Scott Kuttenkuler was announced Monday as the first president of the Arkansas Rural Health Academy. The academy, a training program to address health care positional vacancies for providers in ...

Discover how Medicaid cuts jeopardize rural families in Appalachia, placing hospitals, mental health care, and maternity services on the brink of collapse.

The GOP policy bill in Congress right now could make sweeping changes to Medicaid— the joint federal-state health insurance program for 70 million low-income and disabled people across the U.S ...

Rural hospitals stand to lose 21 cents out of every dollar they receive in Medicaid funding under the bill, according to a recent report by the Rural Health Association and Manatt Health.

Mensik Kennedy said health-care providers in rural areas, particularly critical access hospitals, rely more on Medicaid funding to support them compared with those in urban areas.

The sweeping health care changes in the Republican budget bill could threaten rural health care and reverse the state's recent Medicaid expansion.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In parts of rural upstate New York, schools have more than 1,100 students for every mental health provider. In a far-flung region with little public transportation, those few ...

School districts around the country are cutting back plans to expand their staffing of mental health specialists because of Trump administration cuts to federal grants. The $1 billion in grants ...

One of the major challenges for health care in America is patient access, particularly in rural areas, and Augusta Health has a remedy.

Last week, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Permian Basin Rural and Community Engagement Division, and partners, hosted 28 campers from rural West Texas high schools at a free ...

WASHINGTON >> Rural hospitals are sounding the alarm over proposed healthcare cuts in President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-cut and spending package, warning the changes could force them to ...

Augusta Health's Neighborhood Clinic launched a new mobile medical unit, a custom-built RV equipped for various medical services. Funded by over $600,000 in community donations, the mobile unit ...