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GRHA 2010 Awards of Excellence
 Honor a champion of rural healthcare by nominating them for a GRHA Award of Excellence. Recipients will be recognized during the GRHA Awards Reception on Monday evening, September 20 at Brasstown Valley Resort.
Award categories and nomination forms, and registration information are available online. Mark your calendar now for a great meeting with healthcare leaders from across the state and region with GRHA.
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NRHA update on
Medicare reimbursements for physicians:
On Friday May 28, the House of Representatives passed HR
4213. The bill included a provision that would continue to prevent a 21.2%
Medicare payment cut to doctors that was due to take effect June 1. The "doc
fix" extension was, however, scaled back with many other parts of the bill. While it was originally extended for another three and a half years, the final
version scaled this extension down to only 19 months. In addition to cutting
back the length of the extension, some members of the House also fought to scale
back extension to FMAP payments and federal COBRA subsidies. Ultimately these
two provisions were left out of the bill entirely.
It is now up to the Senate to act on this legislation upon
returning this week from the Memorial Day recess. In light of the delay and
these cuts occurring during a congressional recess, CMS has advised its
contractors to hold off on filing claims for two weeks until July 14. This
allows the Senate to return and vote on the bill before doctors would feel the
worst effects of the cuts. Unfortunately however, this assumes that the Senate
will not make any changes to the bill. If changes are made in the Senate's
version, it would then have to return to the House and be voted on again. The
short time frame with which Congress has to work has led several interest groups
to suggest that the instability in Medicare reimbursements due to continuous
"band-aid" fixes will lead to physicians limiting or totally eliminating care
for Medicare patients.
While whatever provision Congress passes to prevent these
cuts will likely be retroactive, it's not clear that the Senate will have the
votes to pass this bill without significant changes when it returns on June 7
further exacerbating an already tenuous situation. If you would like to express
your ideas on this issue, please contact Saxby Chambliss at 202-224-3521, and
Johnny Isakson at 202-224-3643.
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The NRHA's 33rd Annual Rural Health Conference was the best attended in three years.
Speaker-provided information is available online at www.RuralHealthWeb.org/annual. You could be a presenter at the 2011 Conference in Austin, Texas, May 3-6. Click here to learn how. |
Tell Us Your Success Story
 GRHA is surveying communities across the state to compile a database reflecting best practices we all can use to improve rural health. Designed with your time in mind, the components of the brief survey include who is offering the program, what the program goals are, who the program serves, why it is offered, the impact it has in the community/state, and staff contact information.
Please click the Best Practices Survey under Quick Links at left.
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Save the Dates
Georgia Parent Support Network, Inc.
Public Hearing regarding "Restraint and Seclusion for All Students," Rule 160-5-1-35
Department of Education
June 9, 2010, 1:00 PM
2053 Twin Towers East
205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive
Atlanta, GA
Tabletop Disaster Exercises for Health Care Providers
Disaster Resistant Communities Group
www.drc-group.com/healthcare
Free Webinars- Treatment of Older Adults Regarding
Depression, Anxiety, and Cognitive Problems
Parts 1 & 2
Thursday, June 10, noon - 1:15 pm (EDT)
and
Friday, June 11, noon - 1:15 pm (EDT)
State Office Of Rural Health Advisory Board Meeting
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
10:30 am - 2:30 pm
Community Health Works
300 Mulberry Street, Suite 603
Macon, GA
Need more information, email smccoy@dch.ga.gov
2010 Pine Mountain Challenge
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Midland, GA
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