Study Published: Education in Rural Areas Increases Tendency to Practice There
A study by researchers from the Cecil Sheps Center for Health Services at the University of North Carolina and the National Rural Recruitment and Rete…
Month: February 2024
Health Care Has a Discrimination Problem
More than half of healthcare workers say racial discrimination against patients is a major problem or crisis, while nearly half report seeing it happe…
Wellspan Is Rolling Out Pennsylvania’s First Med Delivery by Drone
WellSpan Health is partnering with Zipline, the world’s largest autonomous delivery service, to use Zipline’s electric, autonomous drones to trans…
CBO Finds Increased Health Center Funding = Overall Savings
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), for the first time, has officially recognized that investments in primary care save taxpayer dollars! Increased…
CMS Offers New Vaccine Coverage and Payment Toolkit
A new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) toolkit, Coverage and Payment of Vaccines and Vaccine Administration under Medicaid, the Children’s He…
Heads Up – HRSA Implements New Payment Management System Login Process
In response to recent incidents of fraudulent activity and to strengthen the federal Payment Management System (PMS), the Health Resources and Service…
HRSA Implements New EHB Registration Processes
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Information Technology recently upgraded the agency’s Electronic Handbooks (EHBs) …
Congress Introduces Workforce Innovation Act
The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) is endorsing a new bill that will support health center workforce needs. Rep. Marc Molina…
Survey: Half of Health Care Workers Say Patient Discrimination is a Major Problem
Half of all health care workers believe racism against patients is a major problem or crisis, according to a new study by The Commonwealth Fund and th…
NASA’s Planetary Radar Images Slowly Spinning Asteroid
On Feb. 2, a large asteroid safely drifted past Earth at a distance of about 1.8 million miles (2.9 million kilometers, or 7 ½ times…
