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2024 Expanded Remote Care Management for RHCs

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Looking Back: Pediatric Medicine Policy in 2023

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RHC Webinar Series

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6 Challenges Facing the Use of AI in Pediatric Medicine

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RHC Eligibility

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Azalea Health Recognized As a Top Medical Practice Management Software by Software Advice

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Azalea Health Hackathon 2023 - FHIR Fest

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The Financial Benefits of becoming an RHC

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Azalea Health Honored with a Merit Healthcare Award for 2nd Consecutive Year

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What does an EHR for RHCs need?

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Azalea Completes SOC 2 Type 2 Certification

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Revolutionizing Rural Healthcare: Navigating the 2024 Transition

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Revenue increase when becoming an RHC

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Proposed Law Would Increase Access to Infertility Treatment

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RHC Consideration: Obstacles to RHC Success

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Types of RHCs

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10 Reasons RCM for Fertility Clinics Is So Challenging

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Webinar Announcement: RHC Consideration, Certification, & Success with rural health expert Helen Williams

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Azalea Health and Particle Health Enter Strategic Partnership

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15 Years Later: The State of Electronic Health Records

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Streamline Billing with CPT Bundling for RHCs

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Azalea Health Honored with a 2023 MedTech Breakthrough Award

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Azalea Health Wins TAG award for Innovation-Driven Company (Mid-Market)

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Azalea Health Completes SOC 2 Type 1 Certification

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Azalea Health CEO Named to the 2023 Georgia Titan 100

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Azalea Health Earns ONC 21st Century Cures Certification

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RevSpring and Azalea Health Partner to Integrate RevSpring’s PersonaPay and Azalea Portal Experiences to Increase Patient Convenience and Payments

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Why IT and EHR is Critical for Traveling Nurses

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Health Tech: Azalea CEO Baha Zeidan on How Technology Can Impact Overall Wellness

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What Is a Critical Access Hospital and Why They Matter

January 23, 2026 No Comments

Key Takeaways on What Is a Critical Access Hospital A critical access hospital, or CAH, is a small rural hospital that meets federal criteria to receive cost-based reimbursement from Medicare. These hospitals keep emergency and essential inpatient services available in communities too small to support a full acute-care facility. They provide 24×7 emergency care, short-stay

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Key CMS Final Rule 2026 Changes for Rural Healthcare

January 21, 2026 No Comments

Key Takeaways on CMS Final Rule 2026 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its CMS final rule 2026 policy changes for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) on October 31, 2025.1 Actual changes go into effect on or after January 1, 2026. Other recent regulatory changes are also finalized. Changes that will

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What Are RVUs in Healthcare and How Are They Calculated?

January 16, 2026 No Comments

Key Takeaways: What Are RVUs in Healthcare RVUs stands for Relative Value Units. RVUs in healthcare are non-monetary units used to quantify the value of medical services. RVUs reflect the relative amount of work, practice expense, and malpractice risk used to deliver different procedures or services. Each service or procedure provided is assigned an RVU

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How to Maximize Reimbursements for Rural Health Clinics

December 26, 2025 No Comments

Key Takeaways to Maximize RHC Reimbursements In 2023, hospitals absorbed $130 billion in Medicare and Medicaid underpayments — a roughly 14% annual increase over 2019.1 And underpayments are one reason providers can benefit from knowing how to maximize reimbursements for rural health clinics (RHCs). Why? Because a higher portion of RHC payments come from public sources compared

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Critical Access Hospital Requirements for Care Centers in Transition

December 22, 2025 No Comments

Critical access hospitals (CAHs) get financial protection and access to government resources to support care in rural areas. Hospitals are only eligible for the CAH designation if they participate in the Medicare program. To earn the CAH designation, facilities also need to meet certain critical access hospital requirements. Criteria include distance, type of facility, staffing,

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Understanding Internet Options for Rural Areas

December 16, 2025 No Comments

Key Takeaways for Internet Options in Rural Areas Access to reliable high-speed Internet is missing from too many rural communities. And that limits access to essential healthcare services, which impacts patient care. It also plays a key role in connecting underserved communities to essential other resources and opportunities. But major Internet service providers (ISPs) are

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