Center Publications

Policy Briefs

• Critical Access Hospitals' Experiences with Medicare Advantage Plans.

• PB2007-4: National Rural Hospital Charges Due to Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions.

• PB2007-5: Regional Variation in Rural Hospital Charges Due to Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions.

• State Updates on Medicare Advantage Enrollment.

• PB2007-6: Reliance on Independently Owned Pharmacies in Rural America.

  • State maps showing the locations of communities with only one pharmacy, independently owned..

• PB2007-7: Update on Rural Enrollment in Medicare Advantage: Growth Continues.

  • PB2007-7 Tables: Detailed data about Medicare Advantage enrollment and plans.

• PB2007-3: Rural Enrollment in Medicare Advantage Growing Rapidly in 2007, Especially in Private Fee-for-Service Plans

• PB2007-2: Rural Enrollment in Medicare Advantage Is Concentrated in Private Fee-for- Service Plans

• PB2007-1: Enrollment in Medicare Part D for Rural Beneficiaries is Encouraging  

• PB2006-2:  Medicare Physician Payment: Impacts of Changes on Rural Physicians  

• PB2006-1:  Chronic Disease Management Systems (Registries) in Rural Health Care  

• PB2006-8:  Medicare Part D: Early Findings on Enrollment and Choices for Rural Beneficiaries?    

• PB2005-7:  Why are Health Care Expenditures Increasing and Is There A Rural Differential?  

• PB2005-6:  The Impact of Welfare Reform on Health Insurance Coverage in Rural Areas  

• PB2005-3:  Assessing the Financial Effect of Medicare Payment on Rural Hospitals:  Does the Source of Data Change the Results?

• PB2005-4:  Contracting with Medicare Advantage Plans: A Brief for Critical Access Hospital Administrators    

• PB2005-2:  Preparing for Medicare Part D:  An Opportunity for State Offices of Rural Health and State Rural Health Associations 

• PB2004-5:  Rural Physicians' Acceptance of New Medicare Patients  

• PB2004-4:  An Analysis of the Agreement Between Financial Data from the Medicare Cost Report and the Audited Hospital Financial Statement

• PB2003-9:  Medicare Physician Payment

• PB2003-8:  Enrollment in FEHBP Plans in Rural America: What are the Implications for Medicare Reform? 

• PB2003-6:  Rural Hospital HIPAA Readiness and Resource Needs   

• PB2003-5:  An Analysis of Availability of Medicare+Choice, Commercial HMO, and FEHBP Plans in Rural Areas:  Implications for Medicare Reform 

• PB2003-2:  Medicare Physician Payment

• PB2002-5:  Health Services at Risk in "Vulnerable" Rural Places

• PB2002-4:  An Update on Rural Medicare+Choice: Rural Medicare Beneficiaries Enrolled in Medicare+Choice Plans through September 2001 

• PB2002-2:  Inequitable Access:  Medicare+Choice Program Fails to Serve Rural America 

• PB2002-1:  Comments on Regulatory and Contractor Reform Legislation 

• PB2001-8:  Can Payment Policies Attract M+C Plans to Rural Areas? 

• PB2001-4:  Rural Implications of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 

• PB2000-11:  Health Insurance in Rural America 

Policy Papers

• One Year In: Sole Community Rural Independent Pharmacies and Medicare Part D  P2007-1.  September 2007

• The Experience of Sole Community Rural Independent Pharmacies with Medicare Part D: Reports from the Field  P2006-3.  December, 2006

• Elements of Successful Rural Diabetes Management Programs  P2006-2.  July, 2006

• Definition of Rural in the Context of MMA Access Standards for Prescription Drug Plans. A Joint Publication of the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis (Policy Paper P2004-7) and the North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center (Working Paper No. 79)  P2004-7.  September, 2004

• A Rural Perspective Regarding Regulations Implementing Titles I and II of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA). From the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis  P2004-6.  August, 2004

• Information Technology and Rural Health Networks:  An Overview of Network Practices.  p2004-3.  April, 2004. 

• The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-173). A Summary of Provisions Important to Rural Health Care Delivery. Keith J. Mueller, Ph.D.  P2004-1.  January, 2004.  Updated 1/13/04

• Care Across the Continuum:  Access to Health Care Services in Rural Areas.  WP2003-10.  December, 2003

• Availability and Use of Health Plan Choices in Rural America: Medicare+Choice, Commercial HMO, and Federal Employees Health Benefit Program Plans  P2003-7.  October, 2003

• The Immediate and Future Role of the J-1 Visa Waiver Program for Physicians: The Consequences of Change for Rural Health Care Service Delivery.   P2002-3.  April, 2002

• Rural Implications of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000, P2001-3. January, 2001

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