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News - Creative thinking needed to save rural hospitals

Creative thinking needed to save rural hospitals

January 19, 2024

Over the last 15 years, approximately 150 rural hospitals have closed nationwide. What does it mean? Are these facilities obsolete, or no longer needed? Maybe in a few places, but in the vast majority of communities they provide critically important services.

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News - CMS finalizes rule to expand access to health information; improve the prior authorization process

CMS finalizes rule to expand access to health information; improve the prior authorization process

January 19, 2024

The final rule modernizes the health care system and reduces patient and provider burden by streamlining the prior authorization process.

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News - 'Exceed our expectations': agreement between two Omaha health organizations frees bed space at hospital

'Exceed our expectations': agreement between two Omaha health organizations frees bed space at hospital

January 19, 2024

A partnership to free up hospital beds brought Nebraska Medicine and the Douglas County Health Center together. The health center is taking long-term care patients, so the Med Center has beds for those who need more intense care.

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News - AHA kicks off 2023 #forevergrateful campaign to show appreciate for hospital and health care workers

AHA kicks off 2023 #forevergrateful campaign to show appreciate for hospital and health care workers

December 1, 2023

As 2023 draws to a close, AHA is leading an effort to express a profound appreciation for the hospitals and health care workers who show up to care for patients and communities day after day.

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News - Medical Care Advisory Committee seeking Nebraska hospital members to participate

Medical Care Advisory Committee seeking Nebraska hospital members to participate

December 1, 2023

The Medical Care Advisory Committee (MCAC) is a group including Medicaid beneficiaries, advocates, and providers that works together to make recommendations to the Medicaid program.

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News - What rural health providers want from Washington

What rural health providers want from Washington

October 16, 2023

Driving the news: When the chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee last month put out a call for ideas on shoring up rural America's fraying health care system, rural providers came prepared.

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News - A mobile clinic parked at Dollar General? It says a lot about rural health care

A mobile clinic parked at Dollar General? It says a lot about rural health care

October 16, 2023

On a hot July morning, customers at the Dollar General along a two-lane highway northwest of Nashville didn't seem to notice signs of the chain store's foray into mobile health care."

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News - Top critical access hospitals announced

Top critical access hospitals announced

October 10, 2023

The 20 highest-ranked critical access hospitals (CAHs) in the country, as determined by the Chartis Center for Rural Health, were recently announced by the National Rural Health Association (NRHA).

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News - Fischer welcomes NHA and NeRHA announcement on Rural Veteran Referral Program

Fischer welcomes NHA and NeRHA announcement on Rural Veteran Referral Program

October 10, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today after the Nebraska Hospital Association (NHA) and the Nebraska Rural Health Association (NeRHA) announced a new pilot program aimed at helping rural Nebraska veterans access health care.

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