- CMS: Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2026
- CMS: Medicare Program; FY 2026 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements
- Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Updates to the Quality Reporting Program for Federal Fiscal Year 2026
- Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: Fiscal Year 2026 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements
- CMS: Request for Information; Health Technology Ecosystem
- VA: Staff Sergeant Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program Funding Opportunity
- State: 60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: J-1 Visa Waiver Recommendation Application
- Public Inspection: CMS: Request for Information: Health Technology Ecosystem
- HHS: Request for Information (RFI): Ensuring Lawful Regulation and Unleashing Innovation To Make American Healthy Again
- VA: Solicitation of Nominations for the Appointment to the Advisory Committee on Tribal and Indian Affairs
- GAO Seeks New Members for Tribal and Indigenous Advisory Council
- VA: Staff Sergeant Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program Funding Opportunity
- Telehealth Study Recruiting Veterans Now
- USDA Delivers Immediate Relief to Farmers, Ranchers and Rural Communities Impacted by Recent Disasters
- Submit Nominations for Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM) Committees
ATTC Network COVID-19 Resources for Addictions Treatment
The Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Network was established in 1993 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The online catalog of COVID-related resources includes regularly-updated guidance and trainings for professionals in the field.
CRS Report on the Digital Divide in the U.S.
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) provides objective policy and legal analysis to committees and members of the U.S. House and Senate. This report describes the availability of broadband internet by state and across urban, rural, and tribal areas.
COVID-19 Resources from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
The agency that assists local transit authorities includes several rural examples in its list of initiatives across the country to get residents to vaccination sites. FTA’s National Center for Mobility Management also has a webinar series specific to pandemic efforts and other resources for planning transit.
Learn More About Changes to the Federal Definitions of Rural
This recording of a webinar hosted by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health explores the recent changes to the rural definition that FORHP uses to determine eligibility for grants. The recording also includes discussion of proposed changes to designations set by the Census Bureau and by the Office of Management and Budget (e.g., Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Urbanized Areas) and how those relate to FORHP’s definition.
Information Requested: NIH Improving the Mental Health of Rural People – April 15
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks input on how the National Institute of Mental Health might learn about and remedy research gaps in knowledge to address mental health disparities in rural people and communities.
Urban–Rural Differences in Drug Overdose Death Rates, 1999–2019
Select key findings
Data from the National Vital Statistics System, Mortality
- From 1999 through 2019, the rate of drug overdose deaths increased from 6.4 per 100,000 to 22.0 in urban counties and from 4.0 to 19.6 in rural counties.
- In 2019, rates in rural counties were higher than in urban counties in California, Connecticut, North Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia.
Keywords
opioids, methamphetamine, National Vital Statistics System, Mortality (NVSS–M)
For more information, visit the full report
From 2016-2019, the age-adjusted drug overdose death rates were higher in urban counties than in rural counties.
Suggested Citation:
Hedegaard H, Spencer MR. Urban–rural differences in drug overdose death rates, 1999–2019. NCHS Data Brief, no 403. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2021. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/
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Studies: Rural Americans Less Likely to Follow Some Covid-19 Prevention Measures, Get Vaccines
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CDC Ebola Clinical Alert
A recent HealthLeaders article discusses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “Ebola Clinical Alert for U.S. Healthcare Personnel” and is recommending that all U.S. healthcare settings should ask about international travel while screening patients and visitors for signs and symptoms of COVID-19. As of March 4, airlines are also required to collect and transmit contact information to the CDC for “appropriate public health follow-up and intervention for all passengers boarding a flight to the U.S. who were in the Dominical Republic of the Congo or the Republic of Guinea within 21 days before their arrival in the U.S. International travel histories are to alert healthcare personnel to the possibility of other communicable infections, such a viral hemorrhagic fever, that need specific infection control precautions and/or treatments.
Health Alert on Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults
The Pennsylvania Department of Health a new Health Alert: 557 – 3/9/21 – ADV – Call for Cases: Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults (MIS-A). Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare but severe complication in children and young adults infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Since June 2020, several case reports describe a similar multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults (MIS-A). Healthcare providers should report suspect cases of MIS-A by faxing the attached case report form to 717-772-6975 or your local health department or by emailing the form to ra-dhCOVIDcontact@pa.gov. Click here for the entire health advisory and case report form.