About Rural Health Association of Tennessee

The Rural Health Association of Tennessee is the only group in Tennessee that specifically and exclusively focuses on Tennessee's rural citizens - we advocate and educate on rural health issues.

Our Areas of Concern in Rural Tennessee:

Substance Abuse
Rural Access to Health Care
Special Populations
Mental/Behavioral Health
Health Professions Education
Health Promotion/Disease Prevention
Oral Health
Rural Emergency Preparedness

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Call for Editorials

We seek editorial articles for our member enewsletter, Rural Health Digest. If you are interested in sharing your views on issues related to rural health in Tennessee, please click here for the guidelines.

Announcing Rural Health Association's 18th Annual Conference

"The Sounds of Rural Tennessee: Rural Health 2012"

November 14-16, 2012 at the Music Road Hotel in Pigeon Forge

Would you like to be a Sponsor/Exhibitor? Click here.

Would you like to be a presenter? Click here.

Would you to register as an attendee? Click here.

Comments from attendees from 2011 conference-

"Thank you so much for a great conference. It was my first time at the

conference and being in Pigeon Forge - I had a great time and learned a

lot. Everybody did a wonderful job. Hopefully I will get to go again next

year!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!"

Stephanie

Stephanie Rieforth, RN, BSN, MSN-HSM

Quality Improvement Specialist, Qsource

YOU ARE INVITED!

Middle Tennessee Regional Meeting

June 15, 2012

Upper Cumberland Regional Health Office

Free event!

Topics covered:

Health Care Workforce in Rural Tennessee
Second Harvest Food Bank
Community CPR Program
Cardiac Program in a Rural Area
Regional Disaster Drill Report

Click here for agenda and to register.

Limited Exhibit Booth space is available.

Health Reform Resources

Health Exchanges Resources
Health Exchanges Explained
HHS Fact Sheet on Accountable Care Organizations
HHS Releases Rules for Accountable Care Organizations
NRHA's Comments to Proposed Rule for Value Based Purchasing Inpatient Hospital
Health Reform and People with Pre-existing Conditions
Good Rural Provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Health Reform Hits Main Street (Youtube)
Health Reform Timeline by Year
Health Insurance Plans ....on Facebook
RUPRI Paper: Impacts on Rural People, Places and Providers: A First Look
Commonwealth Fund: Major Provisions of Health Reform (includes a timetable by year)

The Latest Rural Health Headlines

As bills stack up, poor patients forgo medicines, other care

In 2010, about 857,000 Tennesseans ages 19 to 64 did not receive needed medical care because of cost, according to a study released Tuesday by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute.