Rural Health
News by Topic: Health workforce
Jul 10, 2025 - Announces 25 project awards totaling $7 million through the
Delta Workforce Grant Program (DWP) to support workforce
development, employment and training needs, and community
economic development in the Delta Regional Authority's
8-state service area: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.
DWP awards cover a range of fields and professions,
including current and future healthcare professionals,
laboratory sciences, healthcare career training pathway
programs, and more.
Source: Delta Regional Authority
GAO: Request for Nominations for the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC)
Federal Register
Jun 16, 2025 - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is accepting nominations for appointment to the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC), which provides comments and recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on physician payment models. Nominations are due by July 15, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
Jun 11, 2025 - Notice from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) seeking comments on an information collection regarding forms related to the Nurse Corps Scholarship Program (SP). The information collected is used by the Nurse Corps program to make award decisions about Nurse Corps SP applicant eligibility, monitor a participant's continued enrollment in a school of nursing, monitor the participant's compliance with the Nurse Corps SP service obligation, and prepare annual reports to Congress. Comments are due by August 11, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
VA: Reporting to the National Practitioner Data Bank
Federal Register
Jun 11, 2025 - Notice of final rule from the Department of Veterans Affairs removing its regulations governing the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). The VA will rely on Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulations that govern the NPDB, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between VA and HHS, and VA policy and procedures. This notice also summarizes and responds to public comments on the April 3, 2023, proposed rule. This rule is effective July 11, 2025.
Source: Federal Register
Jun 5, 2025 - Notice from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) making technical and typographical errors in the April 30, 2025, proposed rule.
Source: Federal Register
HRSA: Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program: Updated Methodology To Determine Full-Time Equivalent Resident Count
Federal Register
May 27, 2025 - Notice from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) updating the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program's method of determining an eligible children's hospital weighted allopathic and osteopathic full-time equivalent (FTE) resident count when it exceeds its direct graduate medical education (GME) FTE resident cap. This notice also summarizes and responds to public comments on the December 30, 2024, notice. The proposed update to the CHGME direct GME methodology will be implemented beginning in the fiscal year 2026 application cycle.
Source: Federal Register