Rural issues
This document includes AHA鈥檚 analysis of a new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services demonstration model, the Community Health Access and Rural Transformation (CHART) Model.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the Community Health Access and Rural Transformation Model, a new payment model for rural communities in response to an Aug. 3 executive order calling for a new model 鈥渢o ensure that rural healthcare providers are able to provide the鈥
The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded 89 organizations, including hospitals, $1 million each to combat opioid and other substance use disorders in high-risk rural communities. The recipients will work with the communities to implement and tailor evidence-based or promising鈥
Rural hospitals, already facing enormous challenges, quickly adapted when COVID-19 reached their communities.
Rural hospitals, already facing enormous challenges, quickly adapted when COVID-19 reached their communities. In this blog, John Supplitt, senior director of AHA Rural Health Services, points to the many examples of rural teams using innovative measures to improve quality of patient care during the鈥
President Trump Aug. 3 signed an executive order on 鈥渋mproving rural health and telehealth access,鈥 with directives to: launch a new payment model for rural health care; develop and implement a strategy to improve rural health care infrastructure.
The White House Aug. 3 issued an executive order on 鈥渋mproving rural health and telehealth access.鈥 The order includes directives to: launch a new payment model for rural health care; develop and implement a strategy to improve rural health care infrastructure; create a report describing policy鈥
On June 10, Clarke County Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Osceola, Iowa, was awarded by the Federal Communications Commission, $170,072 as part of the agency鈥檚 COVID-19 Telehealth Program. 鈥 The program is part of the FCC鈥檚 response to the COVID-19 public health emergency and will鈥
The Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Aug. 5 at 2 p.m. ET will host a webinar to provide an overview and panel discussion on a competition to spur improvements in postpartum mental health care in rural communities.