RUPRI Health Policy

"Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Medicare Advantage Enrollment 2025" New policy brief from the RUPRI Center. MA enrollment growth rate slowed in 2025. ruprihealth.org/publications/p…

New rural health policy data report from RUPRI analyzes tenure and renewals of rural MSSP ACOs. See at: ruprihealth.org/publications/p…

New rural health policy data report from RUPRI explores the interplay between enrollment in the Medicare Shared Savings Program Assigned and Original Medicare. See at: ruprihealth.org/publications/p…

New policy brief from RUPRIHealth! "RHCs and CAHs Participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP): Characteristics of the Providers and Communities". See at ruprihealth.org

"Rural-Urban Differences in Barriers to Care and Utilization of Preventive Care Among Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries" New policy brief from RUPRI Health. See at: ruprihealth.org/publications/p…

New policy brief from RUPRIHealth! "Rural-urban differences in barriers to care and utilization of preventive care among Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries". See at ruprihealth.org

"Health Insurance Coverage in Rural and Urban Areas in the U.S., 2023" New policy brief from the RUPRI Center. People in rural areas were less likely to hold private sources of insurance coverage than urban Americans. ruprihealth.org/publications/p…

Rural Beneficiary Access to Medicare Advantage-Part D Plans - New policy brief from the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis: ruprihealth.org/publications/p…

"The Impact of High Hospital Fixed-Cost Ratios on Rural Populations" - new policy brief from the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy. Fixed-to-total-cost ratios are highest for rural hospitals. See at: ruprihealth.org/publications/p…

Financial Performance of Rural and Urban Hospitals in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. New policy brief from the RUPRI Center: ruprihealth.org/publications/p…

New RUPRI Center Policy Brief: Changes in Rural Pharmacy Presence 2023. Data on rural communities that have kept, lost, or gained a retail pharmacy between 2018 and 2023. ruprihealth.org/publications/p…

Congrats to the RUPRI Center's Keith Mueller, for receiving the Louis Gorin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Rural Health Care from NRHA!

New rural health policy brief from the RUPRI Center: "Medicare Advantage Plan Growth in Rural America: Availability of Supplemental Benefits". See at ruprihealth.org/publications/p…

New policy brief from the Rural Telehealth Research Center! Increasing Telehealth Use during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and Healthcare Disparities: An Updated Systematic Review. See at: ruraltelehealth.org/briefs/RTRC%20…

Partnerships to Address Social Needs across Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Prospective Payment System Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals - New policy brief from RUPRI Health. ruprihealth.org/publications/p…

Congratulations to professor Keith Mueller! He has been awarded the 2024 Louis Gorin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Rural Health Care by the National Rural Health Association. More at tinyurl.com/ynmsbp82

Proud of UI graduate students sharing their journey in founding the inaugural Student Association for Rural Health (SARH)!! rhlradio.com/2024/03/12/394…

New from the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis: Distributional Analysis of Variation in Medicare Advantage Participation Within and Between Metropolitan, Micropolitan, and Noncore Counties. See the brief at bit.ly/44ivbL0

Addressing substance abuse in rural America. A good story that includes bipartisan action. 2023 National Virtual Rural Social Work Conference Opening Session with Dr Rahul Gupta. youtube.com/watch?v=ACAS7V… #ruralhealth

RUPRI's Keith Mueller will be a morning speaker at the IRHA Rural Health Conference on Oct. 18! Learn more at iaruralhealth.org/2023-irha-conf…