Articles
Rural issues, Innovation
Exploring Options to Deploy Capitated Payments to Enhance Primary Care in Rural Settings
This case study highlights examples of capitated payment agreements that serve to increase the use and improve the quality of primary care services in rural communities. These arrangements are deployed at several levels of care management and delivery in the public and private sectors, with payment to parties such as managed care organizations, community health workers and physicians. Most of these models are enmeshed in larger, multi-agreement payment models and serve as an example of how to leverage capitated payments for specific services in conjunction with other payment methodologies such as fee-for-service, pay-for-value, and global budgeting.
Rural issues
Rural health care: Big challenges require big solutions
Rural hospitals are often the largest local employer and help attract other businesses to the area, improving economic stability.
Rural issues, Innovation, Innovation/New Models of Care
How bold new ideas can advance health in rural communities
An invisible beam that detects ships and airplanes. An innovative drug that reduces cholesterol in a way no one has tried. The notion that tumors can be killed by choking off their blood supply. These things — radar, statins and anti-angiogenesis drugs, respectively — are taken for granted today. But when first proposed, they were laughed at, rejected and deemed impossible.Â
Rural issues, Access to Behavioral Health, Telehealth, Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities, Current & Emerging Payment Models, Social Determinants of Health
How two rural hospitals are engaging in innovative practices to meet the needs of their communities
AHA staff recently visited two rural hospitals to see and hear firsthand how leaders are engaging in innovative practices to increase accessibility and affordability for their communities.