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Rural Living RSS FeedsGrey Gold: Do Older In-Migrants Benefit Rural Communities? - Examines both the micro and macro aspects of rural retirement migration: the development and impact of rural retirement destinations; and the social and economic dynamics of older in-migration. -- Carsey Institute...Feed Source: carseyinstitute.unh.edu Creating a Path to Employment: Tips for Parents with Children with Disabilities - Provides information for parents of children with disabilities to explore work options and the basic skills needed for employment. -- U.S. Department of Labor... Health Coverage in a Period of Rising Unemployment - Reviews the public and private options available to help people maintain coverage if they become unemployed cannot get employer-sponsored coverage through a spouse. Examines COBRA, non-group insurance and Medicaid. -- Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured... The Emerging Role of Group Medicare Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS) - Highlights changes in regulation, statute and the marketplace that are influencing employers interest in PFFS plans as an option for their retirees, drawing on interviews with employers, benefit consultants, insurers and consumer representatives. Includes references to rural. -- Kaiser Family Foundation... Births: Preliminary Data for 2006 - A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) that summarizes 2006 preliminary births and birth rates and selected 2006 preliminary maternal and infant health birth data for the United States. -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... Using Physician Payment Reform to Enhance Health System Performance - Explores using physician payment to improve health system performance, suggesting that future priorities reward physicians for influencing the totality of a patients care across all providers and settings. -- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.... Using Section 125-Premium-Only Plans to Expand Health Coverage - Explores how states are using Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Section 125 employee benefit plans to increase access to health coverage. -- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.... Integrated Personal Health Records: Transformative Tools for Consumer-Centric Care - Discusses how integrated personal health records (PHRs) offer significant potential to stimulate transformational changes in health care delivery and self-care by patients. Includes references to rural. -- BioMed Central... Burden of Injury From Unintentional Falls in Ohio, 2002-05 - Reports on state- and county-level statistics on the burden of injuries to Ohio residents from 2002-2005. Information is available by age, type of fall, the resulting injuries, and medical care received. Contains links to three PDF sections, plus the table of contents. -- Ohio Department of Health... Teen Births: Examining the Recent Increase - Reports on the 2005 through 2006 rise in teen birth rates, the first increase in 15 years, and discusses prevention efforts. -- National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy... Womens Work: Productive Aging in Rural Minnesota - Rural Minnesota's population is getting older faster than the urban areas of the state. Discusses the many ways that the senior population can and is currently contributing to the welfare of their communities. -- Center for Rural Policy and Development... Walking in Two Worlds: Helping Immigrant Women Adjust in Rural Minnesota - Discusses the challenges immigrant women face coming to rural America and describes a Minnesota program to help them adjust. -- Center for Rural Policy and Development... The Demographics of Rural Women: Now and the Future - An analysis of data that shows rural women still lag behind in several social and economic areas, such as education and earnings, but are catching up. -- Center for Rural Policy and Development... Rural Children Now Less Likely to Live in Married Couple Families - Reports that the percentage of rural children living in married-couple families has dropped below that of children in metropolitan areas. -- Carsey Institute... Geography is Destiny: Differences in Health Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the United States and California - Identifies the differences in the amount and quality of care patients receive in various parts of California and the rest of the nation. -- California HealthCare Foundation... The Value of Personal Health Records - Examines the value of PHR systems, primarily with respect to their direct financial costs and benefits. Provides a framework for understanding the rapidly evolving set of technologies and offers projections on the costs saved from widespread adoption of PHR systems. -- Center for Information Technology Leadership... Medicare Guide to Rural Health Services Information for Providers, Suppliers and Physicians: Errata Sheet - Errata updates applicable to the print version of the 2008 Medicare Guide to Rural Health Services Information for Providers, Suppliers and Physicians. -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... Medicare Billing Information for Rural Providers, Suppliers, and Physicians - Medicare billing charts and information on where to submit claims for Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Critical Access Hospitals, and Swing Bed services. -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... Medicare Contractor Beneficiary and Provider Communications Manual, Chapter 6 - Provider Customer Service Program - Adresses the requirements and general instructions for Medicare contractors' Provider Customer Services Program (PCSP). -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... Medicare Contractor Beneficiary and Provider Communications Manual: Chapter 3 - Provider Inquiries - Addresses the general instructions and requirements for Medicare carriers, including Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers (DMERCs), and intermediaries for processing provider inquiries. -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... Announcement of Medicare Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) Payment Rate Increases - Provides general information about payment rate increases for Medicare Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... Quality Matters: Quality Improvement in the Indian Health Service - Describes how the Indian Health Service' federal, tribal, and urban health facilities have been making strides in quality improvement. -- Commonwealth Fund... Outreach Sourcebook, Vol. 13, 2005-2008 - Detailed descriptions of 29 rural health outreach grant projects funded for 2005-2008 period. Includes project description and contact information. Includes index of health topics addressed by each project. -- Office of Rural Health Policy... Medicare at a Glance - Provides an overview of the Medicare program, including how it is financed, who is eligible and what benefits are covered under the program. In addition, it describes supplemental health insurance, benefits provided by the new drug law and data on Medicare expenditures and financing. -- Kaiser Family Foundation... The Medicaid Program At A Glance - Provides an overview of the Medicaid program, the populations that it serves, and the services that it covers. -- Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured... Employer Sponsored Health Insurance A Comparison of the Availability and Cost of Coverage for Workers in Small Firms and Large Firms - Identifies important differences in the availability and cost of coverage for workers in small and large businesses that may be relevant for any reform effort. -- Kaiser Family Foundation... Concentrated Rural Poverty and the Geography of Exclusion - Reports that social exclusion and isolation in poor communities often reinforce racial and class inequality. -- Carsey Institute... Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 - Discusses the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. This bill is comprehensive and substantive housing legislation that contains many provisions long advocated by CARH. -- Council for Affordable and Rural Housing... Compatible, Innovative, Sustainable, and Green: Responsible Site Development and Leed Neighborhood Design - Rural Ulster Preservation Company discusses its participation in the LEED Neighborhood Development Pilot Program and its plans for Woodstock Commons, a green affordable housing project in upstate New York. -- Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania... Going For Zero: The Process of Developing A Near-Zero Energy Home - Rural Development, Inc. describes the goals, design process, and energy saving features of the Colrain project, a near-zero energy home located in rural Franklin County, Massachusetts. -- Housing Assistance Council... Vermont Called Healthiest State, Louisiana Last - Reuters article via AARP Bulletin Today reports that Louisiana has displaced Mississippi as the unhealthiest U.S. state and other Southern states were close rivals due to high obesity and smoking rates in new rankings that deemed Vermont the healthiest.... New Study Identifies $1.2 Billion Impact on State Economy by Washington's Community Health Center System - Earthtimes article reports that the results of a first-of-its-kind study were released today identifying a $1.2 billion total impact on Washingtons economy by the community health center system within Washington, a system that brings jobs and money into local communities, creating its own year-round stimulus package for rural or underserved areas.... CMS Releases Agenda for Listening Session on Hospital Acquired Conditions - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted additional information (including an agenda) on the Hospital Acquired Conditions page of the CMS website for the December 18, 2008 Listening Session on hospital acquired conditions (HAC) and hospital outpatient healthcare-associated conditions.... OIG Releases Semi-Annual Report to Congress - On December 3, 2008, the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its Semi-Annual Report to Congress (Report) for the 6 month period ending September 30, 2008.... HUD Launches Comprehensive Website to Increase Financial Literacy, Promote Healthy Homeownership - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today launched a new, comprehensive website to assist Americans with improving financial literacy, sustaining healthy homeownership and achieving financial security.... FDA Teams With WebMD for New Online Consumer Health Information - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and WebMD today announced a collaboration that expands consumers' access to the agency's timely and reliable important health information.... CMS Issues Final Rule for Redesigning Medicaid, States Have Greater Flexibility in Benefit Offerings - A final regulation giving states unprecedented flexibility in designing their own Medicaid programs, including adjusting their benefit package to more closely align with beneficiary needs was announced yesterday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).... Initiative Launched for Health Care Reform - The Center for Rural Affairs announces that they have launched a Rural Health Care Reform Initiative, and they are also interested in hearing how health care and health insurance issues affect rural families and rural businesses.... Proposed Rules for Incinerators, Pharmaceutical Waste Issued - AHA News reports that the Environmental Protection Agency yesterday published a proposed rule revising emission standards for hospital, medical and infectious waste incinerators.... Nation Faces Daunting Doctor Shortage - MedPage Today, (NJ) article reports that under any set of plausible assumptions, an immense shortage of physicians is impending, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, and the shortage is expected to exceed 124,000 physicians by 2025, being most acute in primary care.... The Noblis Center for Health Innovation Forecasts 2009 Trends In Provider Health Care Delivery - Marketwatch reports the five most significant issues that will impact provider health care delivery in 2009, as predicted by the Noblis Center for Health Innovation, a leading non-profit advisory firm to health providers.... Proposed Rule Lets Conscience Guide Health Care - Times-Union, (FL) article tells how the 11th-hour Bush administration "right of conscience" proposal is stirring up controversy saying the White House is planning to announce the rule that would permit medical facilities, doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health-care workers to refuse to participate in any procedure they find morally objectionable.... CMS Proposed Three National Coverage Determinations to Protect Patients from Preventable Surgical Errors - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed today three national coverage determinations (NCDs) to establish uniform national policies that will prevent Medicare from paying for certain serious, preventable errors in medical care.... S.F. Food Policy Heading in a Healthy Direction - San Francisco Chronicle article via Center for Rural Affairs reports that San Francisco's food policy - proposed by the mayor earlier this year as a way to bring healthy, sustainable meals from regional farms to city residents - is morphing into what will likely be a series of proposals that could someday change the way the entire Bay Area eats.... New Report Recommends Strategies To Reduce Medical Resident Fatigue-related Errors and Improve Training - Fatigued medical residents need protected sleep periods and increased supervision of work hour limits to improve patient safety and the training environment, according to a new Institute of Medicine (IOM) report funded by the Department of Health & Human Services' (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).... Power Couple Reaps a Right, Light Harvest - Daily Yonder article tells of a Colorado couple who has built a solar power station in their own backyard and will be selling power to the local utility company by next spring.... About Half of College-Aged Had Psychiatric Disorders - Bloomberg article reports that almost half of college-aged adults had a psychiatric disorder over a one-year span, based on research criteria that ranged from bipolar disease to substance abuse including smoking, but few sought treatment, the study found.... FCC to Vote on Free Broadband Internet Across USA - USA Today article tells how in the remaining weeks of his tenure, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin J. Martin will push for a free, wireless Internet network across the nation, according to the agency.... One-third of Farm Workers Children Lack Health Insurance - Kansas City InfoZine, (MO) reports that children of farm workers are three times as likely as all other children and almost twice as likely as other poor children to be uninsured according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.... FDA Reports Significant Progress in Protecting the Food Supply - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released a report on its implementation of the Food Protection Plan that was launched a year ago to protect both domestic and imported food from accidental and intentional contamination.... Focus on Fire Safety: Holiday Fire Safety - U.S. Fire Administration article tells how it is important to focus on fire safety and prevention with the onset of the holiday season.... Conrad, Whitehouse Call for GAO Health Reform Study - With healthcare reform among Americans highest priorities for the next Congress, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study best practices used by states, hospitals, and other countries to reduce health care costs and improve quality.... CMS Releases Specifications for E-Prescribing Measure - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a specifications document for the E-Prescribing measure, which will be used to determine whether an eligible professional is a successful e-prescriber for the 2009 reporting period. ... Pharmacists in Demand Across U.S. - Columbus Dispatch, (OH) article reports that pharmacists are in short supply across the country, particularly in rural areas, and competition among retail outlets and health-care facilities is fierce, and the pay -- salaries typically start around $120,000 -- is high.... Often Fatal, Many Falls Also are Preventable - Pioneer Press, (MN) article reports that Minnesota has the nation's third-highest rate of elderly people dying from falls, and it's not just the ice and snow.... New Therapy Technique for Depression - Psych Central reports that a new research study suggests a group-based psychological treatment called Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), could be a viable alternative to prescription drugs for people suffering from long-term depression.... Mass. Health Care Reform Reveals Doctor Shortage - NPR article reports that health care reform in Massachusetts has led to a dramatic increase in the number of people with health insurance, but there's an unintended consequence, a sudden demand for primary care doctors has outpaced the supply.... HHS AIDS.gov to Use Blogs, Virtual Worlds, and Social Networks to Deliver HIV Information for World AIDS Day 2008 - The HHS Office of HIV/AIDS Policys AIDS.gov will recognize the 20th annual World AIDS Day on Dec. 1 with a special focus on reducing HIV/AIDS-related stigma and promoting HIV testing through blogs, virtual worlds, and social networks.... Annual Report to the Nation Finds Declines in Cancer Incidence and Death Rates; Special Feature Reveals Wide Variations in Lung Cancer Trends across States - National Institutes of Health tells of a new report from the nation's leading cancer organizations showing that, for the first time since the report was first issued in 1998, both incidence and death rates for all cancers combined are decreasing for both men and women, driven largely by declines in some of the most common types of cancer.... The Solution to a Successful Economic Stimulus Package - Center for Rural Affairs editorial discusses how small enterprise has a critical role to play in America's economic recovery, especially in rural areas, so when Congress takes up legislation to refuel our economy, small entrepreneurship should be the centerpiece.... Copyright © 2008, Blurbosphere.com. All Rights Reserved. |