5/1/2013 6:09:15 PM
The National Rural Health Association is proud to announce its 2013 Rural Health Award recipients. The following organizations and individuals will be honored May 9 during NRHA’s 36th Annual Rural Health Conference, which will attract more than 900 rural health professionals and students to Louisville, Ky. “We’re proud of this year’s winners,” says Alan Morgan, [...]
4/30/2013 3:35:18 PM
On Monday, April 29, NRHA Vice President of Program Services, Amy Elizondo, participated in the White House Forum on Military Credentialing and Licensing. NRHA was invited to take part in the Advanced Medical Occupations Roundtable as part of the forum. The forum stemmed from First Lady Michelle Obama’s and Dr. Jill Biden’s Joining Forces campaign [...]
4/24/2013 11:35:50 AM
At a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the President’s budget currently underway, several Senators expressed concern over proposed cuts to Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). The President’s budget proposes to alter the CAH program in two ways. First, facilities designated by their states as “necessary providers” that are located less than ten miles from another facility [...]
4/23/2013 4:38:03 PM
Seventy-seven members of Congress sent a “Dear Colleague” letter to the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies in support of $280 million for HRSA’s Title VII health professions programs in Fiscal Year (FY) 2014. The letter outlines how important these programs are for health care workforce development and education. Representatives Diana DeGette [...]
4/18/2013 10:21:23 AM
At a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the President’s budget request for federal fiscal year 2014 yesterday, Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) asked Secretary Sebelius about the repeated calls from the administration to strip some facilities of their Critical Access Hospital (CAH) status and lower reimbursement rates for all CAH facilities. Specifically, the budget calls for [...]
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