March 11, 2024

MRHA Releases 2023 Needs Assessment

The Missouri Rural Health Association (MRHA) recently released the 2023 Needs Assessment.

The assessment brings to light an alarming health crisis. Rural Missourians are overrepresented in every leading cause of death and the number of health providers is insufficient.

The findings reveal rural Missourians face greater mortality rates than their urban counterparts in all 10 leading causes of death. The data highlights a 127% increase in fatal drug overdoses and a 26% increase in suicide compared with their urban counterparts.

View Assessment Here

March 11, 2024

Newest AIHC Compliance Articles

The American Institute of Healthcare Compliance released three articles on compliance.

March 11, 2024

Training Opportunity – Conducting Internal Investigations

Is your organization capable of auditing, detecting and investigating potential risks? Consider online training to sharpen your compliance skills.

Earn your Certified Internal Forensic Healthcare Auditor (CIFHA) credential online:

  • No classes to attend
  • Course materials are on-demand and available to you for 3 months
  • Those experienced in compliance and auditing may complete this training in 2-3 months
  • If you need more than 3 months, you may purchase an extension for a small fee

Cost:

  • AIHC Members pay $750
  • Non-members pay $1,250

Learn More and Register

March 5, 2024

New JRH Articles on Rural Breast Cancer Disparities, More

The National Rural Health Association’s (NRHA’s) Journal of Rural Health (JRH) recently published new articles on the following topics:

March 5, 2024

NRHA Now Accepting RHC, CAH Event Presentation Proposals

The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) is now accepting presentation proposals for the Rural Health Clinic and Critical Access Hospital Conference.

Conference Goals:

  • Share effective practices, policies and information
  • Provide insights and best practices addressing:
  • Access
  • Quality
  • Patient safety issues

Five interest tracks are available for CAH Conference submissions:

  • Innovation
  • Financial
  • Leadership
  • Quality
  • Best practices

This year’s events will be held Sept 24 – 27 in Kansas City, MO, NRHA’s hometown.

The deadline for submissions is May 31.

Learn More about NRHA RHC and CAH Conference

Submit Presentation Proposal

February 21, 2024

New RHIhub Topic Guide – Rural Maternal Health

The RHIhub has released the Rural Maternal Health Topic Guide.

This new topic guide shares information on maternal and infant health disparities in rural area and covers issues impacting rural maternal health, including:

  • Access to services,
  • Workforce challenges and
  • Shares information on programs and policies to support rural maternal healthcare.

Rural Maternal Health Topic Guide

See All  Topic Guides

February 21, 2024

Upcoming Webinar – 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, February 27

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for 2024 through the Calendar Year 2024 PFS Final Rule.

This rule makes policy updates which may increase accessibility of behavioral health services, telehealth services, and other vital health services in rural areas.

CMS subject matter experts will present on some of the highlights from the final rule including these topics and the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program.

Registration

  • This is a free webinar
  • High-speed internet is required to participate
    • Connection details will be emailed to you immediately upon registration
  • A recording will be available on the RHIhub website after the live event
  • If you have questions or problems with the registration process, please contact RHIhub Webinars at webinars@ruralhealthinfo.org

2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

Register Now

February 20, 2024

NTTAP Webinar Series 2023-2024 Strategies for Advancing Health Equity in Health Centers, March 14

This webinar explores strategies for advancing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) within health centers.

Learn specific approaches to guide health equity work:

  • Steps for developing a health equity plan utilizing CHCI best practices as a framework
  • Creating a health equity team
  • Conducting needs assessments
  • Establishing goals

Attendees will increase confidence in developing and utilizing JEDI goals, cultivating advancements in both internal and external diversity and equity at their health center.

Learning Objectives

  • Gain a foundational knowledge of JEDI principles and terminology
  • Understand the significance of fostering a robust JEDI-focused organizational culture
  • Increase confidence in developing a concrete, actionable plan for implementing JEDI within health centers

Target Audience

  • Dental
  • Nurses
  • Nurse practitioners
  • Pharmacists
  • Physicians
  • Physician assistant
  • Psychologists and counselors
  • Registered dieticians
  • Social workers
  • Other members of the team

Cost: No Cost

When: March 14, 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET

Register Now

February 20, 2024

NTTAP Webinar Series 2023-2024 Data Driven Health Equity: Strategies for Collecting Patient Data in Health Centers, March 7

Consider joining this upcoming webinar to dive into key strategies for using identity data in population health management.

Expert faculty will highlight the importance of gathering data to address health disparities, with a focus on utilizing Electronic Health Records (HER) for both internal and patient-focused justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI) purposes.

Participants will gain confidence in advancing health equity with strategies to collect and use demographic data for developing and monitoring health equity plans.

Learning Objectives

  • Develop a foundational understanding of how to utilize key identity data to advance
    • justice
    • equity
    • diversity and
    • inclusion goals

Target Audience

  • Dental
  • Nurses
  • Nurse practitioners
  • Phar4macists
  • Physicians
  • Physician assistants
  • Psychologists and counselors
  • Registered dieticians
  • Social workers
  • Other members of the team

Cost: Free

When: March 7, 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET

Register Now

February 20, 2024

Funding Opportunity: Advanced Nursing Education – Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (ANE-SANE) Program

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to increase the number of qualified sexual assault nurse examiners.

The Advanced Nursing Education-Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (ANE-SANE) Program will expand advanced nursing education and training to improve access to sexual assault forensic examination. The ANE-SANE Program aims to provide better access to mental and physical care for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence.

The purpose of this program is to increase the supply, distribution and quality of the sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) workforce and aims to provide access to mental and physical care for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence.

HRSA will award approximately $14.2 million to up to 28 grantees over a period of three years through this funding opportunity.

Eligible Applicants:

  • Accredited schools of nursing
  • Nursing centers
  • Academic health centers
  • Nurse-managed health clinics
  • Rural health clinics
  • HRSA-supported health clinics
  • Federally Qualified Health Centers
  • Public or non-profit hospitals and emergency health care service providers
  • State and local health departments
  • Non-profit community-based and faith-based
  • Federally recognized Tribal Government and Native American organizations

View Grant Opportunity

Applications are due by April 2, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET

Questions? Please contact

Michael Clark, ANE-SANE@hrsa.gov, (301) 594-4203