NOSORH News
USDA Emergency Rural Health Care Grants Now Available
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) provides the Rural Housing Service Community Facilities Program with up to $500 million in grant funding for eligible applicants and eligible facilities as part of the Emergency Rural Health Care Grant Program. The program...
National Rural Health Day: Celebrating All Who Go the Extra Mile for Rural
On November 17th, help NOSORH celebrate all who go the extra mile for rural health! Visit PowerofRural.org to find everything you need for this year’s National Rural Health Day celebration: Not sure where to start? Visit the Ways to Celebrate page for some ideas! The...
Rural Health Policy Update – September 2022
On August 16, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law. The massive reconciliation bill extends the Affordable Care Act marketplace subsidies for three years, through the end of 2025, and creates a novel approach to the federal government...
Developing Strategies and Resources for SORH Philanthropic Engagement
The world of rural-interested funders has changed and expanded over the past decade. The continued creation of local healthcare conversion foundations; the new presence of national foundations founded by living donors, and an increasing interest in social determinants...
Getting Ready for the 2022 NOSORH Annual Meeting!
This year’s meeting will take place at The Hotel Madison - Shenandoah Valley Conference Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia, on October 5-6, 2022. Sessions are being planned around the theme of Driving Change - Going the Extra Mile. There will be a wide array of...
Tammy Norville Appointed New CEO of NOSORH
NOSORH is proud to announce the appointment of Tammy Norville as the new NOSORH CEO, effective June 1st. Ms. Norville has nearly twenty years of experience working with and for the State Offices of Rural Health (SORH). Her background includes working in the North...
Rural Health Policy Update – June 2022
NOSORH Sends Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee: On May 17, NOSORH, along with the National Rural Health Association and the National Association of Rural Health Clinics, wrote to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ranking...
How SORH Can Support CMS Section 131 (GME “Reset”)
New research from the Rural GME looks for hospitals that might be eligible for a GME “reset.” Rural GME conducted a state-by-state analysis, creating fact sheets for all 50 states and identifying those hospitals that may have an opportunity to expand their residency...
The Broadband Equity, Access & Deployment Program (BEAD) and Telehealth
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“the Act”) appropriated significant funds for broadband expansion. Included in these appropriations is $42.45 billion, to be administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) as what is...
Rural Health Policy Update – May 2022
The White House recently unveiled their Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget request to Congress. Included in the budget request are: $13 million for the State Offices of Rural Health (SORH) program. This request represents a $500,000 increase over the enacted FY ’22 level...