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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.
Read More!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.
Read More!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."
Read More!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.
Read More!MLH home care services director testifies before Senate Finance Committee
October 10, 2023
HASTINGS — The Mary Lanning Healthcare Home Care Services Director recently testified in Washington, D.C., concerning the effects of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) home health payment cuts.
Read More!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).
Read More!Mid-year survey results: Nebraska hospitals face continued workforce and financial challenges
August 13, 2023
Financial pressures and workforce shortages continue to challenge our hospitals, operating on small or negative margins. Hospital leaders from across the state will provide local perspectives on their facilities related to these issues.
Read More!Call for TEP - Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings
August 5, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has contracted with Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation – Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) for both the development and maintenance of the publicly reported Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings.
Read More!Professional health care board members needed
August 5, 2023
Lincoln – The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with the State Board of Health, is seeking members for 14 professional health care boards in Nebraska.
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