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Rural Living RSS FeedsIs Rural America Facing a Home Price Bust? - Reviews trends in newly released home price data for non-metro areas of the United States. -- Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City...Feed Source: www.kansascityfed.org American Veterans and Servicemembers Survival Guide - Describes problems faced by and services available to veterans, servicemembers, and their families. Discusses future issues and related impending decisions. Written to help the veteran and servicemember understand how variousagencies work and how he or she can get the benefits and services to which they are entitled. -- Veterans for America... A Comparison of Household Food Security in Canada and the United States (Report Summary) - Examines the extent to which the basic food needs of households in Canada and the United States are met. Compares rates of food insecurityin economic and demographic subgroups of both populations. -- USDA Economic Research Service... Health Information Technology: 2007 and 2008 State Legislation - Identifies and analyzes major policy trends across the enacted health information technology legislation. -- National Conference of State Legislatures... Call for Action: Enabling Healthcare Reform Using Information Technology: Recommendations for the Obama Administration and 111th Congress - Discusses that health information technology shows promise for transforming the delivery of healthcare, improving population health and the overall effectiveness of healthcare. -- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society... Rural Broadband: A RUPRI Policy Brief - Provides analysis of rural broadband accessibility, usage, technology development, and government action. Recommends principles which should underlay future rural broadband policy. -- Rural Policy Research Institute... Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (FLEX) State Rural Health Plan - Details the plan being submitted to the Mississippi Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) for the state's Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program. The plan contains information related to Mississippis demographic, economic, health status, and health facilities and systems characteristics. In addition, the plan includes an overview of the states health workforce, emergency medical services, critical access hospitals, and the Flex Program Strategic Planning Process and FLEX Program Objectives. -- Mississippi Office of Rural Health... California's Uninsured - An overview of the uninsured in California providing data on likelihood of being uninsured by employer size and type, family income, eligibility for public programs, age, ethnicity, and citizenship. -- California HealthCare Foundation... Teaching Self-Sufficiency: An Impact and Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Home Visitation and Life Skills Education Program. Findings from the Rural Welfare-to-Work Strategies Demonstration Evaluation - Presents 30-month impact and benefit-cost analysis findings for the Building Nebraska Families program, an intensive home visitation and life skills education program for hard-to-employ TANF clients in rural Nebraska. -- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.... Testing Case Management in a Rural Context: An Impact Analysis of the Illinois Future Steps Program - Presents 30-month impact analysis findings for the Illinois Future Steps program, an employment-focused case management program in rural, southern Illinois. By teaming the welfare agency with a regional community college, Future Steps aimed to connect people with services and employment. -- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.... Making Medical Homes Work: Moving from Concept to Practice - Looks at key operational issues facing medical home initiatives, including how to qualify physician practices as medical homes, how to match patients to their medical homes, how to engage patients and other providers to work with medical homes in care coordination, and how to pay practices that serve as medical homes. -- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.... USDA Rural Development: Bringing Broadband to Rural America - Identifies and describes USDA Rural Development's commitment in improving the quality of life for rural Americans through broadband conectivity. -- USDA Rural Development... State of the USA Health Indicators: Letter Report - Provides guidance on how to measure the health including the efficiency and efficacy of the nation using 20 selected indicators. -- Institute of Medicine... Mythology Feeds Debate on Future of Small Towns - Dispels the myths surrounding the development of small towns. -- Home Care Technology Association of America... Emergency Medical Services in Rural Illinois - Reports on ten community forums conducted in Illinois (between January and September 2004) which were designed to document concerns about Emergency Medical Services (EMS) availability in rural areas of the state and also to come up with possible solutions. Recommendations are provided for each of five key issues. -- Illinois Rural Health Association... Improving the Management of Chronic Disease at Community Health Centers - Details a study to improve chronic disease care for community health center (CHC) patients that resulted in "significantly improved" processes of care for asthma and diabetes. -- ... Continued Progress: Hospital Use of Information Technology, 2007 - Results of a survey to gauge the extent of health IT use among U.S. hospitals, including rural, and better understand the barriers to further adoption. -- American Hospital Association... Using Telehealth to Improve Quality and Safety: Findings from the AHRQ Health IT Portfolio - An analysis of grants in AHRQs health IT portfolio that are focused on implementing or evaluating telehealth in order to improve care for patients, increase efficiency, and contain costs. -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality... 2008 North Dakota Flex Program and Critical Access Hospital State Rural Health Plan - Assesses and identifies pressing currentconditions of rural health services and systems, focusing on critical access hospitals (CAHs). These conditions are workforce, access, finance, health information technology, community and economic development, quality, emergency medical and trauma services, networking, and system reform. Report also recommends strategic approaches to address these topics of concern. -- University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health... Working Hard for the Money: Trends in Womens Employment 1970 to 2007 - Reports on trends in women's employment, their earnings, and the rural-urban earnings gap. Includes data on changing family dynamics and offers policy recommendations. -- Carsey Institute... Major Depressive Episode and Treatment for Depression among Veterans Aged 21 to 39 - Examines data from veterans aged 21 to 39 on the prevalence of past year Major Depressive Episode (MDE), levels of impairment resulting from MDE as measured by the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS), average number of days of the inability to carry out normal activities due to MDE, and past year treatment for MDE. -- SAMHSA Resource Center to Address Discrimination & Stigma Associated with Mental Illness... Social and Economic Integration of Latino Immigrants in New Rural Destinations - Examines changes since 1990 in the integration of Latino immigrants in new rural destinations using decennial 1990 census data and 2005-2006 American Community Survey data. -- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.... Integrating Latino Immigrants in New Rural Destinations - Identifies the characteristics and quantifies the process of Latino immigrant economic and social integration in new rural destinations. -- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.... An Overview of Rural Family Economic Success: Earn it, Keep it, Grow it - Discusses that parents who have access to economic opportunities and who are supported by strong informal networks and accessible services are more likely to provide better futures for their families. -- Annie E. Casey Foundation... Eligible But Not Enrolled? Potential for Targeting Over a Half-Million Rural Medicare Beneficiaries for Enrollment in the Low-Income Subsidy Prescription Drug Program (Policy Brief) - Discusses the Medicare Part D low-income supplement (LIS), which is designed to help low-income persons access the prescription drug benefit with reduced premiums and lower out-of-pocket costs. -- RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis... Our Future, Our State: Foundations for Successful Development of Children Ages 0-5: 2008 Overview of Childrens Well-Being in North Dakota - Presents current issues regarding children's educational experiences, and offers strategies for future improvements in areas of brain development, physical development, and environmental supports. -- North Dakota KIDS COUNT... The U.S. Rural Physician Workforce: Analysis of Medical School Graduates from 1988-1997 (Policy Brief) - Reports on the rural physician workforce. Those most likely to practice in rural areas were osteopathic and primary care physicians. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center... The U.S. Rural Physician Workforce: Analysis of Medical School Graduates from 1988-1997 (Final Report) - Describes the training of the rural physician workforce in the United States and examines the variations in medical school and residency production of rural physicians. -- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center... Transportation Statistics Annual Report - Reports on various transportation statistics including the state of rural road and bridge conditions. -- U.S. Department of Transportation... Economic and Transportation Impact of Warehousing on Rural Pennsylvania - Provides an analysis, including geographic and economic assessments, of the warehousing andtrucking industries in Pennsylvania. -- Center for Rural Pennsylvania... High-tech Gives Shut-ins Medical Access - Associated Press article via KIMA CBS 29, (WA) reports that computers and telephone lines allow home health nurses to check on patients who live in rural areas with little access to healthcare.... Doctoring Goes Digital in U.S. But Slowly - Pioneer Press, (MN) article tells how across the national spectrum of health care politics there is broad agreement that moving patient records from paper into the computer age, the way the Marshfield Clinic in Wisconsin and some other health systems have already done, is essential to improving the quality of care and curbing costs.... CMS to Hold Special Open Door Forum on Internet-Based Medicare Enrollment - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold a Special Open Door Forum to discuss the implementation of the Internet based Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) for physicians and non-physician practitioners.... Shortage of General Surgeons Endangers Rural Americans - Washington Post, (DC) article reports tells how for the one-quarter of Americans who live outside metropolitan areas, general surgeons are the essential ingredient that keeps full-service medical care within reach, but various forces -- educational, medical and sociological -- are making them an endangered species.... New Year Brings Slew of New Laws in Several States - CBS 2 Los Angeles, (CA) tells of new laws across the United States to be enacted this new year.... Smoke-free Policy Leads to Dramatic, Sustained Drop in Heart Attack Hospitalizations in Pueblo, Colorado - Heart attack hospitalizations in the city of Pueblo, Colorado fell sharply after the implementation of a municipal law making workplaces and public places smoke-free, and this decrease was sustained over a three-year period, according to a report in this week′s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.... Health Groups Release 2009 Immunization Schedules - Updated immunization recommendations for childhood influenza vaccinations are included in the 2009 Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules released jointly today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).... States Cut Medicaid Coverage Further - Washington Post, (DC) article tells how states from Rhode Island to California are being forced to curtail Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the poor, as they struggle to cope with the deteriorating economy.... VA Ramps Up Job Search for Injured Vets - Thirty percent of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are veterans the second highest ranking among cabinet departments after the Department of Defense -- and nearly 8 percent of VA employees are service-connected disabled veterans, but the VA intends to increase the number of disabled veterans who obtain employment in its workforce.... CMS Releases Final Surety Bond Rule for DMEPOS Suppliers - On December 29, 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a display copy of a Final Rule, which will require suppliers of Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) to obtain and maintain a surety bond of at least $50,000.... New Tool Developed to Predict Colorectal Cancer Risk - A new online tool for calculating colorectal cancer risk in men and women age 50 or older was launched today, based on a new risk-assessment model developed by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health.... Daschle Hears Hoosiers' Health Concerns - Indystar.com, (IN) article reports that health care discussions have been taking place across the country since mid-December, but this one in Dublin, Indiana was the first attended by Tom Daschle, the leader of the Health Policy Team for President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden.... HUD to Speed Process for Awarding Grants - In an effort to accelerate the process of awarding grants to State and local governments, non-profit organizations, and other community-based applicants, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced a new streamlined funding process.... Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2009 Rates and Other Corrections of Final Rules - This document corrects errors that appeared in the correction notice published in the October 3, 2008 Federal Register entitled "Medicare Program; Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2009 Rates; Payments for Graduate Medical Education in Certain Emergency Situations; Changes to Disclosure of Physician Ownership in Hospitals and Physician Self-Referral Rules; Updates to the Long-Term Care Prospective Payme... Gene Linked to High Blood Pressure Discovered - HealthDay News article reports that researchers have identified a gene variant that may make people more likely to develop high blood pressure.... Medicare Reminds Beneficiaries to Review Their Prescription Drug Coverage and Health Plan Needs for 2009 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today continued to encourage Medicare beneficiaries to review their current prescription drug and health care coverage before the annual enrollment period ends on Dec. 31 to ensure they are in a plan that will best meet their needs in 2009.... CMS Strengthens Efforts to Fight Medicare Waste, Fraud and Abuse - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced it is requiring certain durable medical equipment suppliers to post a surety bond, and is announcing that it has revoked the billing privileges of more than 1,100 medical equipment suppliers in south Florida and southern California and suspending payments to home health agencies in the Miami-Dade, Fla. area.... Expansion of Clinics Shapes Bush Legacy - Ocala.com, (FL) article reports that although the number of uninsured and the cost of coverage have ballooned under his watch, President Bush leaves office with a health care legacy in bricks and mortar: he has doubled federal financing for community health centers, enabling the creation or expansion of 1,297 clinics in medically underserved areas.... Rural Health Care A Different World - Morning News, (AR) article tells of the factors that make health care in rural areas a challenge.... Article Highlights Patient Participation in Some Medicare Fraud Schemes - Medicaid Update reports that in a recent Associated Press article, Kelli Kennedy explores the role that some Medicare beneficiaries have played in the Medicare infusion therapy fraud schemes arising out of Southern Florida.... West Virginia's Hunters Step Up to the Plate - Daily Yonder article reports that deer hunting dominates the Mountain State this time of year, but through a successful state program, sharpshooters are targeting hunger.... Notice of HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA); Policy Requirements and General Section to HUD's FY2009 NOFAs for Discretionary Programs; Notice - This notice provides prospective applicants for HUD's competitive funding with the opportunity to become familiar with the General Section of HUD's FY2009 NOFAs, in advance of publication of any FY2009 NOFAs.... Country Doctor Still Makes Rounds in Texas Town - Associated Press article via Dallas Morning News, (TX) reports that Dr. David Watson of Yoakum Texas has received the Country Doctor of the Year award.... Economy Affects Hospitals In U.S. - eFlux media reports that healthcare companies and organizations are about to confront with a watershed 2009, a report released by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPs Health Research Institute reveals.... Patients Flock to Health Centers - Middletown Journal, (OH) article tells how tough economic times are driving increasing numbers of people to turn to nonprofit community health centers for their medical needs, and officials predict that as the national recession worsens, the case-load will continue to rise locally and nationwide.... Court Reinstates Clean Air Rule During EPA Fix - Associated Press article via Seattle Post-Intelligencer, (WA) reports that in a ruling hailed by environmentalists, a federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated one of President George W. Bush's clean air regulations while the Environmental Protection Agency makes court-mandated changes.... Text-message Program to Aid HIV Cases in Rural Areas - News Virginian, (VA) article reports that health care providers with the University of Virginias Infectious Disease Clinic are piloting a text-messaging program they hope will improve contact with HIV patients living in rural areas.... Nearly 11,000 Survivors to Receive Retroactive Payments by New Years - The Department of Veterans Affairs has identified nearly 11,000 surviving spouses of deceased veterans who will receive a lump-sum payment before the New Year to correct an error in their VA benefits and VA officials are still tracking down eligible survivors.... Mass. Health Plan has National Appeal - Boston Globe article reports that key players in the debate over how to provide healthcare coverage for the nation's 47 million uninsured say they view Massachusetts' landmark 2006 law as an important model for what Washington could do and how to get it done.... Recession Causes Medicaid Rolls to Increase - Covered the Uninsured article reports that "Since the recession began a year ago, many states have seen increases in the Medicaid rolls just as tax revenues are falling below projections," leading governors to request that the federal government provide an extra $40 billion for the program over the next two years, reports the Associated Press.... Copyright © 2009, Free Final Money Links Exchange. All Rights Reserved.
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