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Bringing Virtual Behavioral Health Care Access to Rural Youth in West Virginia

Access to youth and adolescent behavioral health care is a major challenge facing rural communities.
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Rural Hospital Leadership Team Award

The Rural Hospital Leadership Team Award from the AHA Rural Health Services honors the leadership team who has guided their hospital and community through transformational change on the road to health care reform innovation.

Big Sandy Medical Center celebrates 60 years

Big Sandy Medical Center has remained independently owned for 60 years, defying the trend of small rural hospitals being absorbed by larger health care systems.

AHA Data Visualizations

A collection of infographics from AHA Hospital Statistics on Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals, Fast Facts on U.S. Health Systems, Fast Facts on U.S. Rural Hospitals, and Obstetrics: U.S. Rural Hospitals.

Obstetrics: U.S. Rural Hospitals Infographic

The Obstetrics/U.S. Rural Hospitals infographic provides statistics on rural community hospitals in the U.S. and how many hospital births occur in them; the number of rural hospitals with obstetrics units and how many OB units have closed; and on maternity care deserts in the U.S. where access to maternity care is limited.

Analysis highlights impact of proposed Medicaid cuts on rural patients and hospitals

The AHA June 16 released a fact sheet with analysis on the impact to rural patients and hospitals from proposed Medicaid cuts by Congress. The analysis found that key Medicaid provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) would result in a $50.4 billion reduction in federal Medicaid spending on rural hospitals over 10 years and 1.8 million individuals in rural communities losing their Medicaid coverage by 2034.
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Rural Hospitals at Risk: Cuts to Medicaid Would Further Threaten Access

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) would result in 1.8 million individuals in rural communities losing their Medicaid coverage by 2034. In addition, select Medicaid provisions in H.R. 1 would result in a $50.4 billion reduction in federal Medicaid spending on rural hospitals over 10 years.

MedPAC releases June report to Congress on Medicare and the health care delivery system

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission June 13 released its June report to Congress that outlines recommendations for hospital and other Medicare payment systems.

Analysis: Rural hospitals at risk due to cuts in OBBA

Data from the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that health care cuts under consideration in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) could place over 300 rural hospitals across the U.S. at risk of closure, conversion or service reductions.

Learning series to focus on obstetric readiness for EMS, EDs in rural areas

The Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health, with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration, will host a five-part learning series beginning June 25 on obstetric readiness for emergency medical services and emergency departments in rural and under-resourced communities.