Summary: An innovative project in New Mexico uses telemedicine, case-based learning, and disease management techniques to expand access to care for patients with hepatitis C and other chronic, complex conditions. Specialty providers based at the University of New Mexico help guide rural community providers in applying best practices to...

The Kaiser Family Foundation has an online tool where you can look at a side-by-side comparison of the final Senate and House healthcare reform proposals. Once Congress convenes in January, these two proposals will have to be meshed before a final version is sent to the President to sign....

The Senate voted for passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at 7am on December 24 by a party-line vote of 60-39. Upon returning from recess in January, Congress will have to reconcile the differences between the House and Senate bills. The final healthcare reform bill will...

Well, it appears that the Senate will be voting on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act before Christmas. As of right now, the Senate is expected to vote at 8am on Christmas Eve. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has a Manager’s Amendment that is 383 pages long and...

The USDA Rural Development Loan & Grant Program funds organizations interested in building a new facility who serve a rural community with a population under 20,000 and a below average income. Health is a priority scoring criteria for these funds. For details, visit www.rurdev.usda.gov.

As Congress continues to analyze and debate key details of health reform, the numbers of people covered under the current plans is receiving increased attention. According to a new analysis by the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI), if fully implemented, the approach to covering the uninsured presented in H.R....

Federal Healthcare Reform:At 1 a.m. this morning, the Senate voted 60-40 to invoke Cloture on Majority Leader Reid’s manager’s amendment to health reform, limiting debate to 30 hours and ensuring its up or down vote. Monday morning’s cloture vote was a procedural one that allowed Reid to make certain...

The fun continues! The House voted this week to pass an amended defense appropriations bill (H.R. 3326), that temporarily delays the scheduled 21.2% Medicare physician payment cut that was set to occur January 1st. Congress now has until Feb. 28th to come up with a plan to keep these...

Kaiser Health News has pulled together news articles from across the country regarding the issues that the Senate still faces in trying to get a vote on healthcare reform prior to Christmas next week. Please click HERE to read up on the obstacles the Senate is facing in reaching...