Tracking State Rural Health Transformation Plans
杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News is working to collect and post approved plans as more states respond to emails and public records requests for their documents.
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Backed by Threat of Clawbacks, Feds Wield Tight Grip on $50B Rural Health Fund
Mehmet Oz, head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, framed the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program as 鈥渂old, creative plans鈥 led by states. But as states have started to roll out their plans, federal officials control where and how the money is spent.
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Delays in Visa Program Threaten Placement of Hundreds of Doctors in Underserved Areas
A federal agency has dramatically slowed its review of visa waiver applications that allow international physicians completing U.S. training programs to stay in the country to work in underserved areas. The delay may send hundreds of doctors back to their home countries.
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Rural Nebraska Dialysis Unit Closes Despite the State鈥檚 $219M in Rural Health Funding
A rural Nebraska dialysis unit that was hemorrhaging money closed, upending patients鈥 lives. That鈥檚 despite a federal rural health program that granted the state more than $200 million this year to improve health care in rural communities.
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Give and Take: Federal Rural Health Funding Could Trigger Service Cuts
States are rolling out plans for their share of a $50 billion fund meant to improve rural health care. In some states, the money may provoke rural hospitals to cut services.
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Lawmakers, Health Groups Resist Their States鈥 Rural Health Fund Plans
Some Republican state lawmakers and state health associations are pushing back against spending plans under the Trump administration鈥檚 $50 billion federal rural health fund. Federal administrators already approved states鈥 plans, but in many cases, state lawmakers must greenlight spending.
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Wyoming Wants To Make Its Five-Year Federal Rural Health Funding Last 鈥楩orever鈥
State officials believe they鈥檝e found a way to extend the life of federal Rural Health Transformation Program money Wyoming is receiving as part of last summer鈥檚 One Big Beautiful Bill Act 鈥 by investing most of it.
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States Race To Launch Rural Health Transformation Plans
Every state will receive at least $100 million annually from the federal Rural Health Transformation fund, but some scored millions more based on how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services judged the 鈥渜uality鈥 of their plans and willingness to pass policies embracing "Make America Healthy Again" initiatives.
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Rural Health Providers Hit by $100K Trump Visa Fee
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Rural Health Providers Could Be Collateral Damage From $100K Trump Visa Fee
Dozens of health care organizations have asked the Trump administration to shield the doctors, nurses, and techs they need to fill shortages from the president鈥檚 new $100,000 visa fee for skilled foreign workers. So far, there鈥檚 no sign of a reprieve.
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Feds Promised 鈥楻adical Transparency鈥 but Are Withholding Rural Health Fund Applications
Proposals from states that have shared their applications to a new $50 billion rural health program include using drones to deliver medication, installing refrigerators to expand access to healthy produce, and bringing telehealth to libraries, day cares, and senior centers.
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Concerns Over Fairness, Access Rise as States Compete for Slice of $50B Rural Health Fund
Amid public forums and local cries for help, states are also talking with large health systems, technology companies, and others amid intensifying competition for shares of a $50 billion fund to improve rural health.
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RFK Jr. Misses Mark in Touting Rural Health Transformation Fund as Historic Infusion of Cash
The health secretary鈥檚 statement doesn鈥檛 consider the impact that the Medicaid cuts advanced in the same law will have on health care in rural America.
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Shutdown Halts Some Health Services as Political Risks Test Parties鈥 Resolve
Congressional Democrats and Republicans are at an impasse in negotiations. Which side will blink first?
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As Trump Punts on Medical Debt, Battle Over Patient Protections Moves to States
Some states are enacting medical debt laws as the Trump administration pulls back federal protections. Elsewhere, industry opposition has derailed legislation.
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Collaborative Networks Become Popular Lifeline for Rural Hospitals
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In the Fallout From Trump鈥檚 Health Funding Cuts, States Face Tough Budget Decisions
The Trump administration has pushed a significant amount of health costs to states, whose budgets may already be strained by declining state tax revenues, a slowdown in pandemic spending, and economic uncertainty. State and local governments now face difficult decisions.
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Instead of Selling, Some Rural Hospitals Band Together To Survive
Independent and rural hospitals are collaborating with their neighbors to shore up their finances instead of joining larger health systems to stay afloat.
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Experts Say Rural Emergency Rooms Are Increasingly Run Without Doctors
Some doctors and the groups that represent them say physicians鈥 extensive training leads to better emergency care, and that some hospitals are trying to save money by not hiring them. They support new laws in Indiana, Virginia, and South Carolina that require physicians to be on-site 24/7.
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Public Health Officials Move To Protect Native Americans Against Measles Outbreak
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