8/1/2014 2:18:09 PM
On Thursday, the Senate approved 91-3 a compromise bill to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs. The House passed the bill Wednesday and it will now go to President Barack Obama for his signature. The legislation allows veterans who experience long wait times or live far from VA facilities to receive non-VA care. The bill [...]
7/29/2014 4:58:17 PM
NRHA is disappointed that final language of the Veterans’ Access, Choice and Accountability Act does not do more to improve access for rural veterans across the nation. Our nation’s veterans are disproportionately from rural America. The legislation had an opportunity to remove significant barriers and allow rural veterans the choice to access quality health care [...]
7/10/2014 11:36:51 AM
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule to reform Medicare regulations identified as “unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on health care providers and suppliers.” Revisions include eliminating the requirement that a physician must be onsite at a Critical Access Hospital (CAH), Rural Health Clinic (RHC) and a Federally Qualified Health [...]
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