This week in NRHA Today: Annual Conference is at capacity -- but we're accepting presentations for our upcoming RHC and CAH events through May 28. Also read about hospital financial struggles, the impact of gun violence on kids, & much more: nrha_weblink_test.informz.net/informzdataser… #ruralhealth

The 27th Annual Michigan Rural Health Conference is under way!

BROCK SLABACH kicked off day one with a Federal National Rural Health Association update!

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NRHA CEO Alan Morgan has for years maintained that rural America needs more attention and investment in its health care systems by national leaders and lawmakers. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/h… #ruralhealth

Thank you National Rural Health Association for your endorsement of the Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act. This bipartisan legislation would support moms and empower rural hospitals with the resources needed to provide quality care to women in their communities.

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Congratulations to Leo Blandford, NRHA’s #RuralHealth Practitioner of the Year. As director of health equity and community impact at OuterCapeHealth, Blandford guides a Community Navigator program that has become a model of innovation for community health worker services.

“There’s considerable evidence that Medicaid helps rural hospitals. In my state, members of the General Assembly were uncomfortable with Medicaid expansion until they understood its connection with rural hospitals,” says mark holmes

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NRHA is accepting session proposals for our #RuralHealth Clinic and Critical Access Hospital Conferences this fall in Kansas City. These events aim to provide insights and best practices addressing access, quality, and patient safety issues. Learn more: ruralhealth.us/events/rural-h…

.RHIhub and FORHP are hosting the final installment of their rural maternal health webinar series at 2 p.m. CDT April 23 on obstetrics readiness in rural facilities without birth units. Learn more and register:
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This #SecondChanceMonth , HRSA released a funding opportunity for #HRSA -funded health centers to implement innovative approaches to support transitions in care for people leaving incarceration.

Apply in Grants .gov by June 10 and EHBs by July 2: ms.spr.ly/6018Y85vo

Important news, says Sam the rural health advoCATe. #PowerOfRuralCats

This week in NRHA Today: Last day to save on NRHA's big-tent event; NRHA CEO Alan Morgan on widening rural health disparities; why the rural hospital funding system is failing; and much more: nrha_weblink_test.informz.net/informzdataser… #ruralhealth

Last chance to save: Act by 11:59 p.m. CDT today to save hundreds on registration and hotel for NRHA's Annual #RuralHealth Conference events in New Orleans. Don't miss out on the nation's largest gathering of rural health pros. Learn more and register now: ruralhealth.us/events/schedul…

TODAY! Join National Rural Health Association, CMSGov, and the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network to discuss the Rural Transforming Maternal Health model! #gorural

Registration link:  ruralhealth-us.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Big news! Cobleskill Regional Hospital has been distinguished as a 2024 Top 20 Critical Access Hospital in the U.S. by National Rural Health Association - the only hospital in New York State to be recognized as a 2024 Top 20 Critical Access Hospital.

Read the full story: bassett.org/news/bassett-h…

Webinar tomorrow: NRHA, CMS, and ICAHN will discuss how the new CMMI Transforming Maternal Health Model provides opportunities to improve rural maternal health access at 11:30 a.m. CDT April 18. Learn more and register: ruralhealth-us.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #ruralhealth

'We may have to take a community approach,” said Jan Probst. “Not how do we keep the hospital in the community, but how do we keep the community alive at all?”

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