Program of Rural Health Demonstration Activities
The Program of Rural Health Demonstration Activities will demonstrate innovative ways of assisting primary care practitioners in implementing health reform measures. Technical assistance will be provided to newly established rural managed care networks. The program will be managed by a consortium comprised of the Center for Rural Health Research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center; the Nebraska Office of Rural Health; the University of Iowa's Health Services Research Center; and the Iowa Office of Rural Health.
Program staff will identify potential interventions that could assist primary care providers in developing networks for managed care. These may include, for example, educational activities to explain changes in public policy and effects on the health care delivery system; assistance in meeting needs for health care data and information; assistance with legal issues; and information or advise on issues relating to quality-of-care, practice management, and marketing of heatlh care services. Focus groups and surveys will be used to determine the degree to which primary care providers have need and desire for such services.
One rural area in Nebraska and one area in Iowa will be targeted for demonstration actitivities. Within each area, demonstration activities will target the needs of primary care practitioners. Data will be collected in both states using the same sources, programmed for comparative analysis. After completing one demonstration in each state, two additional demonstrations will be implemented on the Nebraska-Iowa border.
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