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Back to school: Nurse seeks training to help bridge mental health care gap in rural NC

NC Health News

Bagley was one of about 20 people who graduated in December 2024 from East Carolina University’s psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program. Credit: Courtesy of East Carolina University Weve lost a lot Rural health care access in general across North Carolina has suffered in recent years.

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NC Senate budget plan filled with health care policy initiatives

NC Health News

The chambers Democrats say the budget falls short on rural health care access while increasing tax cuts that they say disproportionately help the wealthy. Bethel said older adults are concerned about having enough funding for these services, especially with increasing reports of abuse, neglect and exploitation of older adults.

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Mental Health America launches hub to help rural residents

NC Health News

million rural adults, or about a quarter (23 percent) of all nonmetropolitan adults in the U.S., reported having mental illness in 2022, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration , Additionally, about 1.6 In rural communities, the suicide rate is between 18.3

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Funding opportunity: Circles of Care for American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/AN)

Rural Health Information Hub

Recipients are expected to organize a spectrum of community-based services and supports for AI/AN children who are experiencing or are at risk of mental health challenges. -- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Public Health Faculty Scholars honored

Washington University in St. Louis - Institute for

Public Health Faculty Scholars, Jeremy Goldbach and Jin Huang , also Brown School faculty have been named 2025 Fellows of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. Read about their honor. Leopoldo J. Established in conjunction with the Brown School, the Aaron Rosen Lecture is one of the highest honors in social work research.

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Congressional Roundup: Continuing Resolution Passed Extending Key Public Health Programs Including the Special Diabetes Program for Indians, Congress Passes Key Bills Impacting Native Veterans and Children

National Council on Urban Indian Health

This provision allows federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), rural health clinics, and Medicare to pay for mental health telehealth services, without any in-person requirements.

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Telehealth for Medicare beneficiaries gets another reprieve 

Association of Health Care Journalists

It expands the list of practitioners eligible to provide telehealth services to those eligible to bill Medicare for covered services including, physical and occupational therapists, speech pathologists, audiologists, marriage and family therapists and mental health service providers.