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Changes Coming to HHS – Alabama Rural Health Association
Secretary Kennedy will announce significant changes to the US Department of Health and Human Services, which will cut roughly a quarter of the workforce, reshape the nation’s health agencies, and close 5 of the 10 HHS regional offices. As part of the reorganization, Kennedy is creating a new subdivision called the Administration for a Healthy…
Recently Released from the Agencies: – Alabama Rural Health Association
Workforce, Nondiscrimination, and Other Final Rules with Impacts for RHCs Over the last several weeks, the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Labor (DOL), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) all released massive final rules covering policies ranging from overtime eligibility to nondiscrimination to Medicaid access…
ARHA Welcomes Six New Board Members – Alabama Rural Health Association
The Alabama Rural Health Association is pleased to welcome six new board members who will begin a three-year term on July 1, 2024. These new board members were nominated and voted by their member peers throughout the state. They are as follows: Lamont DupreeExecutive DirectorNorth Alabama Area Health Education Center Lamont Dupree is the new…
Shelby Awarded Alabama Rural Health Award – Alabama Rural Health Association
May 22, 2023 Former U.S. Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama was recently awarded the Alabama Rural Health Association’s ‘Legislator of the Year’ award at the 2023 annual conference in Hoover. “Senator Shelby and his staff were always receptive to our advocacy for issues around rural health and other issues that impact rural Alabama,” said Farrell…
Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Program Applications Opening – Alabama Rural Health Association
The next cohort for the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development (DRCHSD) Program is forming now. They are accepting applications from interested facilities now to begin programming in Winter 2023. To learn more about the program and application process, you are invited to attend an informational webinars for hospitals and FQHCs on Tuesday, June 6th from 11am-12pm CST and for RHCs and small clinics on Thursday, June 29th from 11am-12pm CST.…
ARHA Welcomes Two New Board Members – Alabama Rural Health Association
The Alabama Rural Health Association is pleased to welcome two new board members who were inducted at the 2023 Annual Conference in Hoover last month. These two board members are Dawna Nelson, Ph.D., and Melanie Baucom, DNP, CRNP. Dawna Nelson is an alumna of and current faculty member at Alabama State University. She is a…
Dale Quinney Receives NRHA President’s Award in 2022 – Alabama Rural Health Association
Dale Quinney, former ARHA Executive Director, won the National Rural Health Association's President's Award in 2022. Below is the announcement from NRHA in recognition of Dale's achievements: ----- As the Executive Director of the Alabama Rural Health Association for 16 years, Dale Quinney has made a difference by using data to deliver powerful messages promoting…
Results from the Alabama Rural Health Roadshow – Alabama Rural Health Association
The Alabama Rural Health Association, in effort to learn more about the needs of its members, conducted a four-part information gathering roadshow during the month of November, 2022. Traveling to four locations, Montgomery, Hartselle, Atmore, and Livingston, more than 150 rural constituents and stakeholders participated in a series of listening sessions. During these sessions, they…
CMS Issues Emergency Regulation Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination for Health Care Workers – Alabama Rural Health Association
Yesterday, CMS released the interim final regulations requiring COVID-19 vaccination of eligible staff at health care facilities that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. These requirements will apply to approximately 76,000 providers and cover over 17 million health care workers across the country.Facilities covered by this regulation must establish a policy ensuring all eligible…
$25.5 billion in Provider Relief Fund & American Rescue Plan rural funding is now available – Alabama Rural Health Association
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), has announced a new application cycle for $25.5 billion in COVID-19 provider funding. Applicants will be able to apply for both Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Phase 4 and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural payments during the application process. PRF…
FY 2022 Appropriations Requests & Allocations – Alabama Rural Health Association
Hello NRHA members, This week, the Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) released the text of their nine remaining appropriations bills, including the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (L-HHS) bill. Below is an update on NRHA’s fiscal year (FY) 2022 appropriations requests. Both the House Appropriations Committee (HAC) and SAC recommended increasing funding for the U.S.…
COVID-19 isolation and quarantine period shortened – Alabama Rural Health Association
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced it has shortened the recommended isolation and quarantine period for people with COVID-19 to five days, if asymptomatic and if persons can wear a mask when around others. These updates are recommended as the Omicron variant continues to spread throughout the U.S. and reflect the current…
HRSA Looks to Reduce a Large Number of HPSAs – Alabama Rural Health Association
The US Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has released a list of Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) slated for removal. Each year HRSA adds and reduces HPSAs based on the result of survey data from providers that determines how many are located in different counties compared to the population of those counties. HPSAs are…
What to Gift Active Kids for the Holidays to Keep Them Moving – Alabama Rural Health Association
Most kids are always moving, but some are more daring than others. To keep the active child in your life occupied, exploring, and growing, the right gift is crucial. Here are the holiday gifts that active kids will want—and need—to keep them on a roll all through the new year. The Alabama Rural Health Association…
Update of COVID-19 Therapeutics from HHS/ASPR – Alabama Rural Health Association
We wanted to share an update from the Department of US Health and Human Services around policies related to allocation, distribution, and administration efforts surrounding the current monoclonal antibody therapeutics available to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning Monday, September 13th HHS made a change to their distribution process to coordinate through a state/territory-coordinated system. The intent…
Change to Provider Relief Funds FAQs – Alabama Rural Health Association
NRHA wanted to notify you of a change to the Provider Relief Fund on justifying what is allowable under expenses. Page 21 of the attached FAQ from 9.13.21 has eliminated the term "marginal" in the last sentence (see below). Providers must still relate and document the expenses claimed (net of other reimbursements) to COVID as…
Update on Recent Funding from HRSA – Alabama Rural Health Association
Dear Regional Partners, I am pleased to share with you that today, a new application cycle for $25.5 billion in COVID-19 provider funding has opened. Applicants are able to apply for both Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Phase 4 and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural payments during the application process. PRF Phase 4 is open to a broad range…