Getting Connected: Can the ACA Improve Access to Health Care in Rural Communities? – Briefing
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Summary
What specific provisions in the new law pertain to rural health care? This briefing looked at current health care policy initiatives pertaining to rural issues, with a special focus on information technology, and the opportunities and challenges that the reform implementation presents. Review the briefing's archived webcast, podcast, presentations, transcript and source materials.
Populations
Sources
Alliance for Health Reform, United Health Foundation
Programs/Initiatives
States
Keywords
Tom Morris, HRSA Office of Rural Health Policy; Clinton MacKinney, University of Iowa; Mario Gutierrez, California Center for Connected Health Policy; Ed Howard of the Alliance and Catherine Anderson of the UnitedHealth Group; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; telemedicine; telehealth; Kaiser Family Foundation
Contact
Alliance for
Health Reform
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info@allhealth.org
Phone
202-789-2300