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15 Nov

  The Health Resources Services Administration 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. Applications for the grant are due by December 6. [button link="http://saeandassociates.com/current-rfps/#hrsa-rural-health-care-services-outreach-program" hover_type="default" text="View...

11:28 / News
09 Nov

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...

10:59 / Updates
08 Nov

  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...

10:36 / News
07 Nov

  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...

11:04 / News
03 Nov

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...

16:48 / News
31 Oct

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...

12:25 / News
26 Oct

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...

12:04 / News
26 Oct

Inside the October 2017 issue of The Pulse, learn more about the future of federal health policy, and innovative ways that rural hospitals are fulfilling the needs of their communities while addressing serious budget concerns. Also hear from Representative Peter Welch (D-Vermont) on his efforts...

00:15 / Newsletter