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Living Well And Medicaid: Better Health For Consumers -- Lower Costs For States, Craig Ravesloot Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute
Living Well And Medicaid: Better Health For Consumers -- Lower Costs For States, Craig Ravesloot Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute
Health and Wellness
The United States has the world’s most expensive healthcare system. In 2002, health spending rose to nearly 15 percent of U.S. Gross Domestic Product. Healthcare policymakers charged with balancing cost containment with quality healthcare for consumers are desperate for solutions (Levit, Smith, Cowan, Sensenig, and Catlin, 2004).
Living Well With A Disability: An Update, Tom Seekins Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute
Living Well With A Disability: An Update, Tom Seekins Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute
Health and Wellness
As many as one of every five Americans has a disability or chronic health condition. In rural areas, that proportion (23%) is even higher. As the U.S. population ages, the numbers of people with disability and chronic conditions will predictably increase, which accounts for a growing national interest in the health and wellness of individuals with disabilities. While composing about 20% of the population, individuals with disabilities account for nearly half of all medical expenditures.
Living Well Could Save $31 Million Annually, Craig Ravesloot Ph.D., Catherine Ipsen, Tom Seekins Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute
Living Well Could Save $31 Million Annually, Craig Ravesloot Ph.D., Catherine Ipsen, Tom Seekins Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute
Health and Wellness
Behavior change can improve health status for many adults. Further, for adults with chronic illness and permanent injuries, a growing body of literature identifies health promotion as both effective in improving health and cost-effective compared to treatment alternatives. Yet third-party payers (Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance) typically do not reimburse health promotion interventions. This is a problem for many individuals with disabilities who have significant health care costs and cannot pay for health promotion programs. For more than a decade, the Office on Disability and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has supported research culminating in the …
Rural Managed Care And Disability: A National Perspective, Colleen Murphy-Southwick Ph.D., Tom Seekins Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute Rural Institute
Rural Managed Care And Disability: A National Perspective, Colleen Murphy-Southwick Ph.D., Tom Seekins Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute Rural Institute
Health and Wellness
Rural access to health care has historically been a concern in the United States. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, lower rural reimbursements for the same services provided in urban areas contributed to a substantial decline in the number of rural hospitals and health care providers. Rural Americans with and without disabilities experienced the negative consequences of those changes. The rapid introduction of managed care is producing explosive changes in the marginal, aging, rural medical care services sector. Managed care policies directly affect both access to medical services by people with disabilities and the economic infrastructure of small rural …
Rural Managed Care And Disability: Emerging Issues From Preliminary Interviews And Case Studies, Colleen Murphy-Southwick Ph.D., Tom Seekins Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute Rural Institute
Rural Managed Care And Disability: Emerging Issues From Preliminary Interviews And Case Studies, Colleen Murphy-Southwick Ph.D., Tom Seekins Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute Rural Institute
Health and Wellness
Since the 1980s, rural access to health care information, resources and services has become increasingly problematic. The shift toward managed care complicates the picture. While some argue that managed care will devastate rural health services due to sparsely populated areas’ high costs and low profit margins, others suggest that market forces will make the health care system more efficient and re-distribute resources now concentrated in urban areas toward rural areas. Managed care is penetrating public programs
Rural Health & Disability, Tom Seekins Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute
Rural Health & Disability, Tom Seekins Ph.D., University Of Montana Rural Institute
Health and Wellness
The health of many people with disabilities living in rural areas is not as good as one might expert. While people with disabilities can lead healthy and independent lives, they often lack access to health care providers who understand their needs, and lack access to services that would support their efforts to live independently.