Hospital closures also mean longer ambulance rides for rural residents. Charlie Brunner, the fire chief in Jackson County in ...

HealthScreen program aims to bridge health care gaps in North Central Florida’s rural communities Florida Department of Health funds UF’s HealthScreen to enhance rural health care access.

The failure to expand Medicaid and the cuts to reimbursements and subsidies on the Affordable Care Act marketplace policies ...

Medicaid and coverage gaps. One issue Florida health care faces is that of coverage gaps. ... who is also the board chair for the Alachua County Organization for Rural Needs dental clinic, ...

Rural communities transform from medical research's forgotten citizens to active contributors to scientific advancement ...

This essay is the first in a 4-part series I’m calling Rural Health Resilience—a look at the state of rural health in America ...

The University of Florida has launched HealthScreen, a program that focuses on North Central Florida’s critical gap in health screening services. HealthScreen will provide free screenings to identify ...

Organizations should step up and improve rural health by offering new, innovative ways to improve access to the care that rural residents so desperately need. During Rural Health Month, it’s a ...

Rural schools in Florida to receive money to ... telehealth services,” said Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Mary Mayhew. “Technology can bridge gaps and provide ...

Congressional Democrats' plan to cover 2 million people in the Medicaid expansion gap would be a big help for rural hospitals at risk of closure.

Many rural health leaders believe community health centers, which were born in the 60s to reach low-income communities of color, were a missing piece in achieving equity in the vaccine rollout.

Closing gaps in minority health care helps us all Healthcare Network tackles medical issues of migrant farmworkers, rural poor in Collier County ...