NOSORH News

NOSORH Visits Capitol Hill  On June 14, NOSORH CEO Tammy Norville, along with Oregon Office of Rural Health Director Bob Duehmig, were on Capitol Hill visiting with House and Senate offices. The meetings were part of a broader effort to increase support for the...

Senate Holds Rural Health Hearing:   For the first time since 2018, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on rural health. On the afternoon of May 17, the Senate Finance Health Care Subcommittee met to focus on the challenges hospitals, physicians, and rural...

NOSORH Visits Washington DC On April 25, NOSORH spent the day visiting with lawmakers and their staff on Capitol Hill. NOSORH met with House and Senate offices to advocate for increased appropriations for the SORH program in FY ’24 and reauthorization of the Medicare...

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Delta Health Systems Implementation Program. This program provides funding to Critical Access Hospitals, small rural hospitals (inpatient prospective...

The fiscal year 2024 (FY ’24) budget process got underway on March 9, when the Biden Administration released its FY 2024 budget request to Congress. Here is a link to the 169-page HHS budget brief. At the top line, the budget proposes $144.7 billion in discretionary...

Wipfli, LLP, recently published a report based on a survey of more than 100 rural healthcare organizations across 25 states to learn how they’re coping with economic and regulatory challenges. Despite a record number of rural hospitals closing during the past two...

Administration for Strategic Preparedness & Response (ASPR) Offers COVID-19 Therapeutic Resources The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) leads the nation's medical and public health preparedness for, response to, and recovery from...

The Biden Administration announced the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) Declaration is anticipated to end on May 11, 2023. This will significantly impact CMS Certified Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). Please see this...

On Monday, January 30, 2023, the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health hosted a virtual Town Hall for State Offices of Rural Health (SORH), the leadership of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, and the HRSA Administrator, Carole Johnson. NOSORH...

SORH Reauthorization Bill Signed into law:   On January 5, 2023, President Joe Biden signed into law the State Offices of Rural Health Reauthorization Act of 2022. With the President’s signature, the bill became Public Law No: 117-356 and is now authorized by Congress...