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Added March 27, 2024
Environmental Scan on Developing and Implementing Performance Measures for Population-Based Total Cost of Care (PB-TCOC) Models
Presents results of an environmental scan regarding the development and implementation of population-based total cost of care (PB-TCOC) payment models. Describes types of performance measures used in value-based payment models and pay-for-reporting programs, data sources used for constructing performance measures, features of PB-TCOC models, challenges in developing and implementing performance measures and opportunities for Alternative Payment Models (APMs) and PB-TCOC models to address these challenges, trends in existing performance measures across several Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) models and Medicare value-based care programs, and more. Includes rural references and considerations throughout.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, NORC at the University of Chicago
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Presents results of an environmental scan regarding the development and implementation of population-based total cost of care (PB-TCOC) payment models. Describes types of performance measures used in value-based payment models and pay-for-reporting programs, data sources used for constructing performance measures, features of PB-TCOC models, challenges in developing and implementing performance measures and opportunities for Alternative Payment Models (APMs) and PB-TCOC models to address these challenges, trends in existing performance measures across several Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) models and Medicare value-based care programs, and more. Includes rural references and considerations throughout.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, NORC at the University of Chicago
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Health Care Contact Days Among Older Cancer Survivors
Analyzes factors associated with healthcare contact days among older adult cancer survivors using the 2019 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) and linked Medicare claims data. Evaluates the effect of demographics, self-rated health, care-seeking behaviors, rural status, and more.
Author(s): Arjun Gupta, Emma D. Chant, Supriya Mohile, et al.
Citation: JCO Oncology Practice
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
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Analyzes factors associated with healthcare contact days among older adult cancer survivors using the 2019 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) and linked Medicare claims data. Evaluates the effect of demographics, self-rated health, care-seeking behaviors, rural status, and more.
Author(s): Arjun Gupta, Emma D. Chant, Supriya Mohile, et al.
Citation: JCO Oncology Practice
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
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Home Cooked: A 50-Year History of Meth in America
Podcast series presents a discussion on the history of the use, production, and proliferation of methamphetamine in the U.S. The 5-episode series explores how the social perception of meth in America compares with the reality of its use throughout the 20th and 21st centuries and how this has affected rural communities.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organizations: Rural Assembly, The Daily Yonder
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Podcast series presents a discussion on the history of the use, production, and proliferation of methamphetamine in the U.S. The 5-episode series explores how the social perception of meth in America compares with the reality of its use throughout the 20th and 21st centuries and how this has affected rural communities.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organizations: Rural Assembly, The Daily Yonder
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Identifying Rural Health Clinics Within the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) Analytic Files
Provides an overview and history of the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Program and the services provided to Medicaid recipients. Examines the methodology for locating RHC encounters within Medicaid claims files utilizing the Transformed Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) Analytic Files.
Author(s): Katherine Ahrens, Zachariah Croll, Yvonne Jonk, John Gale, Heidi O'Connor
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Provides an overview and history of the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Program and the services provided to Medicaid recipients. Examines the methodology for locating RHC encounters within Medicaid claims files utilizing the Transformed Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) Analytic Files.
Author(s): Katherine Ahrens, Zachariah Croll, Yvonne Jonk, John Gale, Heidi O'Connor
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Metropolitan (Metro) and Nonmetropolitan (Nonmetro) Counties, 2023
Map with shadings showing metro and nonmetro counties, as of 2023.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Map with shadings showing metro and nonmetro counties, as of 2023.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Metropolitan (Metro) Counties, Nonmetropolitan (Nonmetro) Counties, and Urban Areas, 2023
Map with shadings showing metro and nonmetro counties, and urban areas, as of 2023.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Map with shadings showing metro and nonmetro counties, and urban areas, as of 2023.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Metropolitan (Metro), Nonmetropolitan (Nonmetro)-Micropolitan (Micro), and Nonmetro-Noncore Counties, 2023
Map with shadings showing counties classified as metro, nonmetro-micro, or nonmetro-noncore, as of 2023.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Map with shadings showing counties classified as metro, nonmetro-micro, or nonmetro-noncore, as of 2023.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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North Carolina Healthcare Association Critical Workforce Needs Assessment
Reports on healthcare workforce trends in North Carolina, including discussion of state demographics, policy changes, and strategies influencing workforce needs and availability. Highlights the rural aging population and a need for health workers in rural communities.
Author(s): Patrick McHugh, Alison Bean de Hernandez, Chrystall Davis, Michael Hogan, Sara Nienow
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Healthcare Association
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Reports on healthcare workforce trends in North Carolina, including discussion of state demographics, policy changes, and strategies influencing workforce needs and availability. Highlights the rural aging population and a need for health workers in rural communities.
Author(s): Patrick McHugh, Alison Bean de Hernandez, Chrystall Davis, Michael Hogan, Sara Nienow
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Healthcare Association
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North Central Regional Center for Rural Development 2023 Annual Report
Describes the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development's (NCRCRD) projects and resources in 2023. Covers funding initiatives, grants, collaborations, research, resilient economies, health and wellness, civic engagement, and more.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
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Describes the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development's (NCRCRD) projects and resources in 2023. Covers funding initiatives, grants, collaborations, research, resilient economies, health and wellness, civic engagement, and more.
Date: 03/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
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State and Local Economic Development Strategies (SLEDS)
Collects, analyzes, and classifies state and territory strategic plans and economic development district (EDD) Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (CEDS). Allows sorting by state or territory, plan type, agency, economic development category, and focus, including focus on rural communities.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness (CREC)
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Collects, analyzes, and classifies state and territory strategic plans and economic development district (EDD) Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (CEDS). Allows sorting by state or territory, plan type, agency, economic development category, and focus, including focus on rural communities.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness (CREC)
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