Rural Community Health Worker Programs: Proving Value and Finding Sustainability
The latest feature article in The Rural Monitor features four rural health care organizations describing the impact of their community health worker p…
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Rural Center of Excellence on SUD Prevention: Reducing Stigma Rural Care Settings
This campaign from the University of Rochester (UR) Recovery Center of Excellence developed an awareness campaign to address stigmatizing beliefs arou…
2025 Proposed CMS Rules – What’s in the Rules for RHCs & How You Can Get Involved in Regulatory Advocacy
– Thursday, August 15 at 2 pm Eastern. The National Association of Rural Health Clinics (NARHC) will host the free webinar with details on the recen…
CMS Oral Health Cross-Cutting Initiative
On July 23rd, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its first fact sheet highlighting the CMS’s Oral Health Cross-Cutting In…
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…
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 Communities
-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…
