One small town has set up its own clinic and hired doctors and clinic staff as municipal employees, similar to those who work for the fire department.| The Western ProducerOpinions & Blogs | The Western Producer
Algunos de estos centros de salud comunitarios podrían verse obligados a reducir personal médico y administrativo o servicios. Incluso podrían llegar a cerrar.| Articles Archive - KFF Health News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program, a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reimagine rural care delivery. With $50 billion available, states are competing for federal dollars to fund initiatives that expand access, improve outcomes, and build sustainable rural health systems. The post PCaaS: The Model Custom-Built for CMS’s Rural Health Transformation Program appeared first on Lumeris.| Lumeris
When Sanford Health recently announced Lewis Drug is joining the health system, you had questions. See answers to customer and patient FAQs.| Sanford Health News
Doctors need to know when to screen for tick-borne diseases in their communities. But it’s getting harder for local health departments to get funding for tick surveys as federal public health grants from agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dry up.| KFF Health News
The Trump administration's cuts of public health funds to state and local health departments had vastly uneven effects depending on the political leanings of where someone lives, a new KFF Health News analysis shows.| KFF Health News
La región es una de las más pobres del estado. En el condado de Alamosa, 2 de cada 5 residentes están inscritos en Health First Colorado, el programa estatal de Medicaid.| KFF Health News
After moving to North Carolina, a Columbus County resident found himself downwind from a billion-dollar industry. Now he’s documenting odors.| North Carolina Health News
In his latest Beyond the Data column, KFF President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman examines the controversial rural hospital grant program, noting “Will the new $50 billion rural hospital grant program in the big Republican tax and spending law just amount to a bunch of ribbon cutting and big check ceremonies, or will it help rural hospitals offset coming Medicaid cuts, help them in general, or all of the above?”| From Drew Altman Archive | KFF
The Duluth-based health care system awaits National Labor Relations Board review after contesting the Minnesota Nurses Association's proposed bargaining unit.| Superior Telegram
Since Chantal and Helene drenched North Carolina, residents have been reassessing what it takes to stay safe as climate-fueled storms rage.| North Carolina Health News
The 32-year-old program that supports community gardens, nutrition education and other community-based activities employs 176 people.| North Carolina Health News
Officials warn that sweeping federal cuts to Medicaid, food aid and clean energy programs could unravel key safety nets across the state.| North Carolina Health News
The North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program (NC AHEC) is pleased to announce the selection and on-boarding of four rural interprofessional teaching hubs. In [...] Read More... from Interprofessional Teaching Hubs Selected The post Interprofessional Teaching Hubs Selected first appeared on NC AHEC.| NC AHEC
A new report shows that a tree change may actually be bad for your health, revealing avoidable death| Aged Care Insite
Am I just shuffling stuff around again and not actually gaining any efficiency or additional storage space?| Grand Forks Herald
An unprecedented freeze on the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report sparks new concerns about political meddling in science.| KFF Health News
From the column: "Headwaters High Value Network offers hospitals the benefits of scale without sacrificing independence."| Duluth News Tribune
Organizations are moving quickly to address food insecurity as the region continues to reel from historic flooding.| North Carolina Health News
Western North Carolina, Hurricane Helene, deadly, food, water, Buncombe, mountains, drinkable water, floodwaters, Asheville, power outage| North Carolina Health News
Following the Albanese government's recent reform announcements, Minister for Aged Care Anika Wells| Aged Care Insite
An increasing number of Americans struggle with energy poverty, the inability to adequately heat or cool one’s dwelling. Health officials and climate experts are sounding the alarm as record-breaking heat sweeps the nation.| KFF Health News
By 2023, the country was estimated to have a shortfall of as many as 23,000 surgeons, according to a 2019 report by the Association of American Medical Colleges.| North Carolina Health News
Don't drive hurt, says Angela Dugan, PA. Find someone who can drive you to a clinic, then remember RICE: rest, ice, compression, elevation.| Sanford Health News
Martin County could become the first community in the nation to bring a closed facility back to life as a rural emergency hospital.| North Carolina Health News
The Environmental Management Commission committee votes to pursue groundwater standards for only three PFAS compounds at next meeting.| North Carolina Health News