Membership Renewal - Please update your Member Record

As we continue to focus on our operations, we are inviting you to please update your contact information during the renewal process. Please be sure to renew your membership today through the PayPal option on the website or mail your check to our headquarters office. Our address is:

RNO
PO Box 7
Mullica Hill, NJ
08062

Virtual Panel Discussion: Feb. 17 "Future of Nursing: Resetting Rural Nursing for the Future"

Using the Future of Nursing 2020-2030 recommendations, panelists will examine how their organizations are addressing inequities affecting health and the growing diversity of Appalachian populations. The panel discussion will take place on February 17, 2022 from 7:00 - 9:00 PM. Please click on this link to preregister: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VGYR8ZZ

Read Here about challenges and covid-19 vaccine messaging to the younger generation

Blog by Audrey Snyder, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAEN, FAAN, President Rural Nurse Organization and Associate Dean of Experiential Learning and Innovation at the University of North Carolina Greensboro and Jessi (Seonglim) Hong, BSN, recent University of North Carolina Greensboro graduate.

Assisting Rural Providers in Understanding COVID-19 Regulatory Flexibilities

Understanding COVID-19 Regulatory Flexibilities for The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) is sharing news that CMS has developed a new Rural Crosswalk resource to help rural providers understand how temporary COVID-19 regulatory flexibilities could help them combat the pandemic. Key goals of the flexibilities include:

• Expanding the healthcare workforce by removing barriers for health professionals

• Ensuring that local health systems and hospitals have the capabilities to handle a potential COVID-19 surge, including access to expansion sites

• Increasing access to telehealth for Medicare providers and beneficiaries to help patients get the care they need at home

• Expanding in-place testing to allow for more testing at home and within communities

• Providing health systems temporary relief from paperwork, reporting, and audit requirements

The resource details how the flexibilities impact Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Acute Care Prospective Payment System Hospitals, and Medicare-certified Skilled Nursing Facilities.

Find additional rural health resources on the CMS OMH website.

Looking for additional information on COVID-19? Visit this CMS OMH webpage for COVID-19 Federal resources focusing on vulnerable populations: go.cms.gov/omhcovid19 and From Coverage to Care (C2C) COVID-19 resources: go.cms.gov/c2ccovid19.