Carrie Saia, CEO of Holton (Kan.) Community Hospital, and Erin Locke, a physician at the hospital, recently participated in AHA’s Physician Leadership Experience and shared their thoughts on why this unique opportunity so profoundly affects providers.
Rural Health Care Leadership Conference News Coverage
The American Hospital Association’s 2022 Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, February 6-9, Phoenix, AZ, brings together top practitioners and thinkers to share strategies and resources for accelerating the shift to a more integrated and sustainable rural health system. We’ll examine the most significant operational, financial and environmental challenges including the post-pandemic impact on rural hospitals and their communities, and present innovative approaches that will enable you to transform your organization’s care delivery model and business practices.
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by Talia Schmidt
The AHA today responded to a House Ways and Means Committee request for comments on priority topics as its Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force works to identify bipartisan policy options to improve care delivery and health outcomes in these communities.
The number of incoming medical students from rural backgrounds — a strong predictor a future physician will practice in a rural community — declined 28% between 2002 and 2017 to 852.
Critical access hospitals that did not achieve meaningful use of certified electronic health record technology in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program for the 2018 reporting period can apply through Dec. 2 for a hardship exception to avoid a 2018 payment adjustment.
A coalition of 14 health care organizations, including the AHA, today voiced support for the Accountable Care in Rural America Act, the companion to Senate legislation that would revise the benchmarking formula for the Medicare Shared Savings Program to ensure participating ACOs have an equal opportunity to share in savings regardless of their geographic location.
by Tom Nordwick
Tom Nordwick, CEO of Uvalde (Texas) Memorial Hospital and chair-elect for the AHA’s Section for Small or Rural Hospitals, shares why and how his hospital celebrates National Rural Health Day.
by Maryjane Wurth
The AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, Feb. 2-5 in Phoenix, offers an unparalleled opportunity to learn and share with renowned health care leaders innovating at the forefront of change, writes AHA Executive Vice President Maryjane Wurth.
Preserving rural health and advancing health in America go hand-in-hand.
The House Ways and Means Committee today requested input on priority topics for its Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force to consider as it works to improve care delivery and health outcomes in these communities.
Potentially preventable deaths from cancer, heart disease, unintentional injury, chronic lower respiratory disease and stroke were more common in rural than urban counties between 2010 and 2017.
The AHA today submitted recommendations to the Health Resources and Services Administration in response to the agency’s Rural Access to Health Care Services Request for Information.
CMS’ proposal mandating the disclosure of negotiated charges between health plans and hospitals is the wrong approach, exceeds the Administration's legal authority and should be abandoned, AHA told the agency today.
The AHA today expressed support for the Closing Loopholes for Orphan Drugs Act, H.R. 4538, bipartisan legislation that would limit the “orphan drug” exclusion for 340B Drug Pricing Program rural and cancer hospitals.
by Duane Reynolds
Duane Reynolds, president and CEO of AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, and other AHA leaders recently visited Kearny County Hospital, a critical access hospital in Kansas, where they met with the hospital’s board and community leaders about the organization’s innovative efforts to attract physicians, serve a unique population and improve health equity.
Nonprofit or public rural entity organizations located in the eight Delta States can apply through Dec. 6 for funding to support the development of integrated health care networks.
The Federal Communications Commission’s Connected Care Pilot Program is “a welcome and critical step” toward advancing the progress of connected care, and the FCC should “adopt rules that will implement the Pilot Program as soon as possible,” the AHA said.
The Health Resources and Services Administration seeks input through Oct. 9 on how best to conceptualize and measure access to health care in rural communities as the Department of Health and Human Services’ Rural Health Task Force considers policy changes to meet their needs.
by Joy Lewis, MSW, MPH, by Melissa Mannon
An invisible beam that detects ships and airplanes. An innovative drug that reduces cholesterol in a way no one has tried. The notion that tumors can be killed by choking off their blood supply. These things — radar, statins and anti-angiogenesis drugs, respectively — are taken for granted today. But when first proposed, they were laughed at, rejected and deemed impossible.
The Health Resources & Services Administration recently released a guide to help rural hospitals and other health care providers together identify and address the health needs in their communities.
Public or nonprofit rural organizations can apply through Nov. 25 for funding to support integrated rural health care networks.