Office of Rural Health Policy: Cooperative Agreement for Rapid Response to Issue-Specific Rural Research

Publications

• Eligible but Not Enrolled? Potential for Targeting Over a Half-Million Rural Medicare Beneficiaries for Enrollment in the Low-Income Subsidy Prescription Drug Program
  Policy Brief
  RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  Date: 12/2008
  Medicare Part D low-income supplement (LIS) is designed to help low-income persons access prescription drugs with reduced premiums and lower out-of-pocket costs. Despite efforts to enroll as many eligible persons as possible, many Medicare beneficiaries are estimated to be eligible for but not enrolled in the LIS program.
• Independently Owned Pharmacy Closures in Rural America
  Policy Brief
  RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  Date: 07/2008
  This brief focuses on rural pharmacy closure because of the potential threat such closures present to access to any local pharmacy services in a community.
• Rural Enrollment in Medicare Advantage Continues to Grow Rapidly in 2008, Led by Private Fee-for-Service Plans
  Policy Brief
  RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  Date: 08/2008
  Enrollment of rural beneficiaries into Medicare Advantage (MA) plans has more than quadrupled since the inception of the MA program in 2006 and increased 35% in the last year. However, the enrollment rate in rural areas remains well below the national enrollment rate. This policy brief shows enrollment in the MA program in rural areas.
• Spread of Accountable Care Organizations in Rural America
  Policy Brief
  RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  Date: 10/2016
  This brief updates a RUPRI Center analysis of the presence of Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in rural areas of the US in 2013. Using participation data through 2015, the current brief finds that there has been broad growth in the number of places where ACO participating providers can be found, including rural locations.