#Rural America at a glance! A new report from the US Department of Agriculture summarizes recent conditions in rural areas resulting from the #COVID19 pandemic, from the rate of cases and deaths to the impact on the economy. #ruralhealth Read more: ow.ly/6ePu50D7P3p

"We’re two months into this and you have rural hospitals not receiving their shipment, which is pretty inexcusable," said Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association. - ⁦ABC News⁩ News #COVID #rural ⁦National Rural Health Association⁩ abcnews.go.com/Health/covid-v…

Read below to check out "A Physician's Journey with RPG," a blog post written by our very own Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sandra Guidry. #RuralPhysiciansGroup #APhysiciansJourney #CriticalAccessHospital ruralphysiciansgroup.com/a-physicians-j…

"What really keeps me going is the support of the community and patients being so thankful." #RuralHealth #COVID19 #RuralTexasHealth texasstandard.org/stories/the-gr…

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman.” -MLK Jr. #MLKDay2021 #MartinLutherKingDay #MartinLutherKing

We’re excited to be a sponsor of the 2021 AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Virtual Conference, the nation’s premier educational conference for #AHARuralHealth care leaders! bit.ly/3gnnRq3

One aspect that makes RPG unique is our dedication to provider right-fit guarantee. Read more from our Senior VP Cindy Johnson below. #RuralPhysiciansGroup #CriticalAccessHospital #RuralHealth ruralphysiciansgroup.com/rpgs-right-fit…

The most commonly reported barriers for #Medicare beneficiaries accessing care in rural communities were transportation, cost/payers, and workforce issues. Full brief: ow.ly/ZXWQ50DeJSq U of MN Rural Health #ruralhealth #healthcareaccess #clinics

.Michigan Dept. of Labor and Economic Opportunity has awarded $2.5 million for #ruralhospitals to acquire the staff needed to face the #COVID19 pandemic, Devon Kessler reports. upnorthlive.com/news/local/mic…

Ben Dunford, RPG President, shares what he has learned about aligning his team around organizational goals. #RuralHealthcare #HealthcareLeadership #AligningTeams #GoalAchieving ruralphysiciansgroup.com/five-steps-to-…

Join us next Wednesday, February 17th at the 34th Annual AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference. RPG's very own Cameron Byers, PA-C will be speaking about expanding APP roles in the rural hospital setting. #AHARuralHealth #RuralPhysiciansGroup

What is a Critical Access Hospital (CAH)? CAHs can have no more than 25 beds and must be: 1) at least 15 miles by secondary road or mountainous terrain OR 2) 35 miles by primary road from the nearest hospital OR 3) declared a “necessary provider” by the state’s governor.

.NPR dives into the struggles rural communities are having in these unprecedented times where only 14% of the U.S. population lives in rural counties yet 20% of new cases and 23% of COVID-19-related deaths occur in rural counties npr.org/sections/healt…

.ABC News looks into the challenges facing rural communities with vaccine distribution. In Texas, 40% of rural hospitals in the state still had no access to either of the COVID-19 vaccines abcnews.go.com/Health/covid-v…

Towns in #rural Alaska are beating the rest of the country in #COVID19 vaccine distribution. The state has now vaccinated approximately 18% of its population (compared with 7% in Manhattan and 10% in Los Angeles County). newyorker.com/news/dispatch/…

Check out new policy documents from NRHA's 2020 Rural Health Fellows on rural OB unit closures, rural Medicare reimbursement, community health initiatives and much more: bit.ly/2PiYeNK #ruralhealth

The U.S. is currently administering more than 2.4 million COVID-19 vaccines per day. See the latest figures in your state: trib.al/T7n7kUi

Are you attending the TORCH Annual Spring Conference in Dallas, TX next week? Rural Physicians Group will be exhibiting at Booth 36 on Wednesday and Thursday. Visit us at our booth for a chance to win an Apple Watch SE! TORCH

"In 2019, there were more than 252,000 full-time health center providers and staff serving nearly 30 million patients. Health centers have more than tripled the number of patients served since 2000." ow.ly/590o50EgPD9 #ruralhealth HRSA

mytotalretail.com/article/strate… "Traveling to vaccination sites, such as local pharmacies or stadiums in cities, can be nearly impossible — with some individuals forced to travel upwards of 30 miles."