6/17/2016 1 Paul Moore, DPh Senior Health Policy Advisor Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Health Resources and Services Administration Federal Office of Rural Health Policy June 9, 2016 Improve Access to Quality Health Care and Services Strengthen the Health Workforce Build Healthy Communities Improve Health Equity Strengthen HRSA Program Management & Operations HRSA Strategic Goals Build Healthy Rural Communities Policy & Research Community Based Programs Telehealth Programs State & Hospital Programs Values Accountable Knowledgeable Collaborative Respectful Innovative Responsive Mission FORHP collaborates with rural communities and partners to support programs and shape policy that will improve health in rural America. State Offices of Rural Health Grants Rural Health Care Delta Program Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (RESEP) Flex Funding SHIP Grants MBQIP Rural Health Information Technology Network Development Grants RHC Specific Quality Measure Set Network Planning Grants Network Development Grants TCPI MIPS DSR APMs Small Provider Quality Improvement Program Rural Health Workforce Developm ent Grants Black Lung/Coal Miner Clinics Program Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant OAT Evidence-based Tele-emergency grant program Telehealth Network Grant Program Improved Population Health FORHP Programs and Grants
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Paul Moore, DPhSenior Health Policy Advisor
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Health Resources and Services Administration
Rural communities have a history of substance abuse
• Rural has greater prevalence of risk factors and fewer options for treatment.
Rural residents are most likely to be prescribed opioid painkillers
Though opioid abuse and opioid-related death has been on the rise nationally, rural communities are disproportionately affected.
Opioid Use Disorder
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January 2005 to February 2016, 110 rural hospitals have closed
2005 – 2016 Was the Western Region the front edge?
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Articles
• Improving Quality
• Improving Finances
• Strengthening Health
Systems
FORHP Assisting Hospitals
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Assisting Critical Access Hospitals - Data
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FORHP ProgramsBlack Lung Clinics Program’s (BL) Miners Colfax Medical Center (MCMC) serves coal miners across the state of New Mexico
Radiation Exposure Screening & Education Program’s (RESEP) University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences Center serves New Mexico’s former Uranium Miner populations
InnovationCreation of a “one stop shop” for miners for 20 sites across New Mexico through a collaborative approach using telemedicine, MCM’s mobile unit and UNM’s specialty provider
Outcomes• Videoconferencing technology enables miners to interact directly
with pulmonologist, which increases access to specialty care• 6,685 eligible miners screened using this method from 1989-2014• 100% patients rated their services as good or very good (2015-
2016)• 45% of patients at last four clinics were returning patients (11/2015-
3/2016)• Addresses transportation barriers and service delivery challenges
Grants in Motion….ting to
• Community Health
• Supporting Rural Hospitals
• Leveraging Telehealth
Investing in Rural Communities
• Increasing Interest and Attention
• Integrating the Technology into the Broader Value Discussion
• Informing the Policy Discussion
Telehealth
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• Serving as a Voice …
• Technical Assistance
• Focus on Partnerships• NOSORH
• State Offices of Rural Health
• National and State Associations
Policy & Research
http://www.ruralhealthresearch.org/
Policy & Research
• ORHP funded through the National
Association of Rural Health Clinics
• Listserv
o Exchange info, ask questions
o Sign up at http://03672e4.netsolhost.com/?page_id=712
• Conference Calls
o 6 per year on range of topics
o Sign up and review previous calls at http://www.hrsa.gov/ruralhealth/policy/confcall/index.html