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- August 10, 2012
Should You Celebrate Safety Net Clinic Week? The Answer is Probably Yes!
Read moreIs My Clinic A Safety Net Clinic? The answer may not be obvious. If you have ever wondered if your clinic is a safety net clinic, the following survey may help you answer that question. First, does your clinic provide preventive and primary health care services or chronic...
00 - July 26, 2012
How Will You Celebrate Safety Net Clinic Week?
Read moreSafety Net Clinic Week Project Coordinator Charlotte Kaye, is available to help you get the most out of the third annual Safety Net Clinic Week, August 20-24, 2012! Are you interested in hosting public officials, candidates for office or business leaders for a site-visit? How about hosting an open...
- July 18, 2012
Could Value-based Purchasing Program Hurt Safety Net Hospitals? iVantage Report Suggests Rural May Be Different
Read moreA study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests CMS’s Hospital Value-based Purchasing program could mean trouble for safety net hospitals, because safety net hospitals tend to get poorer marks from patients than do other hospitals. These patient satisfaction scores will be used to dole out bonuses and...
- July 16, 2012
March for Rural Hospitals: July 30-31
Read moreJoin National Rural Health Association’s March for Rural Hospitals on July 30-31 in Washington, D.C. and fight to protect the Medicare Dependent Hospital designation and the Low-Volume Hospital Adjuster. These vital programs will expire on Oct. 1 if congressional action is not taken. A recent study shows that these...
- July 2, 2012
Nominations for Dual Eligibles Advisory Subcommittee
Read moreTo support greater collaboration between the Demonstration to Integrate Care for Dual Eligible Individuals (the Demonstration) and other healthcare initiatives, the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) will assemble a group of dual eligible individuals (eligible for Medicaid and Medicare), family members, advocates, and other stakeholders with...
- June 21, 2012
New MedPAC Report Could Prove Harmful to Rural Patients and Providers; Your Voice is Needed to Tell the Real Story of Rural Health.
Read moreThe Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is an independent Congressional agency established by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to advise Congress on issues affecting the Medicare Program, including analyzing access to care, quality of care, and other issues affecting Medicare. MedPAC released a report to Congress this week,...
- June 20, 2012
March for Rural Hospitals
Read moreNRHA is hosting a free education and advocacy event July 30 – 31st in Washington, D.C. Join experts in D.C. to learn how to save Medicare Dependent Hospitals (MDHs) and the Low-Volume Hospital (LVH) program, and take this important message to Capitol Hill: If congressional action is not taken...
- March 19, 2012
Ask Senators Udall and Bennet to Support the Rural Health Safety Net
Read moreSenators Kent Conrad and Chuck Grassley are currently gathering signatures for a letter to be sent to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services. Contact Senators Udall and Bennet today to voice your support for this letter (view here), and please ask them to cosign at this critical...
- March 19, 2012
Webinar for Adults without Dependent Children Medicaid Expansion
Read moreEnrollment for the new Medicaid population begins soon. The initial acceptance and processing of applications for Adults without Dependent Children (AwDC) begins April 1st and runs through May 15th. There are 10,000 enrollment positions, and those determined eligible during that period will be assigned to one of the seven...
- March 6, 2012
Increase Seen in the Number of Preventable Dental Conditions as Primary Diagnosis in ERs
Read moreAccording to a recent report from the Pew Center on the States, preventable dental conditions were the primary diagnosis in 830,590 visits to ERs nationwide in 2009, a 16 percent increase from 2006. Click here to read the report. Turning to hospitals to address oral health needs is costly and...
