Rural Health
News by Topic: Health occupations
Nov 20, 2025 - Discusses health disparities among rural healthcare provider shortages nationally and in Montana. Highlights 2 residency programs in Billings, Montana aiming to address the shortages of internal medicine and psychiatry providers. Describes how rural practice is integrated into the residencies as well as the benefits for both physician residents and rural communities.
Source: The Daily Yonder
CMS: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Federal Register
Nov 20, 2025 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking comments on the following information collections: 1) Hospital Wage Index Occupational Mix Survey; 2) Medicare Enrollment Application—Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Suppliers; 3) Recognition of Pass-Through Payment for Additional (New) Categories of Devices under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Supporting Regulations; and 4) Registration, Attestation, Dispute Resolution and Correction, Assumptions Document and Data Retention Requirements for Open Payments. Comments are due December 22, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
Nov 19, 2025 - Describes a program embedding social workers in a rural North Carolina police department to address the increase in non-crime related calls to the police. Notes that similar programs have operated in urban areas. Discusses how successes have led to expanding the program, connecting people to services in under-resourced areas, and other alternative responder programs in the state.
Source: North Carolina Health News
Nov 13, 2025 - Describes a program bringing a team of medical providers offering oncology care to rural Colorado once a month. The program eliminates travel times of 3 or more hours for area cancer patients.
Source: UCHealth Today
Nov 7, 2025 - Describes a new communication training for medical assistants in rural clinics in Nebraska. Discusses the impact of communication styles on getting patients to return for care. Notes specific training logistics decisions that reduce barriers for RHC participation.
Source: The Daily Nebraskan
Nov 5, 2025 - Announces a new free training for rural first responders that increases agricultural health and safety knowledge for injury prevention and emergency preparedness.
Source: National Farm Medicine Center
Nov 5, 2025 - Describes a recent continuing education conference for rural sonographers and other medical professionals in Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, and Washington. Discusses plans to grow the event in the coming years to support the rural ultrasound workforce and improve rural healthcare delivery.
Source: UW News
Nov 3, 2025 - Highlights the beginnings and growth of a rural training program in the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Discusses the focus on community involvement, workforce shortages, recruitment and retention, financial challenges, and the economic impact of healthcare.
Source: University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine Newsroom
Nov 1, 2025 - Highlights a rural immersive medical training program on Kaua'i in Hawaii aiming to recruit and retain local residents as physicians. Students receive financial, housing, and transportation support with a commitment to practice on the island following graduation.
Source: Kaua'i Now
Oct 31, 2025 - Describes challenges with offering labor and delivery services in rural Texas, discussing reimbursement, workforce shortages, and distance to care.
Source: The Optimist