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HHS Awards $125 Million to Expand Health Center Services and Strengthen America's Health Care Safety Net

Falls Communuity Health Center and Migrant Health Services receive expanded medical capacity funds.

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced grants worth almost $125 million to help health centers increase access to health care for low-income and uninsured Americans.
MORE - 5/25/2007

NRHA Applauds Tom Dean's Appointment to the Med-PAC

(Alexandria, VA) – Thomas M. Dean, MD, from Wessington Spring, South Dakota, has been appointed to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). David Walker, Comptroller General, made the announcement Monday.
MORE - 5/24/2007

Crystal Jordan Named New CEO

The Community Health Center of the Black Hills, Inc. has named Crystal Jordan as the new Chief Executive Officer. Congratulations, Crystal! - 5/7/2007

Patricia Patron Named Executive Director

The Family HealthCare Center Board of Directors has appointed Patricia Patron as the new executive director effective May 1, 2007. Congratulations, Patricia! - 5/1/2007

State Health Department and Coal Country Community Health Center Work To Ensure Easy Access to Vaccinations for Underinsured Children

Coal Country Community Health Center has agreed to delegate authority to local public health units and private health-care providers across the state that will allow them to provide VFC vaccine to underinsured North Dakota children.
MORE - 4/23/2007 - PNS

A Special Birthday in North Dakota - CHAD Turns 20

Northwood, ND - There probably won't be any gifts, or songs, perhaps not even a cake, but many North Dakotans are celebrating a special birthday this month. The Community Healthcare Association of the Dakotas is turning 20.
Comments from Sharon Ericson of the Valley Community Heath Centers in Northwood.
MORE - 4/23/2007 - PNS

Grant Supports Health Literacy

A $65,000 grant from The Wellmark Foundation will allow the public schools to start a health literacy education project. Some 450 Hawthorne elementary students and their families will benefit from the grant, which is designed to increase knowledge regarding health.
MORE - 4/16/2007

Rural SD Providers Working Together

Prairie Business article including quotes from John Mengenhausen. - 04/07

All Healthy Children Act Would Improve Health Coverage for SD Kids

Sioux Falls, SD - A new proposal that would merge the State Children‚s Health Insurance Program and Medicaid is up for consideration in Congress this month. MORE - 04/09/2007 - GDNS

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The Dilemma of the Uninsured

As I write this, I am at home recovering from a nasty pneumonia which landed me in the hospital — a small rural hospital I might add.
MORE - June 2007 - NRHA "Rural Roads" June 2007 - Vol. 5, No. 2

Dawn Berg Accepts Coal Country Community Health Center CEO Position

Congratulations to Dawn on her new position as CEO! - 6/28/2007

ND Rural Health Care "Infusion" in the Pipeline

Bismarck, ND - Community Health Care Centers play the "doctor in the house" for areas of the country where medical care access is scarce, especially rural areas where recruiting and retaining doctors is a challenge.
MORE - 6/18/2007 - PNS

Johnson Announces Funds for Rural Health Care, Inc.

US Senator Tim Johnson recently announced that Rural Health Care, Inc. (RHCI) wll receive a $998,009 federal grant to enhance affordable, quality health care for surrounding rural communities.
MORE - 6/2007

South Dakota Gets Bigger Voice in Medicare Decisions

Wessington Springs, SD - Amid concerns that Medicare may not meet the needs of rural states like South Dakota, rural health advocates say the recent appointment of a rural South Dakota doctor to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission will help make sure the state gets a fair shake.
MORE - 6/11/2007 - GDNS