Tribute to a Rural Health Hero: Jerry Coopey The rural health community lost a long-time friend last week with the passing of Jerry Coopey. Jerry was an employee of HRSA and one of the first members of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. I met Jerry when I...
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps Release Annual Data and Report Each year, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps releases new data and publishes a National Findings Report to influence understanding and action about what shapes health. The Annual Data Release...
Rural Health Policy Update April 2024 Update provided by Andrew Coats, NOSORH Legislative Liaison FY 2024 Spending Bill Signed into Law: In late March, President Biden signed into law the final Fiscal Year 2024 spending bill for federal agencies, including HHS. The...
National Rural Health Resource Center Releases New Population Health Toolkit The National Rural Health Resource Center’s recently updated Population Health Toolkit — which includes the newest population health data from a half-dozen publicly available data sets...
Rural Health Policy Update January 2024 Update provided by Andrew Coats, NOSORH Legislative Liaison Congress Returns for 2024: Congress returned this week to begin the second session of the 118th Congress. Unlike most years where Congress slowly dips its feet back in...
