Information about the most recent Rural Communities Opioid Response Program grantee cohorts is now available on the Rural Health Information Hub at the following links: RCORP – Behavioral Healthcare Support…

 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently published payment policy updates to Medicare Advantage (also known as Medicare Part C) and Medicare Prescription Drug Program (also known as Medicare Part…

In response to a change in the way the Census Bureau defines rural and urban areas, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an interim process for determining locations of new Rural…

In this cohort study of 17,428 Medicaid-enrolled adults with an emergency department encounter for opioid use disorder, the buprenorphine treatment Opioid Hospital Quality Improvement Program (O-HQIP) pathway…

In this survey study of 4,691 Medicare beneficiaries, 17 percent receiving care from practices offering both video and telephone visits reported that they were personally offered telephone visits only; 43…

The annual ranking of health for nearly every county in the nation takes a closer look at the way health relates to opportunities people have to participate in their communities.  The analysts examined…

 Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that the makers of Narcan, an opioid overdose treatment, have the agency’s approval to make the drug widely available over the counter (OTC). …

 In 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention carved out $427 million in state funding to focus on combatting COVID-19 in rural communities as part of a multibillion-dollar national initiative…

A sweeping report from the Administration of Children and Families (ACF) delivers insight into the rural-specific barriers to the agency’s programs – e.g., for housing, early childhood, and family development,…

A sweeping report from the Administration of Children and Families (ACF) delivers insight into the rural-specific barriers to the agency’s programs – e.g., for housing, early childhood, and family development,…