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Rural Health Insurance & Coverage
Medicaid is an important source of health care coverage for the 60 million Americans living in rural areas. Nearly a quarter of individuals under age 65 who live in rural areas are covered by Medicaid, as well as 22 percent of people dually enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare. Overall, rural residents have worse health outcomes and tend to be older, poorer, and sicker than those in urban areas. These communities heavily rely on Medicaid and Medicare programs to support insurance coverage individually, and as a whole for their health care system and healthcare workforce. We encourage you to utilize the following advocacy materials and external resources when you are advocating for rural healthcare coverage!
- Impact of public health emergency unwinding on Medicaid disenrollment rates in rural America
- Medicare Advantage growth and its impact on rural health care
- Medicare Reimbursement in Rural America
- Rural-Urban Comparison of Hospitals Participating in the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program
- Rural Hospital Participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program
- CY 2026 Medicare Advantage and Part D proposed rule
- S.2315 Medicaid Saves Lives
- Congressional RFI on proposed oral health benefits under Medicare
- Letter to MedPAC on March 7, 2024 meeting
- Letter of support to MedPAC on draft 2024 payment recommendations
- CY 2024 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (member comment template)
- CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (member comment template)
- CY 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System proposed rule
- NRHA response to Episode-Based Payment Model Request for Information
- Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality
- Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services proposed rule
- CY 2024 Medicare Advantage Policy and Technical Changes proposed rule
- CY 2024 Medicare Advantage Policy and Technical changes (member comment template)
- HHS Request for Information on Medicare Advantage
- CY 2023 Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule (member comment template)
- Access to Coverage and Care in Medicaid & CHIP Request for Information
- MedPAC vote on payment recommendations for 2023
- CY 2024 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs
- CY 2023 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs
- CY 2022 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs
- CY 2021 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs
- CY 2020 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs
- CY 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies
- CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies
- CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies
- CY 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies
- Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part 2
- Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I
- FY 2024 Medicare IPPS for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System
- FY 2023 Medicare IPPS for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System
- FY 2022 addendum Medicare IPPS for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System
- FY 2021 Medicare IPPS for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System
- FY 2020 Medicare IPPS for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System
- OMB proposed MSA and MiSA adjustments
- Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation proposed rule
- Medicare scope of practice information pursuant to the President’s executive order