Kaitlin Smith
Executive Assistant & Communications Coordinator
Celebrating the Power of Rural!
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This is the first of a series by KMTV 3 in Omaha, in collaboration with our Association, on the State of Rural Health in Nebraska. A big thank you to Leslie Marsh, CEO of the Lexington Regional Health Center for being willing to share the reality and struggle of providing healthcare to their community. Next week, Dundy County Hospital.
Critical rural hospitals operate on thin margins across state
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"If I hadn’t been within five minutes of that facility, I wouldn’t be talking to you right now," Max McFarland of Lexington said.Forty- three (43) State Rural Health Association leaders from around the country met in Denver on July 9-10. The Nebraska Rural Health Association's Executive Director, John Roberts, is Chair of the State Association Council. The NRHA-sponsored State Rural Health Association (SRHA) Leadership Conference provides an opportunity for state rural health association leaders to learn from each other and develop skills for achieving the goals of their own state association.
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Seema Verma joined NRHA today for the association’s Annual Rural Health Conference in Atlanta to highlight the agency’s recently-announced Rural Health Strategy and the administration’s efforts to help #ruralhealth providers to “put patients over paperwork.” #NRHA2019