Medicare Advantage Plans in Rural America , Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI), 2007

  Medicare Certification and Payment Requirements for RHCs ( PDF ) - Dec. 24, 2003 Federal Register

  Texas Physician Workforce

• Physician Supply Increased in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas but Geographic Disparities Persisted ( PDF ) 
• Recent Studies and Reports on Physician Shortages in the U.S. , Association of American Medical Colleges, 2007 
• Texas Medical Transportation Program
• Practice Interpreters - Guidelines issued by the Dept. of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights in August 2000 require all physicians who receive federal funding, including  Medicaid payments, to provide at their own expense a trained clinical interpreter for all their patients with limited English skills. The measure would require physicians who get federal payments to provide interpreters to all patients, even those with private insurance. 
• Rural Locum Tenens - Currently the State Office of Rural Community Affairs houses a health care Professional Registry that is a no-charge registry of health care professionals who are interested in providing temporary services to rural Texas communities when the resident physicians need to be away from their busy practices. For more information contact ORCA at (512) 936-6732. 
• J-1 Visa Waiver Program/Conrad 30  
• Texas Department of State Health Services Center for Health Statistics

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