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Tools

  • Rural Health Resource Center Publications
    Lists publications, tools, and newsletter.
    Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Resource Center
  • Directory of Rural Health Contacts
    Directory information for people and organizations with an interest in rural health. Includes associations, federal offices, U.S. legislators, rural health research centers, state offices of rural health, and the media.
    Sponsoring organization: Rural Assistance Center
  • HIPAA Frequently Asked Questions
    Provides questions and answers pertaining to HIPAA.
    Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • NARHC Listserve
    Email list to improve communication between rural health clinics and the rural health community. Individuals who participate in the listserve can ask questions, post comments and provide feedback.
    Sponsoring organization: National Association of Rural Health Clinics
  • MedlinePlus: Rural Health Concerns
    Provides information from the National Library of Medicine on rural health research, articles, statistics, policy and more.
    Sponsoring organization: National Library of Medicine
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Publications
    Reports and related publications on rural health and human services issues to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
    Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
  • Official NRHA Policy Documents & Statements
    Links to NRHA member approved and adopted positions and official documents of interest to the rural health community.
    Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
  • CARES Maps: Hurricane Season, 2005
    Maps showing the impact of Hurricane Katrina on rural and impoverished areas of the Gulf Coast.
    Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute

Funding

Publications

  • Availability and Use of Capital by Critical Access Hospitals
    Examines the experiences of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in meeting their capital needs. Discusses efforts to obtain capital, sources of capital, uses of capital, technical assistance resources, and current capital needs. Includes information on state capital programs available to CAHs.
    Author(s): Walter Gregg
    Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
    Date: 03 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Bridging the Health Divide: The Rural Public Health Research Agenda
    Reports the results of a meeting rural public health experts held September 22-23, 2003, in Pittsburgh, PA. Describes the state of the rural public health infrastructure. Lists priority research questions for rural public health topics such as health care access, health disparities, preparedness, and environmental issues.
    Sponsoring organization: University of Pittsburgh Center for Rural Health Practice
    Date: 04 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Compendium of Recommendations by the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health
    A list of recommendations, arranged by broad subject area, made by the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services in its reports to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
    Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
    Format: HTML
  • Family Economic Security for Rural Americans
    Overview of the challenges facing rural families. Discusses economic opportunities, housing, health care, transportation and other issues that impact rural families. Identifies and compares issues in five regions of the U.S.
    Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
    Date: 10 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Geographic Variation in Medicare Per Capita Spending: Should Policy-makers be Concerned?
    Examines the research on geographic differences in Medicare per capita spending. Discusses the causes of geographic differences in spending, quality of health care received, and policy implications.
    Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
    Date: 07 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Health Care Quality: The Rural Context
    Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Examines the current state of the debate over health care quality and patient safety and how it affects rural communities.
    Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
    Date: 04 / 2003
    Format: HTML
  • Health Centers and Rural Clinics: State and Federal Implementation Issues for Medicaid's New Payment System
    Reviews states' implementation of the prospective payment system (PPS) for Medicaid payments to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs). Includes recommendations for CMS on guidance and oversight for states.
    Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
    Date: 06 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Holding the Needle on True North: Leading the Quest for Quality Care
    2004 Annual Report for the RWJ Foundation, which outlines the Foundation's commitment to the promise of better health and health care for all Americans. Includes reviews of funding areas of interest, a list of grants, statistical highlights and financial statements.
    Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
    Date: 06 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Inventory of Health and Human Services Programs Affecting Rural Areas
    Describes federal health and human services programs that impact rural communities
    Author(s): Roslyn Fraser
    Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute
    Date: 08 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • List of Rural Counties and Designated Eligible Census Tracts in Metropolitan Counties
    Contains a list of non-Metro counties by state as well as Census tracts located within metropolitan counties that are considered rural for purposes of ORHP's Rural Health Care Grant programs.
    Sponsoring organization: Office of Rural Health Policy
    Date: 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Literacy Skills are Strongest Predictor of Health Status in United States
    Discusses a study by the Partnership for Clear Health Communication.
    Sponsoring organization: Michigan Center for Rural Health
    Journal citation: Michigan - Michigan Rural Health Quarterly Volume: 10 Issue: 2 Pages: 9
    Date: 06 / 2003
    Format: PDF
  • Mayersville, Mississippi: A Study on Improving Access to Benefits and Services for Low-Income Families in the Rural South
    Children and families in economically depressed rural communities should be a top priority for policymakers who feel strongly that every child should have an opportunity to succeed in life. In the fall of 1998, the Southern Institute on Children and Families set out on a journey to learn more about the challenges rural families face when distances are far and resources are limited.
    Author(s): Sarah C. Shuptrine
    Sponsoring organization: Southern Institute on Children and Families
    Date: 06 / 1999
    Format: HTML
  • Medicare Claims Processing Manual: Chapter 9 - Rural Health Clinics / Federally Qualified Health Centers
    Describes the differences between Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers. Identifies the rules and regulations for processing Medicare claims.
    Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
    Format: PDF
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services Meeting Minutes, Tupelo, Mississippi, September 12-14, 2004
    National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, part of the Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Rural Health Policy. Meeting included a panel discussion discussing an overview of health and human services issues in Mississippi.
    Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
    Date: 09 / 2004
    Format: HTML
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington DC, March 20-22, 2005
    National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, part of the Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Rural Health Policy. Meeting included discussions on health information technology, Medicare and pharmacy issues, and support for rural caregivers.
    Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
    Date: 03 / 2005
    Format: HTML
  • Not Invested Here
    A progress report on innovation, entrepreneurship and technology-based economic development in the South. It provides updates on data for 50 benchmarks and 10-year targets of each of the Southern Growth member states and includes state-by-state data and summaries of activity on education, innovation and entrepreneurship.
    Author(s): S. Doron, J. Clinton, K. Barlow
    Sponsoring organization: Southern Growth Policies Board
    Date: 08 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Parrish's Capstone Rural Health Center: Providing Much Needed Health Care in an Educational Gold Mine
    Discusses the Capstone Rural Health Center in Parrish, Alabama.
    Sponsoring organization: Alabama Rural Health Association
    Journal citation: Alabama - Rural Remedy Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: 4
    Date: 03 / 2003
    Format: PDF
  • Persistent Pockets of Extreme American Poverty: People or Place Based?
    Examines the impact of economic conditions on persistent poverty counties compared to other counties. Discusses place-based economic development.
    Author(s): Mark D. Partridge, Dan S. Rickman
    Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center
    Date: 01 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • Persistent Poverty and Place: How Do Persistent Poverty Dynamics and Demographics Vary Across the Rural-Urban Continuum?
    Discusses the connection between rurality and poverty, with rural-urban comparison data for persistent poverty counties, household income, unemployment rates. Includes information on the types of counties that have moved out of the "persistent poverty" status in the 2000 U.S. Census.
    Author(s): Kathleen K. Miller, Bruce A. Weber
    Sponsoring organization: Southern Rural Development Center
    Date: 11 / 2003
    Format: PDF
  • Policy Options for a Changing Rural America
    Discusses changing rural demographics and the resulting different policy needs. Includes information on the rural economy, industry and employment.
    Author(s): Leslie A. Whitener
    Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
    Journal citation: Amber Waves Date: 04 / 2005
    Format: HTML
  • Poverty and Place: A Critical Review of Rural Poverty Literature
    Overviews rural poverty research, with summary of the findings on rural poverty issues. Includes discussion of the challenges facing researchers in this field and recommendations for future rural poverty research.
    Author(s): Bruce Weber, Leif Jensen
    Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Rural Poverty Research Center
    Date: 06 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Reinventing the Wheel: 2003 Report on the Future of the South
    Presents a new model of leadership to strengthen the South's capacity to respond to emerging challenges and opportunities. Introduction is available free online. Full report available for $10. For more information, (919) 941-5145.
    Author(s): Jim Clinton, Carol Conway, Linda Hoke
    Sponsoring organization: Southern Growth Policies Board
    Date: 2003
    Format: PDF
  • Research Agenda on Poverty in America's South
    Introduces the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research and discusses research topics relevant to Southern poverty.
    Author(s): James P. Ziliak
    Sponsoring organization: University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research
    Journal citation: Insights on Southern Poverty Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Date: 2003
    Format: PDF
  • Rural Kids Count! Sharing Stories and Statistics from Oklahoma and Arkansas
    Details results of a project designed to document issues facing rural families in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
    Date: 08 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Rural Low-income Families Speak: Living in Rural Louisiana
    Describes some of the challenges to meet basic needs facing rural, low-income families in the Louisiana parishes of East Feliciana and Iberville.
    Author(s): Frances C. Lawrence, Vicky Tiller, Jennifer J. Burczyk-Brown, Ann A. Berry
    Date: 06 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Rural Poverty at a Glance
    Overview of poverty trends and demographic characteristics of the rural poor, including education levels, race/ethnicity, poverty by region, and more. Provides data on the gap between urban and rural poverty rates.
    Author(s): Dean Jolliffe
    Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
    Date: 07 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Rural Public Health
    Policy brief on the challenges to providing adequate public health services in rural areas. Discusses rural public health infrastructure and workforce issues. Includes policy recommendations for improving rural public health.
    Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
    Date: 06 / 2004
    Format: PDF
  • Rural Public Health: Issues and Considerations
    Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Overview of the rural public health infrastructure. Addresses public health leadership, workforce preparedness, support for safety net providers, the impact of managed care, telecommunications, and funding for rural public health.
    Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
    Date: 02 / 2000
    Format: PDF
  • Welfare Reform in Rural Communities
    Chapter from the 2005 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues. Overview of the impact of welfare reform in rural communities. Discusses barriers including transportation, child care, and the rural labor market. Includes policy recommendations to help address the challenges specific to rural communities.
    Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
    Date: 04 / 2005
    Format: PDF
  • The Well-Being of Rural, Low-Income Families in the Context of Welfare Reform
    Describes the findings of a multi-state study of rural, low-income families and the impact of welfare reform.
    Author(s): Jean W. Bauer, David R. Imig, Patricia Hyjer Dyk, Sharon Seiling
    Sponsoring organization: Rural Sociological Society
    Date: 2003
    Format: PDF

Organizations

  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
    Runs the Medicare and Medicaid programs - two national health care programs that benefit about 75 million Americans. Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
  • Congressional Budget Office
  • Congressional Rural Caucus
    A bipartisan coalition of Members of Congress who are committed to helping agricultural and rural America build stronger, more prosperous futures for current and future generations of Americans living on the family farms and ranches and in rural communities.
  • Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured
    Initiates, commissions, and disseminates original research to spark new discussions on health coverage issues. Located at the University of Michigan and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
  • Families USA
    Families USA is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans.
  • Grantmakers in Health
    A nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to helping foundations and corporate giving programs improve the nation's health.
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
    21-member citizens' panel of nationally recognized rural health experts that provides recommendations on rural issues to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
  • National Center for Frontier Communities
    Serves as a national clearinghouse, conducts research, and provides education on issues of importance to frontier communities.
  • National Coalition on Health Care
    Supports better, more affordable health care for all Americans.
  • NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
    Focuses on changes in Medicare payments to rural providers, access to care for rural residents, and rural public health infrastructure.
  • RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
    Focuses on rural health care financing/system reform, rural systems building, and meeting the health care needs of special rural populations.
  • Rural Families Speak Project
    Multi-state project assessing changes in the well-being and functioning of rural families related to welfare reform.
  • Rural Health Resource Center
    Provides technical support for the State Offices of Rural Health and their flex coordinators for the Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, focuses on rural practice opportunities for healthcare providers in Minnesota and the surrounding region, does performance improvement with hospitals across the country, and develops the Rural Health Resource Directory of rural consultants and speakers found throughout the United States.
  • Rural Policy Research Institute
    Conducts policy-relevant research and facilitates public dialogue to assist policymakers in understanding the rural impacts of public policies and programs.
  • South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
    One of six Rural Health Research Centers funded by the Office of Rural Health Policy. Focuses on investigating persistent inequities in health status within the population of the rural U.S., with an emphasis on inequities stemming from socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity, and access to healthcare services.
  • University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research
    Research institute focused on a multidisciplinary approach to the causes, consequences, and correlates of poverty and inequality in the southern United States. One of three federally designated Area Poverty Research Centers.