Policy Reports

Policy Outreach Resources

• Super Committee Letter - 11/07/11
• Supporting State Efforts to Improve Health Care in Rural America – The Facts- 11/11
• Michigan Letter to Super Committee Regarding EMS Services - 11/02/11
• Legislative Action Plan (Tips for Educating Officials) – 09/08/11
• Letter to Congressional Leaders Against Proposed Cuts - 09/08/11
• Template Letter from Michigan Rural Hospital CEOs – 10/19/11
• Board of Trustees Signature Form – 10/19/11
• RWHC Guest Editorial – 10/7/11

Policy Documents

• Overview of Proposed Rules Related to Reform of Hospital/CAH Conditions of Participation - 11/07/11
• HIE and Qualified Health Plan Brief - 06/11/11
• ACO Proposed Rules Policy Brief - 05/06/11
• Memo - ACOs and Rural - 05/06/11
• FY 2012 Budget Memo from Bill Finerfrock - 02/16/11

Response to Request for Public Comment:

• Comments to CMS on conditions of participation - 12/20/11
• CMS Proposed Rules Regarding Health Insurance Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans - 10/31/11
• CMS Accountable Care Organization Proposed Rulemaking - 06/05/11
• FCC Proposed Rulemaking on Universal Service Fund - 04/18/11
• CMS Proposed Rulemaking on ACOs and the Medicare Shared Savings Program - 12/03/10
• FCC Proposed Rule on Rural Healthcare Support Mechanism - 09/08/10
• CMS Proposed Rule on Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System - 08/27/10
• CMS Proposed Rule for EHR Incentives - 03/09/10
• ONC Draft Definition of "Meaningful Use" - submitted by Rural HIT Coalition, 06/25/09
• Proposed FCC Broadband Guidelines - 06/08/09
• Proposed HIT Extension Center Program Guidelines - 06/10/09

Letters of Support:

• Veterans Access to Care - 03/04/10
• Bennet Letter of Support/Thanks – 12/04/09
• Regina Benjamin - 10/5/09
• Conrad 30 Reauthorization - 06/10/09
• Rural Health Partners Urge Rural Health Reform - 06/03/09
• SORH Reauthorization/Reappropriation - 05/28/09
• S-CHIP Reauthorization - 10/17/2008
• Veterans to Paramedics Transition - 07/31/2008
• Data Collection Tool for SORH Grant Program - 05/09/2008
• Conrad State 30 Improvement Act - 03/20/2008
• Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations - 11/09/2007

Position Statements:

• Debt Ceiling Limit Letter to House & Senate Las - 07/15/11
• Importance of Medicare in Rural Areas - 03/01/10
• JCREC Policy Brief on Integration of EMS into the Healthcare Delivery System - 11/2009
• Definition of Frontier - 12/19/2007
• Rural HIT Economic Stimulus Recommendations - 04/30/09

National Priorities:

• NOSORH National Priorities - Sept 2006