Month: February 2020

Seema Verma, CMS Administrator, brings her personal experience working on infant mortality prevention into today’s conversation on maternal and infant health. She discusses the trajectory of the issue and remarks on CMS efforts and their ‘Rethinking Rural Health Initiative’. A Request for Information has been released and is seeking feedback from the community to better direct… Continue reading Rethinking Rural Health: Maternal and Infant Health RFI

CEO of the National Rural Health Association shares his top concerns facing the rural health care landscape. Read more about the work the NRHA has accomplished and how it has given rural residents a national platform to voice their personal stories. Click HERE to read.

Comprehensive data on the three C-H-R Programs implemented in Wise County, Smyth County and Richmond for the past 1 1/2 years: 779 registered users 161, 924 needles handed out 137, 800 needles received for disposal 437 referrals for substance abuse treatment 248 individuals attended a first appointment 251 self-reported reversed overdose - Naloxone use Click HERE… Continue reading Needle Exchange Program: Examining the Results Statewide