Medicare Finalizes Updates for Hospice Payment Rule
On July 30th, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that provides updates to the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Hospice…
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The Low-Volume Hospital Adjustment Before and During COVID-19
This brief from the North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center provides an update to a 2016 analysis of the profitability of low-…
New Digital Inclusion Grants Commit $1 Billion to Local CommunitiesÂ
-Apply by September 23. The U.S. Department of Commerce seeks applications from state and local entities for grants aimed at putting affordable, hig…
Strategies to Eliminate Inequity in PrEP Services in the U.S. South and Rural Communities
While pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a key tool to ending the global HIV and AIDS epidemic by 2030, recent data show that only 30 percent of the 1…
Now in Its Second Year, 988 Lifeline Continues to Help Millions of People
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline has expanded services and continued to answer millions of calls, texts, and chats from people experiencing mental he…
Considerations for the Implementation of Point of Care Testing for Syphilis
A report (PDF) from the HHS National Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis Syndemic Federal Task Force explores differences between point of care (POC) t…
HRSA Announces Funding Opportunities to Support THCGME Program
HRSA recently announced two Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFO) that will support residency programs at current Teaching Health Centers and Teachin…
Pennsylvania Limits Noncompete for Certain Health Care Workers
Pennsylvania is joining the legislative bandwagon to limit noncompetition agreements for certain health care workers. In a purported effort to retain …
Build Healthy Places Network Rural Playbook
In 2022, the national nonprofit Build Healthy Places Network (BHPN) released “A Playbook for New Rural Healthcare Partnership Models of Investment,â…
Disasters and Impacts in Appalachian Kentucky: A Behavioral Health Analysis
Research published in the Journal of Appalachian Health reports on disasters in eight rural southeast Kentucky counties in 2021-2022, the changing nat…
