Inside the August 2017 issue of The Pulse, learn more about new CMS regulations, hear from Representative Gregg Harper (R-MS) about the Critical Access and Rural Equity (CARE) Act of 2017 (HR3224), and sign on to a petition to help Critical Access Hospitals. You’ll also...
The Health Resources and Services Administration announced last week that it expects the new 340B registration system to be released by mid-September, however this will not include to the 340B ceiling-price verification component. HRSA notified users, and put on the registration website, that the current...
According to the latest tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation, most Americans believe it is a "good thing" that Senate Republicans failed in their effort to pass legislation repealing the Affordable Care Act last month. Six out of 10 respondents indicated that they are...
Critical Access Hospitals have never been more challenged, that is why the CAH Coalition is growing and expanding. It's important to have a loud, unified voice for CAHs in Washington. Working with our CAH Coalition members over the last few years, we successfully stopped the Obama...
More Americans are living in hospital deserts, places where the nearest emergency room is 30 or more miles away, as rural hospitals are under increased threat of closure. "Some in Congress have proposed efforts to try to save rural hospitals. A bipartisan group of senators led...
The President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis released a draft of their first findings. In the report, the commission states the opioid crisis is a "public health emergency" and urges President Trump to declare a national emergency. [button link="http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/02/541071209/should-the-opioid-crisis-be-declared-a-national-emergency" target="_blank" hover_type="default" text="Read Draft of...
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Inside the July 2017 issue of The Pulse, learn more about the new CAH Coalition, Rural Health Care in Today's Politics, and Paul Lee, Senior Partner at Strategic Health Care. You'll also find your monthly coalition updates and some of our recommended reads. [button link="/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/July-2017-Newsletter.pdf" target="_blank"...
See the list of 10 states with top performing rural critical access hospitals and read more about them below. [button link="https://www.hrsa.gov/about/news/pressreleases/2017/hrsa-recognizes-ten-states.html" target="_blank" hover_type="default" text="Read Full Article"] ...
Health Bills to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act could put rural providers in serious hardships, exacerbating the issues they already face. Roger Knak, CEO of the Oklahoma CAH Fairview Regional Medical Center, spoke with Modern Healthcare about the potential impact the proposed health bills could...