The mission of the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis is to provide timely analysis to federal and state health policy makers.
University of Iowa
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The Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub) has released the Practical Guide to Supporting Innovation in Rural Health. It explores how rural communities can create innovative solutions that address their unique healthcare challenges. Learn more at: ruralhealthinfo.org/toolkits…
New policy brief from the RUPRI Center: "Concordance between Social Needs Screening and Availability of
Associated Programs in US Hospitals". ruprihealth.org/publications… .
New policy brief from the RUPRI Center: "Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update 2025". ruprihealth.org/publications…
New policy brief from the RUPRI Center: "Changes in Staffing, Resident Health, Closure, and Financial Performance of Rural Nursing Homes from 2017 to 2022". ruprihealth.org/publications…
New policy brief from the RUPRI Center: "Trends Among Medicare Special Needs Plan Enrollment in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas" ruprihealth.org/publications…
"Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Medicare Advantage Enrollment 2025" New policy brief from the RUPRI Center. MA enrollment growth rate slowed in 2025. ruprihealth.org/publications…
New rural health policy data report from RUPRI analyzes tenure and renewals of rural MSSP ACOs. See at: ruprihealth.org/publications…
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…
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…
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…
Rural Beneficiary Access to Medicare Advantage-Part D Plans - New policy brief from the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis: ruprihealth.org/publications…
"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…
Financial Performance of Rural and Urban Hospitals in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. New policy brief from the RUPRI Center: ruprihealth.org/publications…
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…
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…
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/R…
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…