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- Author: Michael Blodgett
At a recent naloxone training session in Alamosa, Colo., a man in the crowd stood up. “It doesn’t matter if you get it from a dealer in a dark alley or a pharmacist in a well-lit hospital, it’s the same drug, same problem, same withdrawals,” he said. The man was speaking of opioids, a class of drugs that has been associated with high incidences of addiction, overdose and death across rural America.
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Author:
Mason Zeagler
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Today, the Bipartisan Policy Center Rural Health Task Force released a new report that offers practical and politically viable solutions for fixing the current health care crisis in rural communities. The recommendations, largely called for by NRHA, aim to stabilize hundreds of rural hospitals that are at risk of closing and create pathways for transforming these facilities into models of care that best meet a community's needs. Many of....
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Author:
Mason Zeagler
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The COVID-19 pandemic has now spread to more than 1,000 rural communities. The loss of revenue over the last few weeks due to the inability to provide non-emergency care is destabilizing core health services in rural America. At the same time, hundreds of rural hospitals are already on the verge of closure, which will leave tens thousands of rural patients without access to local emergency health services. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, nearly half of all rural hospitals were operating at a....
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Author:
Max Isaacoff
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Helpful tips to getting a SBA loan under the Coronavirus Aid bill.
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Author:
Maggie Elehwany
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The Senate has passed the third in a series of bills in response to COVID-19. The House is expected to take action on the legislation later this week. In the language, there is $127 billion allocated to the HHS assistant secretary for preparedness and response to provide $100 billion in grants to hospitals and other Medicare and Medicaid suppliers to cover unreimbursed health care related expenses or lost revenue related to COVID-19. Additional funding includes $275 million to HRSA....
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Author:
Mason Zeagler
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NRHA is strongly advancing the following important amendment that has been introduced for inclusion in the third supplemental package. It will provide substantial relief to struggling rural providers and we need everyone’s help moving this moving this forward in the Senate. Please contact your Senator. Great teamwork from NRHA members, and let's get this done!
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