Articles & Presentations

American Medical Association
J1 Physician Discussion
A compilation of J-1 visa responses at the request of Dale C. Moquist, MD, Chair of the AAFP AMA Delegation A compilation with a variety of perspectives.
http://www.unmc.edu/Community/ruralmeded/
RMEPost/j1_visa.htm

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Health Care Discussions
Information and Discussion topics published quarterly

Assessing Medicare Payment Policies
by Colleen Bjugson, BCBS p. 19 Summer 2002 issue
An article outlining recent assessments in payment policies and how changes affect healthcare in North Dakota.
http://www.bcbsnd.com/providers/discussions/
disc_summer02.pdf

Dentist Shortage Worsening
by Lori Dittmer, BCBS, p. 1 Fall 2001 issue
Air Ambulances, Operating on a Wing and a Prayer
by Susan Haberle, BCBS, p. 26 Fall 2001
http://www.bcbsnd.com/providers/discussions/
disc_fall01.pdf

The Wind at Work
by Ryn Pitts, Blue Cross Blue Shield, p. 2 Summer 2001 issue
An editorial regarding changes in North Dakota’s health care delivery system.
http://www.bcbsnd.com/providers/discussions/
disc_summer01.pdf

Is the Grass Really Greener
by Susan Haberle, p. 1 Spring 2001 issue
A look at the Canadian Health Care system and how it compares with its US counterparts.

The Reimbursement Gold Standard
by Colleen Bjugson, BCBS, p. 23 Spring 2001 issue
A discussion of Medicare’s RVRBS (Resource Based Relative Value System) method of reimbursement and how BCBS and other insurance companies have adapted the model.
http://www.bcbsnd.com/providers/discussions/
disc_spring01.pdf

Manitoba Health Care at the Crossroads
p. 1 Winter 2001 issue
Critical Access Hospitals providing critical service to rural communities
p. 17
Help Wanted, Nurses, p. 23
http://www.bcbsnd.com/providers/discussions/
disc_winter01.pdf

Four Scenarios and five years from now
p. 24 Winter 2000 issue
Four scenarios describe how healthcare and health care cost management in ND could change
http://www.bcbsnd.com/providers/discussions/
disc_winter00.pdf

Putting Health Care Issues on the Table
Health Resources and Services Administration
US Department of Health and Human Services
Rural Task Force Report
http://www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/PublicReport.htm

Mayo Clinic
Telemedicine at the Mayo Clinic
http://www.mayo.edu/telmed/telmed.html

National Institute of Mental Health
Mental Health in Rural America: How Research is Helping
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/research/senatemhwg.cfm

North Dakota Health Department Dental Care Summit
Presentations and Papers
http://www.health.state.nd.us/ndhd/prevent/mch/
dental/Summit2000/

North Dakota Health Department Healthy North Dakota Summit
Building a Healthy North Dakota
The impact of lifestyle choices on health and how changes in those choices can improve the health of all North Dakotans. Live web cases of the recent summit available along with other data.
http://www.health.state.nd.us/healthyND/

North Dakota State Data Center
The Graying of North Dakota: Population Changes and Their Impact on Long Term Care, a presentation by Richard Rathge at the ND Long Term Care Association Annual Meeting
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/sdc/presentation/
032601_files/frame.htm

What Demographics in Minnesota and North Dakota Tell Health Care Providers about the Future of their Business, by Richard Rathge at the Concordia HMFA Spring Health Care Institute 2000
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/sdc/presentation/
033000_files/frame.htm

Office of Minority Health
Closing the Gap: The Problem of Accessing Health Care
http://www.omhrc.gov/ctg/ctg_accnew.pdf
Closing the Gap: American Indian Nursing
http://www.omhrc.gov/ctg/ctg-hp.pdf
Rural Applications in Telemedicine
http://www.abtassoc.com/reports/telemedicine/
rural-app.pdf

Physicians for a National Health Care Program
Health Care: How America Has Failed
http://www.pnhp.org/Press/2000/story_fail0800.htm

Rural Medical Education
Why Doctors Do Go to Small Towns
http://www.unmc.edu/Community/ruralmeded/

State of ND Health Department
Biennial Report 1999-2001
http://www.health.state.nd.us/ndhd/pubs/bienrpt/
BiennialReport9901.pdf

UND Medical School Center for Rural Health
Rural Health Policy Briefs
Access to Primary Care
http://www.med.und.nodak.edu/depts/rural/pdf/rhpb5.pdf
Rural Emergency Medical Service System
http://www.med.und.nodak.edu/depts/rural/pdf/rhpb4.pdf
Rural Managed Care: Benefits and Risks
http://www.med.und.nodak.edu/depts/rural/pdf/rhpb2.pdf
What is Managed Care?
http://www.med.und.nodak.edu/depts/rural/pdf/rhpb1.pdf
What is Telemedicine?
http://www.med.und.nodak.edu/depts/rural/pdf/rhpb3.pdf

United States Department of Health and Human Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
National Mental Health Information Services
Refugee Mental Health Issues
http://www.nrharural.org/dc/issuepapers/ipaper14.html

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