Big Companies Position Themselves for Payday From $50B Federal Rural Health Fund
(By Sarah Jane Tribble for KFF Health News) Tory Starr is worried about the people who get medical care at
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Rural Health
The Help That Many Older Americans Need Most
(By Paula Span for KFF Health News) On a recent Monday, Sandy Guzman, a community health worker in rural Oregon,
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UnitedHealthcare pares back prior authorizations, speeds up payments for rural providers
(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) UnitedHealthcare is expanding rural healthcare initiatives to cover the entire U.S., according to
Read MoreA $50 billion fund to help rural hospitals could actually lead to closures and cuts
(By Aaron Bolton, Arielle Zionts for NPR) The emergency department at Big Sandy Medical Center in Montana is just one
Read MorePrimary Care Is in Trouble. So Doctors Band Together To Boost Their Market Power.
(By Karen Brown, New England Public Media for KFF Health News) Western Massachusetts, a patchwork of rural communities and low-income
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3 big questions surrounding the Rural Health Transformation Program
(By: Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review) As funds begin flowing to states through the five-year, $50 billion Rural Health
Read MoreCommunity Health Center Patients, Financing, and Services
(Authors: Akash Pillai, Jennifer Tolbert, and Clea Bell for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Feb 4, 2026) Community health centers
Read MoreImproving access to care
(Source – news.va.gov) Bringing care home Rural Veterans who need a new brace or prosthesis are aware of the barriers
Read MoreMedicare payment tool may disadvantage rural patients
(By: Elizabeth Casolo for Becker’s Hospital Review) A Medicare tool for adjusting risk underpredicts mortality and overpredicts spending for rural
Read MoreVA launches offline mobile app to support HBPC teams in remote areas
(Source – news.va.gov) Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) teams now have a faster and more secure way to support Veterans in
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