- Telehealth Study Recruiting Veterans Now
- USDA Delivers Immediate Relief to Farmers, Ranchers and Rural Communities Impacted by Recent Disasters
- Submit Nominations for Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM) Committees
- Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation of the Medicare Program (Executive Order 14192) - Request for Information
- Dr. Mehmet Oz Shares Vision for CMS
- CMS Refocuses on its Core Mission and Preserving the State-Federal Medicaid Partnership
- Social Factors Help Explain Worse Cardiovascular Health among Adults in Rural Vs. Urban Communities
- Reducing Barriers to Participation in Population-Based Total Cost of Care (PB-TCOC) Models and Supporting Primary and Specialty Care Transformation: Request for Input
- Secretary Kennedy Renews Public Health Emergency Declaration to Address National Opioid Crisis
- Secretary Kennedy Renews Public Health Emergency Declaration to Address National Opioid Crisis
- 2025 Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Proposed Rule
- Rural America Faces Growing Shortage of Eye Surgeons
- NRHA Continues Partnership to Advance Rural Oral Health
- Comments Requested on Mobile Crisis Team Services: An Implementation Toolkit Draft
- Q&A: What Are the Challenges and Opportunities of Small-Town Philanthropy?
Deadline Extended: Provider Relief Fund – August 3
Eligible Medicaid, CHIP and Dental providers who had not yet received a payment from the $50 billion General Distribution have the opportunity to apply for COVID-related relief by August 3, 2020. A final webinar will be held on Monday, July 27 @ 3:00pm ET. Register here.
RWJF 2021 Culture of Health Prize – October 15
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation honors collaborative, community-based efforts that prioritize health in marginalized populations. Awards will go to entire communities, not single organizations or initiatives. Eligible nominees include local municipalities, federally-recognized Tribes or state-designated Indian reservations, and communities within U.S. territories. Read more here.
NIH Health Services Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities – October 5
The National Institutes of Health will award project grants for research to understand differences that contribute to population-specific health disparities. Participating institutes within NIH include Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Dental and Craniofacial Research, Drug Abuse, and the National Cancer Institute. Read more here.
CARES Act Funds for Adult Education and Workforce Preparation – August 24
As part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the U.S. Department of Education will provide funding support for short-term education and training opportunities in states with the highest coronavirus burden. Applicants who missed the July 13 deadline for Notices of Intent to Apply may still submit application through August 24. Read more here.
HHS Strengthening Economic Supports for Working Families – August 17
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) will make six awards, each up to $450,000 per year for a three-year demonstration project. Successful applicants are community-level governments and organizations engaged in outreach for the earned income tax credit in communities at higher risk for adverse childhood experiences. The HHS Office of Minority Health created an hour-long video to assist applicants to this funding opportunity announcement (FOA). Read more here.
How Alabama Lowered Its Infant Mortality Rate
The Milbank Foundation examines the strategy that state officials took to bring Alabama’s rate for infant mortality drop to 7.0 deaths per 1000 live births in 2018. Part of the strategy incorporated a Collaborative Innovation Improvement Network supported by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau at the Health Resources and Services Administration. Read more here.
PCORI Research on Rural Transitions from Hospital to Home
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is a non-profit organization that funds projects that inpatients and other healthcare stakeholders throughout the research process. Patients, doctors, and hospital staff from rural Montana helped design this study comparing standard hospital transition support with a new program. Read more here. Watch a brief video from PCORI on the importance of including rural populations in research.
CDC Provisional Drug Overdose Death Counts
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) counts the number of overdose deaths in the 12 months prior to July 5, 2020, based on mortality surveillance data in the National Vital Statistics System.
Challenges to Rural Harm Reduction During COVID-19
A new commentary in The Journal of Rural Health examines the relationship between substance use and coronavirus in the Southern Mountains region of Appalachia. Authors cite recent data showing greater and faster-increasing COVID-19 rates in Appalachia and the South and rural-specific challenges to programs for overdose prevention and infection control. Read more here.
Rural Philanthropy Response to COVID-19
In a free-access blog post, the publication Health Affairs highlights rural-focused philanthropies responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by quickly providing funding specific to rural communities and organizations. Read more here.