Abigail R Barker,Timothy D McBride,Leah M Kemper et al.
Abigail R Barker et al.
Since passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), much attention has been focused on the functioning of Health Insurance Marketplaces (HIMs). In this brief, cumulative county-level enrollment in HIMs through March 2015 ...
Abigail R Barker,Timothy D McBride,Leah M Kemper et al.
Abigail R Barker et al.
Our previous analysis of 2015 Health Insurance Marketplace (HIM) data on plan availability and premiums in comparison to 2014 showed only modest premium increases in many rural areas and increased firm participation in most areas. To determ...
Chance Finegan,Fred Ullrich,Keith Mueller;Rural Health Research & Policy Centers;Rural Policy Research Institute et al.
Chance Finegan et al.
Key Findings. (1) Rural enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) and other prepaid plans increased by 6.8 percent between March 2014 and March 2015 to 2.1 million members, or 21.2 percent of all rural residents eligible for Medicare. This comp...
Characteristics of Rural Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) – A Survey of Medicare ACOs with Rural Presence [0.03%]
具有农村服务的医疗保险 accountable care organizations(ACO)的特点——对具有农村服务的医疗保险 ACO 的调查
Abiodun Salako,Xi Zhu,A Clinton MacKinney et al.
Abiodun Salako et al.
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are groups of health care providers, principally physicians and hospitals, who develop a new entity that contracts to provide coordinated care to assigned patients with the goal of improving quality of ...
Health Insurance Marketplaces: Early Findings on Changes in Plan Availability and Premiums in Rural Places, 2014-2015 [0.03%]
健康保险交易市场：2014至2015年农村地区可选保险计划及保费的变化初探
Abigail Barker,Timothy D McBride,Leah M Kemper et al.
Abigail Barker et al.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act established Health Insurance Marketplaces (HIMs) in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. This policy brief assesses the changes in HIMs from 2014 to 2015 in terms of choices offered and ...
Characteristics of Rural Communities with a Sole, Independently Owned Pharmacy [0.03%]
拥有独立所有药房的农村社区的特点
Matthew Nattinger,Fred Ullrich,Keith J Mueller;Rural Health Research & Policy Centers;Rural Policy Research Institute et al.
Matthew Nattinger et al.
Prior RUPRI Center policy briefs have described the role of rural pharmacies in providing many essential clinical services (in addition to prescription and nonprescription medications), such as blood pressure monitoring, immunizations, and ...
Kimberly A S Merchant,Marcia M Ward,Keith J Mueller;Rural Health Research & Policy Centers;Rural Policy Research Institute et al.
Kimberly A S Merchant et al.
Telemedicine (also known as telehealth) is a means to increase access to care, one of the foundations of the Triple Aim. However, the expansion of telemedicine services in the United States has been relatively slow. We previously examined t...
Paula Weigel,Fred Ullrich,Marcia M Ward et al.
Paula Weigel et al.
In this policy brief we describe the types and volume of major surgical services provided in the inpatient and outpatient settings of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in 2011. Major surgical services are those procedures that require use of...
Xi Zhu,Keith J Mueller,Thomas Vaughn et al.
Xi Zhu et al.
This policy brief reports the newly developed taxonomy of rural places based on relevant population and health-resource characteristics; and discusses how this classification tool can be utilized by policy makers and rural communities. Key ...
Developmental Strategies and Challenges of Rural Accountable Care Organizations [0.03%]
农村 accountable care organizations 的发展策略与挑战
Jure Baloh,A Clinton MacKinney,Keith J Mueller et al.
Jure Baloh et al.
This policy brief shares insights gained from site visits in 2013 to four Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) serving rural Medicare beneficiaries. Initial strategic decisions made and challenges faced as the ACOs were being developed can...