The Community Health Center program has successfully expanded access to care within rural communities across America. The NRHA advocates for increased funding for the CHC program, and NRHA supports efforts to expand CHCs into rural underserved communities.
There are currently CHCs in all states and all U.S. territories, totally more than 1150 community health centers nationwide. More than half of these organizations are located in rural areas. They provide vital primary care to more than 17 million Americans with limited financial resources.
The NRHA maintains a Community Operated Practices Constituency Group. This constituency recognizes the interests of members affiliated with a primary care practice operated and governed by a community board of directors, such as a community health center. Greg Dent is the chair of this group and can be contacted at: gdent@chwq.org
For additional legislative and regulatory questions about CHCs, please contact Maggie Elehwany at: Elehwany@nrharural.org
June 5-6, 2008 : National Conference on Medication Access, Use and Safety in Rural America : Minneapolis, MN
The College of Pharmacy PREPP Institute and the National Rural Health Association are hosting this conference. Current issues being addressed include; policy, practice and innovations, collaboration and advancement of pharmaceutical care in rural communities. Join local, state and national leaders in Rural Healthcare for this two day conference. For further information, please visit www.ruralcenter.org/pharmacyconference or contact Amy L. Olson at 612-624-4671.
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July 14-17, 2008 : Quality and Clinical Conference : San Diego, CA
Registration is now open for the 2008 Annual Quality & Clinical Conference, to be held in San Diego July 14-17.
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December 10-12, 2008 : Minority and Multicultural Health Conference : Albuquerque, NM
Plan now to attend the NRHA Minority and Multicultural Conference in Albuquerque, NM. The goals and objectives of the conference are: To provide a forum to examine issues related to connecting the need for partnerships between economic development and rural health among minority and multi-cultural populations; to identify the environmental and developmental challenges faced by health care agencies seeking to serve rural minority & multicultural populations; to identify the barriers and/or challenges to linking economic development and health care to rural minority & multicultural populations; and to identify best practices & methodologies toward forging partnerships among economic development and rural minority and multicultural populations.
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A new proposed combined methodology for determining designation as a Health Professional Shortage Area and/or Medically Underserved Population has been released. The NRHA provides this regulatory guide to explain the proposed methodology, to explain some how this could impact rural America, to share our initial intent on comments NRHA offers to HRSA regulators, and to give details on how rural advocates can submit their own comments on the proposed rule. 