Population Health in Rural America in 2020
June 24–25, 2020
Wednesday, June 24
| 11 AM | Welcome | Sanne Magnan, Roundtable Co-Chair, HealthPartners Institute |
| Rural America in Context | Rural Demographics and Social Determinants of Health | |
| Alana Knudson, Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, NORC at the University of Chicago | ||
| Structural Urbanism: Current Funding Mechanisms Systematically Disadvantage Rural Populations | ||
| Janice Probst, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina | ||
| Moderator: Lars Peterson, Rural & Underserved Health Research Center, University of Kentucky |
| Rural Health Vital Signs | Why Is Mortality Higher in Rural Areas? | |
| Mark Holmes, North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | ||
| Tribal Public Health Activities | ||
| Valerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson, Alaska Pacific University | ||
| Rural Data Challenges in Healthy People 2020 | ||
| Sirin Yaemsiri, U.S. Government Accountability Office | ||
| Looking Ahead: Rural Healthy People 2030 Process and Rural Health Indicators | ||
| Alva Ferdinand, Southwest Rural Health Research Center, Texas A&M University | ||
| Do Rural Racial Disparities Get Lost in the Larger Discussion on Rural and Urban Disparities? | ||
| Jan Eberth, Rural and Minority Health Research Center, University of South Carolina | ||
| Moderator: Alana Knudson, Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, NORC at the University of Chicago | ||
| 1 PM | Lunch Break | |
| 2 PM | Health Care in Action | Rural Health Care Landscape |
| Paul Moore, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration | ||
| Tribal Health Care in Rural Settings | ||
| Daniel Calac, Indian Health Council | ||
| Wraparound Services: Implications for Rural America | ||
| Nir Menachemi, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis |
| The Role of Community Health Workers in Addressing the Needs of Rural Americans | ||
| Timothy Callaghan, Southwest Rural Health Research Center, Texas A&M University | ||
| Moderator: Tom Morris, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration | ||
| Thursday, June 25 | ||
| 11 AM | Welcome Day 2 | Joshua Sharfstein, Roundtable Co-Chair, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
| Assessment and Implementation Strategies for Rural Population Health Improvement | Coordinated Community Health Needs Assessments and Population Health | |
| Darrold Bertsch, Sakakawea Medical Center and Coal Country Community Health Center | ||
| Supporting Population Health Efforts: Minnesota Integrated Behavioral Program | ||
| Rhonda Barcus, National Rural Health Research Center | ||
| Connecting Rural Development, Health, and Opportunity: The Role of Rural Development Hubs and Policy | ||
| Katharine Ferguson, The Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group | ||
| Innovations in Sustaining Rural Population Health | ||
| Karen Minyard, Georgia Health Policy Center | ||
| Moderator: Allen Smart, PhilanthropywoRx | ||
| 1 PM | Lunch Break | |
| 2 PM | Rural Health Policy | Rural Health Policy and Practice Toward Value-Based Care |
| Tim Putnam, Mary Margaret Health, Indiana | ||
| Confronting Rural America’s Health Care Crisis: Bipartisan Policy Center Rural Health Task Force Recommendations | ||
| Keith Mueller, Rural Policy Research Institute, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa | ||
| Tribal Rural Health Policy | ||
| Benjamin Smith, Indian Health Service | ||
| The CARES Act | ||
| Kate Cassling, Bipartisan Policy Center Action | ||
| Moderator: Karen Murphy, The Steele Institute for Health Innovation, Geisinger | ||
| 3:30 PM | Closing Remarks | Karen Murphy |