural Areas?, 05/2001, view details
  • A Case Study of Developments in Rural Health in Difficult Economic Times: Leake County, Mississippi, 04/2010, view details
  • A Case Study of Developments in Rural Health in Difficult Economic Times: Nemaha County, Nebraska, 04/2010, view details
  • A Case Study of Developments in Rural Health in Difficult Economic Times: Walthall County, Mississippi, 04/2010, view details
  • Causes and Consequences of Rural Pharmacy Closures: A Multi-Case Study, 08/2013, view details
  • Changes in Service Offerings Post-System Affiliation in Rural Hospitals, 01/2023, view details
  • Changes to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System Pertinent to Small and Rural Practices, 2018, 11/2018, view details
  • Changing Rural and Urban Enrollment in State Medicaid Programs, 05/2017, view details
  • Characteristics of Rural Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) – A Survey of Medicare ACOs with Rural Presence, 05/2015, view details
  • Characteristics of Rural Communities with a Sole, Independently Owned Pharmacy, 04/2015, view details
  • Chronic Disease Management Systems (Registries) in Rural Health Care, 05/2006, view details
  • Comments on Regulatory and Contractor Reform Legislation, 01/2002, view details
  • Comparing Rural and Urban Medicare Advantage Beneficiary Characteristics, 03/2019, view details
  • Confirmed COVID-19 Cases, Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 03/2023, view details
  • County-Level 14-Day COVID-19 Case Trajectories, 03/2023, view details
  • COVID-19 Cases and Deaths, Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties Over Time (Update), 03/2023, view details
  • COVID-19 Cases and Vaccination Rates, 09/2021, view details
  • COVID-19 County Reports, view details
  • COVID-19 Mortality Rates across Noncore, Micropolitan, and Metropolitan Counties by Community Characteristics, December 2020-January 2021, 01/2023, view details
  • COVID-19 Vaccination Rates, 03/2023, view details
  • Critical Access Hospitals' Experiences with Medicare Advantage Plans, 03/2008, view details
  • December 2009: Rural Medicare Advantage Enrollment Grows 15% in 2009, 01/2010, view details
  • Delivery of Healthcare In Rural America, 09/2021, view details
  • Demographic and Economic Characteristics Associated with Sole County Pharmacy Closures, 2006-2010, 11/2013, view details
  • Developmental Strategies and Challenges of Rural Accountable Care Organizations, 02/2015, view details
  • Differences in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Performance of Clinicians in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties in 2018, 06/2023, view details
  • Distribution of Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments to Rural and Critical Access Hospitals, 11/2017, view details
  • Distributional Analysis of Variation in Medicare Advantage Participation Within and Between Metropolitan, Micropolitan, and Noncore Counties, 08/2023, view details
  • The Effect of Medicare Payment Policy Changes on Rural Primary Care Practice Revenue, 07/2014, view details
  • Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Coverage and Access to Care in Metropolitan vs. Non-Metropolitan Areas through 2016, 08/2019, view details
  • Electronic Health Records Adoption: Rural Providers' Decision-Making Process, 10/2008, view details
  • Elements of Successful Rural Diabetes Management Programs, 2006, view details
  • Eligible But Not Enrolled? Potential for Targeting Over a Half-Million Rural Medicare Beneficiaries for Enrollment in the Low-Income Subsidy Prescription Drug Program, 12/2008, view details
  • Enrollment in FEHBP Plans in Rural America: What are the Implications for Medicare Reform?, 06/2003, view details
  • Enrollment in Medicare Part D for Rural Beneficiaries Is Encouraging, 01/2007, view details
  • The Experience of Sole Community Rural Independent Pharmacies with Medicare Part D: Reports from the Field, 11/2006, view details
  • Extent of Telehealth Use in Rural and Urban Hospitals, 2014, view details
  • Facilitating the Formation of Accountable Care Organizations in Rural Areas, 07/2014, view details
  • February 2010: A Dramatic Shift Away from Private Fee-for-Service Plans in Rural Medicare Advantage Enrollment, 03/2010, view details
  • Financial Risk Acceptance among Rural Health Care Providers Participating in the Quality Payment Program, 03/2023, view details
  • The Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Model: A Potential Health Care Delivery Alternative for Small Rural Communities, 08/2013, view details
  • Geographic Expansion of Medicaid Managed Care Organizations: Assessing Access to Primary Care in Nonmetropolitan Counties, 03/2021, view details
  • Geographic Variation in Premiums in Health Insurance Marketplaces, 08/2014, view details
  • A Guide to Understanding the Variation in Premiums in Rural Health Insurance Marketplaces, 05/2014, view details
  • Health Care Professional Workforce Composition Before and After Rural Hospital Closure, 04/2020, view details
  • Health Insurance in Rural America, 08/2000, view details
  • Health Insurance Marketplaces: Early Findings on Changes in Plan Availability and Premiums in Rural Places, 2014-2015, 05/2015, view details
  • Health Insurance Marketplaces: Issuer Participation and Premium Trends in Rural Places, 2018, 08/2018, view details
  • Health Insurance Marketplaces: Issuer Participation Trends in Non-Metropolitan Places, 2014-22, 08/2022, view details
  • Health Insurance Marketplaces: Premium Trends in Rural Areas, 05/2016, view details
  • Health Services at Risk in "Vulnerable" Rural Places, 10/2002, view details
  • High-Functioning Rural Medicare ACOs – A Qualitative Review, 02/2021, view details
  • Hospital Views of Factors Affecting Telemedicine Use, 04/2015, view details
  • The Immediate and Future Role of the J-1 Visa Waiver Program for Physicians: The Consequences of Change for Rural Health Care Service Delivery, 04/2002, view details
  • Impact of the Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital Payment Cap on Rural and Urban Hospitals, 12/2019, view details
  • Impact of the Recession on Rural America: Rising Unemployment Leading to More Uninsured in 2009, 06/2009, view details
  • The Impact of Welfare Reform on Health Insurance Coverage in Rural Areas, 12/2005, view details
  • Increases in Primary Care Physician Income due to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010--Continued Tweaking of Physician Payment, 07/2010, view details
  • Independently Owned Pharmacy Closures in Rural America, 2003-2010, 06/2011, view details
  • Independently Owned Pharmacy Closures in Rural America (2008), 07/2008, view details
  • Independently Owned Pharmacy Closures in Rural America (2012), 07/2012, view details
  • Inequitable Access: Medicare+Choice Program Fails to Serve Rural America, 02/2002, view details
  • Information Technology and Rural Health Networks: An Overview of Network Practices, 04/2004, view details
  • An Insurance Profile of Rural America: Chartbook, 10/2022, view details
  • Insurer Participation in Rural Health Insurance Marketplaces: Are Some Markets Intrinsically More Competitive Than Others?, 06/2019, view details
  • Issues Confronting Rural Pharmacies after a Decade of Medicare Part D, 04/2017, view details
  • It's Not Easy Being a Rural Pharmacy: Services, Payments, Closures, and Deserts, 11/2022, view details
  • July 2009: Rural Enrollment in Medicare Advantage Continues to Grow, 08/2009, view details
  • June 2012: Rural MA Enrollment and Premium Update, 02/2013, view details
  • Loss of Community Pharmacies Since 2006: State Experiences, 04/2009, view details
  • Making the Most of Evolving Payment Policies to Enhance Hospital-based Care in Rural Communities, 02/2017, view details
  • March 2011: Growth in PPOs Dominates the Rural MA Market in 2011, 04/2011, view details
  • March 2013: Medicare Advantage Update, 09/2013, view details
  • The Market Mechanism and Health Insurance in Rural Places: Lessons Learned from an Economics and Policy Perspective, 02/2019, view details
  • May 2009: PPOs Driving Growth in Rural Medicare Advantage Enrollment, 06/2009, view details
  • Medicare Accountable Care Organization Growth in Rural America, 2014-2016, 03/2018, view details
  • Medicare Accountable Care Organizations: Beneficiary Assignment Update, 06/2016, view details
  • Medicare Accountable Care Organizations: Program Eligibility, Beneficiary Assignment, and Quality Measures, 04/2014, view details
  • Medicare Accountable Care Organizations: Quality Performance by Geographic Categories, 09/2016, view details
  • Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update 2016, 09/2016, view details
  • Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update 2017, 08/2017, view details
  • Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update 2018, 04/2019, view details
  • Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update 2021, 09/2021, view details
  • Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update 2022, 01/2023, view details
  • Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update 2023, 11/2023, view details
  • Medicare Advantage: National and State Enrollment Tables and Maps, view details
  • Medicare Beneficiary Access to Prescription Drugs in Rural Areas, 08/2022, view details
  • Medicare Beneficiary Access to Primary Care Physicians – Better in Rural, but Still Worrisome, 01/2011, view details
  • Medicare Physician Payment, 01/2003, view details
  • Medicare Physician Payment: Impacts of Changes on Rural Physicians, 09/2006, view details
  • Medicare Physician Payment Policy and the Rural Perspective, 11/2008, view details
  • Medicare Physician Payment: Practice Expense, 10/2003, view details
  • Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-173): A Summary of Provisions Important to Rural Health Care Delivery, 01/2004, view details
  • Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan COVID-19 Confirmed Cases and General and ICU Beds, 05/2020, view details
  • National Rural Hospital Charges Due to Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions, 12/2007, view details
  • Nonmetropolitan Premiums, Issuer Participation, and Enrollment in Health Insurance Marketplaces in 2022, 03/2024, view details
  • Nursing Homes in Rural America: A Chartbook, 07/2022, view details
  • One Year In: Sole Community Rural Independent Pharmacies and Medicare Part D, 09/2007, view details
  • Partnerships to Address Social Needs Across Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Prospective Payment System Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals, 03/2024, view details
  • The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: A Summary of Provisions Important to Rural Health Care Delivery, 06/2010, view details
  • Patient-Centered Medical Home Services in 29 Rural Primary Care Practices: A Work in Progress, 09/2011, view details
  • Pharmacy Vaccination Service Availability in Nonmetropolitan Counties, 02/2021, view details
  • Preparing for Medicare Part D: An Opportunity for State Offices of Rural Health and State Rural Health Associations, 08/2005, view details
  • Prevalence of Evidence-Based Safe Medication Practices in Small Rural Hospitals, 04/2008, view details
  • Primary Care Clinician Participation in the CMS Quality Payment Program, 04/2019, view details
  • Project ARCH: Initial Summary of Findings Relevant to the Choice Program, 12/2015, view details
  • Regional Variation in Rural Hospital Charges Due to Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions, 12/2007, view details
  • Reliance on Independently Owned Pharmacies in Rural America, 11/2007, view details
  • Rural and Urban Pharmacy Presence – Pharmacy Deserts, 08/2022, view details
  • Rural Enrollment in Health Insurance Marketplaces, 07/2015, view details
  • Rural Enrollment in Health Insurance Marketplaces, by State, 10/2015, view details
  • Rural Enrollment in Medicare Advantage Continues to Grow Rapidly in 2008, Led by Private Fee-for-Service Plans, 08/2008, view details
  • Rural Enrollment in Medicare Advantage Growing Rapidly in 2007, Especially in Private Fee-for-Service Plans, 07/2007, view details
  • Rural Enrollment in Medicare Advantage Is Concentrated in Private Fee-for-Service Plans, 04/2007, view details
  • Rural Health Challenges and Opportunities, 05/2023, view details
  • Rural Hospital Charges Due to Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions in the United States, by Insurance Type, 2000 to 2004, 08/2011, view details
  • Rural Hospital HIPAA Readiness and Resource Needs, 05/2003, view details
  • Rural Hospital Participation in Medicare Accountable Care Organizations, 04/2020, view details
  • Rural Implications of the Blueprints for State-Based Health Insurance Marketplaces, 09/2014, view details
  • Rural Implications of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000: Concerns, Legislation, and Next Steps, 01/2001, view details
  • Rural Implications of the Primary Care Incentive Payment Program, 06/2013, view details
  • Rural Medicare Advantage 2011: Enrollment Trends and Plan Characteristics, 10/2011, view details
  • Rural Medicare Advantage Market Dynamics and Quality: Historical Context and Current Implications, 07/2016, view details
  • Rural Medicare Advantage: Modest Enrollment Growth in 2010, 08/2010, view details
  • Rural Medicare Advantage Plan Payment in 2015, 12/2015, view details
  • A Rural Perspective Regarding Regulations Implementing Titles I and II of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act Of 2003 (MMA), 08/2004, view details
  • Rural Pharmacy Closures: Implications for Rural Communities, 01/2013, view details
  • Rural Physicians' Acceptance of New Medicare Patients, 08/2004, view details
  • Rural Primary Care Physician Payment 2006–2009: What a Difference Three Years Doesn't Make, 11/2009, view details
  • Rural Taxonomy of Population and Health-Resource Characteristics, view details
  • A Rural-Urban Comparison of a Building Blocks Approach to Covering the Uninsured, 06/2009, view details
  • Rural-Urban Enrollment in Part D Prescription Drug Plans: June 2017 Update, 12/2017, view details
  • Rural/Urban Analysis on Individual Insurance Market Topics, 08/2017, view details
  • September 2012: Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update, 04/2013, view details
  • Sources of Insurance Coverage in Nonmetropolitan Areas: The Role of Public and Private Insurance Since 2009, 03/2021, view details
  • Spatial Clustering of COVID-19 Mortality Rates across Counties and by Noncore, Micropolitan, and Metropolitan County Characteristics, December 2020–January 2021, 06/2023, view details
  • Spread of Accountable Care Organizations in Rural America, 10/2016, view details
  • Spread of Medicare Accountable Care Organizations in Rural America, 08/2018, view details
  • Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans Dominated the Rural Market in 2011, 09/2012, view details
  • State Health Insurance Exchanges: Assessing Rural Implications of Statutes, 02/2013, view details
  • State Updates on Medicare Advantage Enrollment, 2007, view details
  • Status and Future of Health Care Delivery in Rural Wyoming, 06/2007, view details
  • Surgical Services in Critical Access Hospitals, 2011, 02/2015, view details
  • Telepharmacy Rules and Statutes: A 3-Year Update for all 50 States, 07/2020, view details
  • Telepharmacy Rules and Statutes: A 50-State Survey, 04/2017, view details
  • Trends in Hospital Network Participation and System Affiliation, 2007-2012, 2014, view details
  • Trends in Hospital System Affiliation, 2007-2016, 10/2018, view details
  • Trends in Nursing Home Closures in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties in the United States, 2008-2018, 02/2021, view details
  • The Uninsured: An Analysis by Age, Income, and Geography, 02/2014, view details
  • The Uninsured: An Analysis by Income and Geography, 06/2013, view details
  • Update: Independently Owned Pharmacy Closures in Rural America, 2003-2013, 06/2014, view details
  • Update: Independently Owned Pharmacy Closures in Rural America, 2003-2018, 07/2018, view details
  • Update on Medicare+Choice: Rural Medicare Beneficiaries Enrolled in Medicare+Choice Plans through October 2000, 03/2001, view details
  • Update on Medicare+Choice: Rural Medicare Beneficiaries Enrolled in Medicare+Choice Plans through September 2001, 08/2002, view details
  • Update on Rural Enrollment in Medicare Advantage: Growth Continues, 10/2007, view details
  • Update on Rural Independently Owned Pharmacy Closures in the United States, 2003-2021, 08/2022, view details
  • Use of Health Information Technology in Support of Patient-Centered Medical Homes Is Low Among Non-Metropolitan Family Medicine Practices, 04/2011, view details
  • Why Are Health Care Expenditures Increasing and Is There a Rural Differential?, 11/2005, view details