The RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis has released a policy brief on Evaluating Medicare Advantage Benchmark Setting Methodology on Rural Counties. The Brief Can Be Found Here Key Findings: PurposeCurrent benchmark setting methods for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans provide incentives based on geography and quality. Plans have used these incentives to offer supplemental …
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RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis Releases Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update for 2024. January 2025.
The RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis has released the 2024 Enrollment Update for Medicare Advantage. The Key Findings: Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment now exceeds 50 percent of eligible beneficiaries(enrolled in both Part A and Part B) in metropolitan counties (56.1 percent); at thecurrent rate of growth, nonmetropolitan enrollment is expected to exceed 50 …
Medicare Advantage Plan Growth in Rural America: Availability of Supplemental Benefits: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis. May 2024.

The RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis has released a new brief on Medicare Advantage Plan Growth in Rural America: Availability of Supplemental Benefits Key Findings Include READ THE BRIEF HERE
Partnerships to Address Social Needs across Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Prospective Payment System Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals Released by RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis. March 2024

The RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis has released a new policy brief Partnerships to Address Social Needs across Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Prospective Payment System Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals PurposePartnerships between hospitals and other organizations, such as public health departments and social service organizations, are essential to address monumental challenges like managing pandemics, …
RUPRI Research on COVID Featured in Scientific American Article on Rural Mortality
Research on Nonmetropolitan COVID-19 Cases & Death Rates from the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis was featured in a December 14, 2022 Scientific American® article on mortality rates in rural. The article, People in Rural Areas Die at Higher Rates Than Those in Urban Areas by Tanya Lewis, highlights RUPRI’s ongoing COVID tracking …
New Rural Insurance Chartbook Released by RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis

The RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis released An Insurance Profile of Rural America: A Chart Book. READ the CHART BOOK HERE Over the past decade, health insurance coverage has changed in major ways in rural areas with shifts towards public and publicly subsidized coverage among the nonelderly – Medicaid, Marketplace plans — and …
RUPRI Health Webinar: It’s Not Easy Being a Rural Pharmacy. November 14, 1:00 pm Eastern

The Rural Health Research Gateway will host a Webinar It’s Not Easy Being a Rural Pharmacy – Services, Payments, Closures, and Deserts with Fred Ullrich and Keith Mueller, PhD of the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis. November 14 at 1:00 pm Eastern. Register for Webinar Here Date: November 14, 2022Time: 10:00 am Pacific, …
RUPRI Releases Nursing Homes in Rural America: A Chartbook. July 2022

The RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis released a Nursing Homes in Rural America Chartbook. Policymakers are increasingly concerned about the availability of post-acute care and long-term care services in rural areas. In this chartbook, we define nursing homes as Medicare and/or Medicaid certified facilities providing post-acute care (skilled nursing facilities) and/or long-term care …
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