AHA today voiced support for bipartisan legislation that would create a Rural America Health Corps modeled on the National Health Service Corps to encourage health care professionals to serve in rural areas. The Rural America Health Corps Act (S.940) would create, among other provisions, a demonstration program offering $200,000 in loan repayments to eligible clinicians who agree to serve five years in a rural Health Professional Shortage Area.

Headline
The House Appropriations Committee June 4 released the fiscal year 2027 appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education…
Chairperson's File
Public
Behavioral health is healthcare, and hospitals and health systems are working to ensure we provide holistic care for our patients, their families and our team…
Headline
Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, yesterday introduced a House version of the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program Reauthorization Act, a bill that would…
Headline
Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, introduced the Rural Maternity Options for Medical Support Act on May 19. The bill would guarantee that beds used solely for labor…
Headline
A lawsuit filed May 19 by 25 states and the District of Columbia against the Department of Education claims that the agency’s final rule establishing new…
Headline
The Health Resources and Services Administration will award grants to rural hospitals and other providers from two areas of its Rural Communities Opioid…