{"id":28497,"date":"2017-04-17T05:01:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T05:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/anxiety\/28497\/"},"modified":"2017-04-17T05:01:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T05:01:02","slug":"nrha-applauds-introduction-of-rural-hospital-access-act-of-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/28497","title":{"rendered":"NRHA Applauds Introduction of Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\r\n<p><p>From NRHA:<\/p>\r\n<p>The National remote Health Association (NRHA) applauds Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Reps.Tom Reed (R-NY) and Peter Welch (D-VT) for exposing the Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017 (S. 872, H.R. 1955). This important bipartisan bill will enhance use of care in outlying areas by permanently dealing with the Medicare Dependent Hospital and Low Volume Adjustment rural Medicare programs that expire October 1, 2017.<\/p>\r\n<p>This legislation is important to keeping continued accessibility and keeping outlying medical center doorways available in rural The united states. The MDH and LVH programs for hospitals and providers are not \u2018bonus\u2019 or \u2018special\u2019 repayments, but instead alternative, economical and targeted payment formulas that protect usage of look after an incredible number of outlying patients and monetary security for countless rural providers across the country.<\/p>\r\n<p>MDHs and LVHs play a crucial part in outlying communities, supplying not just essential medical care but in addition among the biggest businesses of their community. Without these programs, rural customers is forced to travel farther for more expensive treatment. Or worse, these rural People in the us would forego important attention since they couldn’t achieve the required medical providers, causing poorer health, less quality of life, and much more costly treatment later on.<\/p>\r\n<p>NRHA encourages members of Congress to cosponsor the Rural Hospital Access Act.<\/p>\r\n<br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/acutecareinc.wordpress.com\/23638\/\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.wp.com\/b.gif?host=acutecareinc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2103256&#038;post=23638&#038;subd=acutecareinc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" level=\"1\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><p>From the NRHA:<\/p>\n<p>The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) applauds Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Reps.Tom Reed (R-NY) and Peter Welch (D-VT) for introducing the Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017 (S. 872, H.R. 1955). This important bipartisan bill will improve access to care in rural areas by permanently addressing the Medicare Dependent Hospital and Low Volume Adjustment rural Medicare programs that expire October 1, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>This legislation is essential to preserving continued access and keeping rural hospital doors open in rural America. The MDH and LVH programs for hospitals and providers are not \u2018bonus\u2019 or \u2018special\u2019 payments, but rather alternative, cost-effective and targeted payment formulas that maintain access to care for millions of rural patients and financial stability for thousands of rural providers across the country.<\/p>\n<p>MDHs and LVHs play a critical role in rural communities, providing not only vital medical care but also as one of the largest employers within their community. Without these programs, rural patients would be forced to travel farther for more expensive care. Or worse, these rural Americans would forego essential care because they could not reach the necessary medical providers, resulting in poorer health, a lower quality of life, and more expensive care later.<\/p>\n<p>NRHA encourages members of Congress to cosponsor the Rural Hospital Access Act.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/acutecareinc.wordpress.com\/23638\/\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.wp.com\/b.gif?host=acutecareinc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2103256&#038;post=23638&#038;subd=acutecareinc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anxiety"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}