Congress has returned from August recess with a growing list of issues needing resolutions. By the end of September, Congress needs to pass a year of government funding, and extend various federal programs such as CHIP and the National Flood Insurance Program. With the devastating...
On Thursday, August 30th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced they will waive of certain requirements for hospitals providing care in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Regarding Critical Access Hospitals, "CMS waives the requirements limiting the number of patient beds to 25, and allows...
Communities in rural America are turning to new methods to attract the physicians needed to serve the needs of their communities. Governing interviewed CEO of Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kansas, about the situation his hospital is facing, and provides analysis of physician data across...
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 CEO of Carthage Area Hospital spoke with Becker's Hospital Review and shared his story of bringing the Critical Access Hospital from brink of bankruptcy to financial viability. With all of the financial pressures on Critical Access Hospitals today, the work of Carthrage Area Hospital...
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...