Erin Mahn

Today, on National Rural Health Day, the House of Representatives will debate the devastating impact of proposals to cut hospital funding as part of deficit reduction plans.  These draconian cut proposals are disproportionately harmful to rural hospitals and will result in rural hospital closures, hurting patient access to care and the rural economy.   Your action [...]

Join the National Provider Call today at 1:30 p.m. ET to learn the application process for the Shared Savings Program and Advance Payment Model. A question and answer session will follow the presentation. To receive the call-in information please visit http://www.eventsvc.com/blhtechnologies by 12 p.m. today.  From the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services: On Thursday, [...]

The National Rural Health Association would like to applaud the 43 Members of Congress who signed on to a bipartisan letter from Representatives Ron Kind (D-WI) and Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) urging the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to protect rural hospitals from devastating cuts. Those Members of Congress are: Leonard Boswell (D-IA); Tammy [...]

The National Rural Health Association encourages Members of Congress to protect rural hospitals by signing on to a bipartisan letter from Representatives Ron Kind (D-WI) and Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Several proposals currently under review by the Joint Select Committee target the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) designation [...]