Michael D. Shambaugh-Miller, PhD

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Completed Projects - (1)
Publications - (8)

Completed Projects - (1)

Locating Community Pharmacies (Independent and Chain) in Rural America
A comprehensive database of all rural U.S. pharmacies including pharmacy name, pharmacy type (chain or independent), town, ZIP code, county, state, RUCA code, and Federal Information Processing Standards will be developed. The databases will be usable in most widely used statistics and geographic information systems software packages.
Research center: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Topics: Health services, Pharmacy and prescription drugs

Publications - (8)

2007

Reliance on Independently Owned Pharmacies in Rural America
Policy Brief
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 11/2007
This policy brief provides locations of independently owned pharmacies in rural America that are the sole sources of access to local pharmaceutical services. In more than 2,000 rural communities, the only local pharmacy is independently owned, and in 1,044 of those communities, there is no other pharmacy within 10 miles.

2004

Definition of Rural in the Context of the MMA Access Standards for Prescription Drug Plans
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 09/2004
This study assesses how the definition of rural affects the potential impact of the access standards in the Proposed Rule to implement Title I of the MMA and finds that the congressional objective to achieve convenient access to pharmacies (other than mail order) would be more fully realized if the Proposed Rule definition of rural is changed.

2003

Availability and Use of Health Plan Choices in Rural America: Medicare+Choice, Commercial HMO, and Federal Employees Health Benefit Program Plans
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 10/2003
This report discusses the availability of Medicare + Choice (M+C), commercial HMO, and Federal Employee Health Benefit Program insurance plans and the potential impact of M+C service delivery area changes on healthcare access in rural areas.
Medicare Physician Payment: Practice Expense
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 10/2003
This rural policy brief examines the physician practice expense component of Medicare payment, which proportionately results in greater geographic physician payment variation than does the physician work payment. The practice expense adjustment warrants careful validation to demonstrate that the index measures actual geographic cost differences.
Analysis of Availability of Medicare+Choice, Commercial HMO, and FEHBP Plans in Rural Areas: Implications for Medicare Reform
Policy Brief
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 03/2003
This rural policy brief examines the viability of introducing private competition into the Medicare program. It discusses the availability of Medicare+Choice1, commercial HMO, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program plans in rural (nonmetropolitan) counties.
Medicare Physician Payment
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 01/2003
This rural policy brief examines how the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale has replaced the 25-year-old Medicare CPR charge system.

2002

Changing Rural Populations and Impact on Public Policy
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 10/2002
This document is from a presentation on population movement in rural areas and health policy issues.
Health Services at Risk in "Vulnerable" Rural Places
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 10/2002
This brief discusses implications of a method to identify places in rural America at risk of being without healthcare services because they may lack a sufficient number of people to support a practice/provider, they are able to pay the full cost of care, or the population size/composition doesn't warrant the level of services currently available.