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Welcome to the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis!
Our Mission
The mission of the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis is to provide timely analysis to federal and state health policy makers, based on the best available research. The RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis is based at the University of Iowa, in the Department of Health Management and Policy at the College of Public Health.
Recent Publications
- Rural-based Accountable Care Organizations Agreement Renewal
- Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Medicare Shared Savings Program Assigned Beneficiaries among Original Medicare Enrollees
State-specific tables of Original Medicare ACO Assignment Penetration - RHCs and CAHs Participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP): Characteristics of the Providers and Communities
- Rural-urban differences in barriers to care and utilization of preventive care among Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries
- Health Insurance Coverage in Rural and Urban Areas in the U.S., 2023
- Rural Beneficiary Access to Medicare Advantage-Part D plans
- The Impact of High Hospital Fixed-Cost Ratios on Rural Populations
- Evaluating Medicare Advantage Benchmark Setting Methodology on Rural Counties
- Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update 2024
- Nursing Homes in Rural America: A Chartbook. July 2022
Other Rural Health Research Resources
- Rural Health Research Recaps
Key findings from all Rural Health Research Centers, compiled by the Rural Health Research Gateway
Recent Presentations
- 2/9/2026 - Navigating Policy Shifts and Value Based Care in Rural Health
Keith J. Mueller. Becker's Healthcare - Pharmacy Leadership Podcast - 10/11/2024 - Telehealth: Supplement or Supplant?
Keith J. Mueller. Presentation to the Veterans Rural Health Resource Center, Iowa City IA.
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