Policy Briefs
2022
November 2022: Access to Emergency Medical Services (PDF - 1 MB)
July 2022: Behavioral Health and Primary Care Integration (PDF - 488 KB)
2021
October 2021: Rural Emergency Hospital (PDF - 390 KB)
2020
March 2020: Maternal and Obstetric Care Challenges in Rural America (PDF - 539 KB)
March 2020: Rural HIV Prevention and Treatment Challenges (PDF - 654 KB)
2019
August 2019: Supportive Services and Caregiving for Older Rural Adults (PDF - 806 KB)
August 2019: Examining Rural Cancer Prevention and Control Efforts (PDF - 497 KB)
2018
December 2018: Addressing the Burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (PDF - 531 KB)
December 2018: Improving Oral Health Care Services in Rural America (PDF - 793 KB)
August 2018: Exploring the Rural Context for Adverse Childhood Experiences (PDF - 632 KB)
August 2018: Rural Health Insurance Market Challenges (PDF - 395 KB)
2017
December 2017: Modernizing Rural Health Clinic Provisions (PDF - 444 KB)
December 2017: Understanding the Impact of Suicide in Rural America (PDF - 909 KB)
January 2017: Social Determinants of Health (PDF - 382 KB)
2016
July 2016: Alternative Models to Preserving Access to Emergency Care (PDF - 522 KB)
July 2016: Families in Crisis: The Human Service Implications of Rural Opioid Misuse (PDF - 947 KB)
2015
December 2015: Child Poverty in Rural America (PDF - 486 KB)
December 2015: Delivery System Reform and Implications for Rural Communities (PDF - 246 KB)
December 2015: Mortality and Life Expectancy in Rural America (PDF - 379 KB)
March 2015: Telehealth in Rural America (PDF - 191 KB)
March 2015: Intimate Partner Violence in Rural America (PDF - 244 KB)
2014
July 2014: Homelessness in Rural America (PDF - 301 KB)
July 2014: Affordable Care Act Plans and Premiums in Rural America (PDF - 411 KB)
January 2014: Rural Implications of the Affordable Care Act Outreach, Education, and Enrollment (PDF - 104 KB)
January 2014: The Intersection of Rural Poverty and Federal Human Services Programs (PDF - 180 KB)
2013
August 2013: Rural Implications of Changes to the Medicare Hospice Benefit (PDF - 106 KB)
2012
December 2012: Challenges to Head Start and Early Childhood Development Programs in Rural Communities (PDF - 71 KB)
December 2012: Implications of Proposed Changes to Rural Hospital Payment Designations (PDF - 129 KB)
December 2012: The Need to Integrate Work Programs for Low-Income Rural Residents (PDF - 101 KB)
December 2012: Options for Rural Health Care System Reform and Redesign (PDF - 108 KB)
June 2012: Rural Implications of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (PDF - 59 KB)
2011
December 2011: Reducing Health Disparities in Rural America: Key Provisions in the Affordable Care Act (PDF - 71 KB)
December 2011: Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier Program (PDF - 63 KB)
December 2011: Affordable Care Act Provisions Affecting the Rural Elderly (PDF - 93 KB)
September 2011: The Rural Implications of Key Primary Care Provisions In the Affordable Care Act White Paper (PDF - 103 KB)
September 2011: Rural Policy Implications for Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visitation Program (PDF - 44 KB)
September 2011: Value-Based Purchasing Demonstrations for Critical Access and Small PPS Hospitals (PDF - 58 KB)
March 2011: Rural Challenges for HHS in Implementing the Community-Based Care Transitions Program (PDF - 93 KB)
March 2011: Rural Policy Implications for Health Insurance Exchanges (PDF - 78 KB)
Resource Papers and Other Publications
February 2011: Opportunities for Rural Participation in Community Based Care Transitions (PDF - 82 KB)