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NRHA Policy
NRHA advocates for policy positions developed by the association’s membership on behalf of rural health stakeholders.
Policy agenda
NRHA’s annual policy agenda reflects the mission and priorities of the association. Individual policy recommendations are developed through NRHA's policy briefs authored and approved by association members.
Policy Papers
NRHA members set the policies and positions that the association advocates for at a national level through the development of policy papers.
2024 NRHA Policy Papers
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| Rural Workforce Pathway Programs | 2024 |
2023 NRHA Policy Papers
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Health Care's Role in Rural Economic Development | 2023 | |
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| Integrating Z coding for Social Determinants of Health and its Impact on Rural Areas | 2023 |
2022 NRHA Policy Papers
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| Rural Health Clinics | 2022 | |
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2021 NRHA Policy Papers
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| Rural EMS Workforce | 2021 | |
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2020 NRHA Policy Papers
2019 NRHA Policy Papers
2018 NRHA Policy Papers
2017 NRHA Policy Papers
2016 NRHA Policy Papers
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| American Indian and Alaska Native Health | 2016 | |
| Federal Requirement for Physician Supervision of CRNAs | 2016 | |
| Frontier Definition | 2016 | |
| Impact of Swing Beds | 2016 | |
| Responsive Rural Health Delivery System | 2016 | |
| Rural Communities in Crisis: Strategies to Address the Opioid Crisis | 2016 | |
| Rural Public Health | 2016 | |
Rural Public Health Funding, Policy Statement
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2015 NRHA Policy Papers
2014 NRHA Policy Papers
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| FMG/J1 Visa Waiver Physicians | 2014 | |
| Future of the Frontier Extended Stay Clinic | 2014 | |
| Graduate Medical Education for Rural Practice, a policy jointly adopted by the American Academy of Family Physicians | 2014 | |
| Health Disparity, Policy Statement, September 2014:A health disparity generally refers to a higher burden of illness, injury, disability or mortality experienced by a population or group of people. The health disparity is linked with social, economic and/or environmental disadvantages based on race or ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, gender, age, mental health, sexual orientation, geographic location, or characteristics historically linked to discrimination or exclusion. | 2014 | |
| HIV/AIDS in Rural America: Disproportionate Impact on minority and Multicultural Populations | 2014 | |
| Rural Health Clinics | 2014 | |
| Rural Veterans: A Special Concern for Rural Health Advocates | 2014 |
2013 NRHA Policy Papers
Recruitment and Retention of a Quality Health Workforce in Rural Areas
A series of policy papers on the Rural Health Careers Pipeline
Introduction: Defining the Issues and the Principles of Recruitment and Retention, January 2012
- Number 1: Physicians, November 2006
- Number 2: Nursing, December 2005
- Number 3: Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, May 2006
- Number 4: Oral Health, November 2006
- Number 5: Behavioral Health, October 2008
- Number 6: Rural Public Health, April 2007
- Number 7: Rural Health Careers Pipeline: Kindergarten to 12th Grade Education, February 2006
- Number 8: Primary Eye Care, October 2009
- Number 9: Hospital Administration, May 2007
- Number 10: Allied Health, October 2008
- Number 11: Physician Assistants, October 2008
- Number 12: Emergency Medical Services, November 2005
- Number 13: Issues of Preserving Rural Professional Quality of Life, May 2006