Rural issues
The need to improve maternal and child health equity in America while reducing access disparities has become a national focus. As policymakers and provider organizations continue to seek ways to reverse these trends, hospitals and health systems are stepping up with innovative efforts.
The Rural Hospital Leadership Team Award from the AHA Rural Health Services honors the leadership team who have guided their hospital and community through transformational change on the road to health care innovation. The team will have displayed outstanding leadership and responsiveness to the…
The grants are the first awards from $475 million in emergency grants authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act.
Watch the webinar on YouTube.
April 28, 2022, 1-2 p.m. CT
April 28, 2022, 2-3 p.m. ET
Sens. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, last week introduced a Senate companion to the Rural Hospital Support Act.
AHA letter to Senator Casey and Senator Grassley, expressing support of the Rural Hospital Support Act (S. 4009).
President Biden today submitted to Congress his budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2023.
Representatives from AHA’s Rural Health Services Committee met in person on May 19-20, 2022 in Minneapolis. In addition to the standing Washington Report the agenda included discussions on: