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National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services (NACRHHS)

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A 21-member independent advisory group with expertise in a wide range of rural health and human services issues. Advises the Secretary of Health and Human Services on healthcare challenges in rural America.
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Healthcare Access · Human Services · Rural Health Policy · Social Determinants of Health

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Resources (125)

2025

  • Assessing the Needs of Rural Families Affected by the Opioid Crisis: Issue Brief and Recommendations to the Secretary, 01/2025, view details
  • Enhancing Rural Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: Policy Brief and Recommendations to the Secretary, 01/2025, view details

2024

  • Disability and Independence in Rural America: White Paper, 07/2024, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Summary, Austin, Texas, April 9-11, 2024, 04/2024, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Summary, Santa Fe and Las Vegas, New Mexico, September 4-6, 2024, 09/2024, view details
  • Quality Measurement in Rural Health Clinics: Policy Brief and Recommendations to the Secretary, 10/2024, view details
  • Technology Innovation Supporting Access to Rural Health and Human Services: Possibilities and Encouraging Further Investments, 10/2024, view details

2023

  • Childcare Need and Availability in Rural Areas: Policy Brief and Recommendations to the Secretary, 01/2023, view details
  • Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program in Rural America: Policy Brief and Recommendations to the Secretary, 09/2023, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Summary, Bend, Oregon, April 26-28, 2023, 04/2023, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Summary, Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 6-8, 2023, 09/2023, view details
  • Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly in Rural America: Policy Brief and Recommendations to the Secretary, 03/2023, view details

2022

  • Access to Emergency Medical Services in Rural Communities: Policy Brief and Recommendations to the Secretary, 11/2022, view details
  • Behavioral Health and Primary Care Integration in Rural Health Facilities: Policy Brief and Recommendations to the Secretary, 06/2022, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Summary, April 11-13, 2022, 04/2022, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Summary, Lawrence, Kansas, September 14-16, 2022, 09/2022, view details

2021

  • Comments on Proposed Criteria for Defining Urban Areas, 05/2021, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Summary, Washington, D.C., October 25-27, 2021, 10/2021, view details
  • Rural Emergency Hospital: Policy Brief and Recommendations to the Secretary, 10/2021, view details

2020

  • HIV Prevention and Treatment Challenges in Rural America, 05/2020, view details
  • Maternal and Obstetric Care Challenges in Rural America, 05/2020, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Summary, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2-4, 2020, 03/2020, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Summary, July 30, 2020, 07/2020, view details

2019

  • Examining Rural Cancer Prevention and Control Efforts: Policy Brief and Recommendations to the Secretary, 08/2019, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Summary, Sacramento, California, April 3-5, 2019, 04/2019, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Summary, Washington, D.C., September 9-12, 2019, 09/2019, view details
  • Supportive Services and Caregiving for Older Rural Adults: Policy Brief and Recommendations to the Secretary, 08/2019, view details

2018

  • Addressing the Burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in Rural America, 12/2018, view details
  • Exploring the Rural Context for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), 08/2018, view details
  • Improving Oral Health Care Services in Rural America, 12/2018, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 10-12, 2018, 09/2018, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Saratoga Springs, New York, April 16-18, 2018, 04/2018, view details
  • Rural Health Insurance Market Challenges, 08/2018, view details

2017

  • Modernizing Rural Health Clinic Provisions, 12/2017, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington, DC, April 10-12, 2017, 04/2017, view details
  • Social Determinants of Health, 01/2017, view details
  • Understanding the Impact of Suicide In Rural America, 12/2017, view details

2016

  • Alternative Models to Preserving Access to Emergency Care, 07/2016, view details
  • Families in Crisis: The Human Service Implications of Rural Opioid Misuse, 07/2016, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 14-16, 2016, 09/2016, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Beaufort, South Carolina, April 18-20, 2016, 04/2016, view details

2015

  • Child Poverty in Rural America, 12/2015, view details
  • Delivery System Reform and Implications for Rural Communities, 12/2015, view details
  • Intimate Partner Violence in Rural America, 03/2015, view details
  • Mortality and Life Expectancy in Rural America: Connecting the Health and Human Service Safety Nets to Improve Health Outcomes over the Life Course, 10/2015, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Mahnomen, Minnesota, September 9-11, 2015, 09/2015, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services Meeting Minutes, Slade, Kentucky, May 27-29, 2015, 05/2015, view details
  • Telehealth in Rural America, 03/2015, view details

2014

  • Affordable Care Act Plans and Premiums in Rural America, 07/2014, view details
  • Homelessness in Rural America, 07/2014, view details
  • The Intersection of Rural Poverty and Federal Human Services Programs, 01/2014, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Omaha, Nebraska, April 28-30, 2014, 04/2014, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 24-26, 2014, 09/2014, view details
  • Rural Implications of the Affordable Care Act Outreach, Education, and Enrollment, 01/2014, view details

2013

  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Summary, Bozeman, Montana, September 4-6, 2013, 09/2013, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Summary, Grand Junction, Colorado, April 3rd–5th, 2013, 04/2013, view details
  • Rural Implications of Changes to the Medicare Hospice Benefit, 08/2013, view details

2012

  • Challenges to Head Start and Early Childhood Development Programs in Rural Communities, 12/2012, view details
  • Implications of Proposed Changes to Rural Hospital Payment Designations, 12/2012, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Austin, TX, September 26-28, 2012, 09/2012, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, September 26-28th, 2011, 2012, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Kansas City, MO, June 18-20, 2012, 06/2012, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington DC, February 15-17, 2012, 2012, view details
  • The Need to Integrate Work Programs for Low-Income Rural Residents, 12/2012, view details
  • Options for Rural Health Care System Reform and Redesign, 12/2012, view details
  • Rural Implications of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, 06/2012, view details

2011

  • The 2011 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues, 03/2011, view details
  • Affordable Care Act Provisions Affecting the Rural Elderly, 12/2011, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Traverse City, Michigan, June 15-17, 2011, 06/2011, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington, D.C. February 23-25, 2011, 2011, view details
  • Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier Program, 12/2011, view details
  • Reducing Health Disparities in Rural America: Key Provisions in the Affordable Care Act, 12/2011, view details
  • Rural Challenges for HHS in Implementing the Community-Based Care Transitions Program (CCTP), 03/2011, view details
  • The Rural Implications of Key Primary Care Provisions in the Affordable Care Act, 09/2011, view details
  • Rural Policy Implications for Health Insurance Exchanges, 03/2011, view details
  • Rural Policy Implications for Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visitation Program, 09/2011, view details
  • Value-Based Purchasing Demonstrations for Critical Access and Small PPS Hospitals, 09/2011, view details

2010

  • The 2010 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues, 05/2010, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 15-17th, 2010, 09/2010, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Charleston, South Carolina, June 14-16, 2010, 06/2010, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington, D.C. February 17-19, 2010, 2010, view details

2009

  • The 2009 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues, 04/2009, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Rapid City, South Dakota, June 9-11, 2009, 06/2009, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Sacramento, California, September 9-11, 2009, 2009, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington, DC, February 18-20, 2009, 02/2009, view details

2008

  • The 2008 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues, 04/2008, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Brainerd, Minnesota, September 24-26, 2008, 09/2008, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, June 2-4, 2008, 06/2008, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington, DC, February 20-22, 2008, 02/2008, view details

2007

  • The 2007 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Service Issues, 01/2007, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Fort Collins, Colorado, June 10-12, 2007, 06/2007, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Madison, Wisconsin, September 12-14, 2007, 09/2007, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington, D.C. February 28-March 2, 2007, 02/2007, view details

2006

  • The 2006 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Service Issues, 01/2006, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Camden, Maine, June 11-13, 2006, 06/2006, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Grand Forks, North Dakota, September 28-30, 2006, 09/2006, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington, DC, January 29-31, 2006, 01/2006, view details

2005

  • The 2005 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Service Issues, 04/2005, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Jackson, Wyoming, September 18-20, 2005, 09/2005, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Johnson City, Tennessee, June 12-14, 2005, 06/2005, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington DC, March 20-22, 2005, 03/2005, view details

2004

  • The 2004 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Service Issues, 04/2004, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Nebraska City, Nebraska, June 6-8, 2004, 06/2004, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Tupelo, Mississippi, September 12-14, 2004, 09/2004, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington DC, February 22-24, 2004, 02/2004, view details

2003

  • Health Care Quality: The Rural Context, 04/2003, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Charleston, West Virginia, September 7-9, 2003, 09/2003, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Uvalde, Texas, June 8-10, 2003, 06/2003, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington, DC, March 2-4, 2003, 03/2003, view details

2002

  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Pray, Montana, September 2-4, 2002., 09/2002, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Tucson and Bisbee, Arizona, June 9-11, 2002, 06/2002, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington, DC, March 3-5, 2002, 03/2002, view details
  • A Targeted Look at the Rural Health Care Safety Net, 04/2002, view details

2001

  • Key Rural Issues for Medicare Reform, 2001, 2001, view details
  • Medicare Reform: A Rural Perspective, 05/2001, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Presque Isle, Maine, September 9-11, 2001, 09/2001, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Squaw Valley, California, June 3-5, 2001, 06/2001, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington DC, February 4-6, 2001, 02/2001, view details

2000

  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Checotah, Oklahoma, June 4-6, 2000, 06/2000, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Hazard, Kentucky, September 10-12, 2000, 09/2000, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Washington DC, February 6-9, 2000, 02/2000, view details
  • Rural Public Health: Issues and Considerations, 02/2000, view details

1997

  • National Rural Health Policy: Recommendations from the First Eight Years of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health, 01/1997, view details

Undated

  • National Advisory Committee Compendium of Recommendations by Year, view details
  • National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Publications, view details