Indira Richardson

North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center

Phone: 919.966.5541
E-mail: richardson@schsr.unc.edu

Completed Projects

Critical Access Hospital Conversion Tracking
Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topic: Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
Information regarding new CAH conversions will be gathered from Flex coordinators and CMS, and added to the CAH management information dataset that is housed at UNC. Flex coordinators will also be queried regarding topics of interest to the coordinators, the monitoring team, and the federal Office of Rural Health Policy.

Publications

• One Year In: Sole Community Rural Independent Pharmacies and Medicare Part D (Final Report)
  Author(s): Andrea Radford, Michelle Mason, Indira Richardson, Stephan Rutledge, Stephanie Poley, Keith Mueller, Rebecca Slifkin
  Research centers: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  Topics: Medicare Part D, Pharmacy and prescription drugs
  Report Number: Final Report No. 92 (NC), Final Report No. P2007-1 (RUPRI)
  Date: 09 / 2007
  Describes the experiences of 51 rural independently-owned pharmacies that are the sole providers of pharmacy services in their community one year after implementation of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit. A findings brief is also available.
• One Year In: Sole Community Rural Independent Pharmacies and Medicare Part D (Findings Brief)
  Author(s): Andrea Radford, Michelle Mason, Indira Richardson, Stephan Rutledge, Stephanie Poley, Keith Mueller, Rebecca Slifkin
  Research centers: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  Topics: Medicare Part D, Pharmacy and prescription drugs
  Report Number: Findings Brief No. 83
  Date: 10 / 2007
  Describes the experiences of 51 rural independently-owned pharmacies that are the sole providers of pharmacy services in their community one year after implementation of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit. A final report is also available.
• State Flex Program at 10 Years: Strengthening Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Communities
  Author(s): John A. Gale, Jennifer Lenardson, Walter R. Gregg, Michelle Casey, Indira Richardson, Stephen Rutledge
  Research centers: Maine Rural Health Research Center, Minnesota Rural Health Research Center , North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
  Topic: Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
  Report Number: Flex Monitoring Team Policy Brief No. 3
  Date: 04 / 2007
  To understand the priorities and accomplishments of state Flex Grant Programs, members of the Flex Monitoring Team asked Flex Coordinators to identify and discuss their states’ three most successful initiatives in the past two years. Interviews were conducted during February 2007 with Flex Coordinators and State Office of Rural Health staff (SORH) in all 45 states. The listed publication is a policy brief; the full report will be available in the fall of 2007. Report produced by the Flex Monitoring Project, funded by the Office of Rural Health Policy.
• State Initiatives Funded by the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program
  Author(s): John Gale, Jennifer Lenardson, Walt Gregg, Michelle Casey, Indira Richardson, Stephen Rutledge, Rebecca Slifkin
  Research centers: Maine Rural Health Research Center, Minnesota Rural Health Research Center , North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
  Topic: Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
  Report Number: Flex Monitoring Team Briefing Paper No. 15
  Date: 10 / 2007
  Explores activities funded by the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex Program) to strengthen the rural health care infrastructure and discusses which activities were considered most successful by State Flex Coordinators. Report produced by the Flex Monitoring Project, funded by the Office of Rural Health Policy.