September 13, 2024 – On September 11, Vizient, Inc. hosted a coverage briefing on Capitol Hill titled “Rural Healthcare Realities: Hospitals’ Efforts to Bridge the Entry Hole” within the Rayburn Home Workplace Constructing. The occasion featured keynote speeches by Reps. Jill Tokuda (D-HI) and Brad Wenstrup (R-OH). The briefing, attended by a capability viewers of greater than 100 congressional staffers and trade stakeholders, targeted on the numerous challenges going through rural healthcare suppliers and sufferers and emphasised the vital function hospitals play in making certain entry to care.

The panel of consultants highlighted a number of ongoing challenges for rural well being care suppliers, together with problem recruiting and retaining employees, diminished entry to important companies like maternity care, and important administrative and monetary burdens. Panelists proposed a number of options to enhance affected person entry and care supply in rural areas. Key suggestions included defending the 340B program, extending telehealth waivers, increasing medical faculty slots to assist the well being care workforce, and opposing location-neutral fee cuts and CMS doctor fee reductions, amongst different methods.

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