The CAH Coalition's legislation, the bipartisan Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act, H.R. 3224, has been introduced in the United States House of Representatives. The CARE Act legislation will ensure Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) are able to maintain high-quality care in their rural communities...
Debates on the federal level about health care legislation place rural health care in jeopardy. Most of the Republican replacement proposals for Obamacare envisioned reduced or capped Medicaid spending at the federal level, which most analysts say would hit rural hospitals hard. However, “we’re not breathing a...
The President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, Chaired by Governor Chris Christie, released their final recommendations and report to the President. The report includes 56 recommendations, and main recommendations include a national media campaign on the impacts of opioids and reduction of the stigma...
A new Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nursing Officer at Coquille Valley Hospital of Coquille, Oregan, expressed that after years of working in larger hospitals, she was drawn back to the family community of a smaller, critical access hospital. “People get the impression that you’re in...
Critical Access Hospital and CAH Coalition Member Union General Hospital of Union Parish, Louisiana, started an anti-bullying campaign in order to address increased bullying and suicide rates. Union General Hospital holds three services a year at local schools entitled, "Union Parish: Together We Can Be...
Physicians Assistants and Nurse Practitioners have been in increased demand, and that demand will continue to increase as telemedicine integrations allow for physicians to aide PAs and NPs in rural hospitals where they would not work otherwise. Read a case study about how this practice has...
HRSA announced nearly $282 million in awards to primary health care clinicians and students through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and NURSE Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs. HRSA hopes to expand the health care workforce in rural America with these funds. Applications are due...
North Sunflower Medical Center in Ruleville, Missouri, was profiled by CNN in acknowledgment of the great success of their hospital. Once facing serious financial hardship, Ruleville has greatly expanded and now serves as a key economic center and provides critical, life-saving care to surrounding rural...
President Donald Trump asked Senate HELP Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) to work with his Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) on a short-term health bill. This week, it was announced that the HELP Committee leaders struck a deal and would be releasing the text of a...
All 13 members of the Virginia Congressional delegation sent a letter to VA Secretary David Shulkin over concerns about the level of VA’s late payments to hospitals participating in the VA Choice Program. The VA Choice Program was created in 2014 to better enable veterans to seek care...