EVENTS & NEWS
USDA Awards $110 Million to Improve Health Care in
Rural Towns
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
announced grants for more than 200 rural health
care organizations. The funding will be used for
building and renovating facilities, increasing staffing,
purchasing medical supplies, and implementing
nutrition assistance programs among other projects.
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Losing Access to Maternity Care
A new report from the March of Dimes finds that more
than a third of U.S. counties (36 percent) have no
obstetric providers, hospitals, or birth centers. These
areas are largely rural areas in the Midwest and South,
with a greater impact on women of color: one in 4
Native American babies, and 1 in 6 Black babies, were
born in areas with limited or no access to maternity
care services. The report says that roughly 900
women died of pregnancy-related causes in 2020,
adding that nearly two-thirds of such deaths are
preventable.
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Mobilizing Health Care Workforce via Telehealth
ProviderBridge.org was created by the Federation of
State Medical Boards through the CARES Act and the
FORHP-supported Licensure Portability Grant
Program. The site provides up-to-date information on
emergency regulation and licensing by state as well
as a provider portal to connect volunteer health care
professionals to state agencies and health care
entities.
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The Involvement of Rural Health Clinic Practitioners in
Cancer Treatment Decisions and Survivorship Care
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HHS Report Ties COVID-19 Vaccinations to Fewer
Hospitalizations and Deaths
HHS' report shows that the Biden Administration's
historic vaccination program, which has gotten over
90% of seniors fully vaccinated and over 70% of seniors
a booster shot, is linked to more than 650,000 fewer
COVID-19 hospitalizations and more than 300,000
fewer deaths among seniors and others enrolled in
Medicare.
The study, which was conducted by researchers with
HHS's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation, underscores the importance of everyone –
particularly seniors and others at high-risk of serious
outcomes – getting an updated COVID-19 vaccine this
fall. Read more.
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Recovery Friendly Workplace Missouri Survey
MRHA supports the University of Missouri Extension
Recovery Friendly Workplace Missouri program.
The program is currently gathering information from
employers and employees to provide more insights
about substance use in the workplace. It is open to all
employees, and they don't have to be involved in
recovery or addiction. The survey's purpose is to
gather data that will be used in the development of a
Recovery Friendly Workplace credential in Missouri. We
would really appreciate it if you could share this with
your employees to provide their valuable input to the
Extension Recovery Program. The survey responses will
be anonymous and take approximately 10 minutes.
The survey may be accessed through this link:
https://missouri.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eKIBuDTjfm
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COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Declaration
Renewed
Effective Thursday, October 13, HHS renewed the
COVID-19 public health emergency declaration for
another 90 days. The extension means that states
must continue to maintain continuous coverage for
Medicaid beneficiaries as a condition of receiving
enhanced federal Medicaid funding. Medicare
telehealth flexibilities continue as well.
Biden-Harris Administration Kicks Off Medicare Open
Enrollment with Lower Premiums, Improved Benefits
for 2023
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NIH Researching Integrated HIV/AIDS, Addiction, and Primary Care – November 18
Primary Care Training and Enhancement-Residency Training in Mental and Behavioral Health - November 21
HRSA Rural Health Network Development Program – November 22
Teaching Health Center Planning and Development (THCPD)Program. Grant number: HRSA-23-015 - December 12
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Training Program (DBP) - January 19, 2023
NIH Researching Mental Health Practices in Low-Resource Settings – September 2024
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