The 340B Program Guide: A Lifeline For Rural Healthcare What Is The 340B Drug Pricing Program? The federal 340B Program is a drug price control program that allows qualifying providers, generally hospitals, specialty clinics and their associated outpatient facilities serving uninsured and low-income patients in rural communities, to purchase outpatient drugs from manufacturers at discounted […]
The 340B Program Guide Read More »
60 Million people live in rural America. Rural areas have higher rates of chronic diseases and yet have access to fewer primary care physicians and specialists. Azalea Heath is committed to providing rural areas with modern and affordable technology–including, EHR, RCM, telehealth and more. We care, because rural health matters.
Rural Health Matters Read More »
Source: HUFFPOST If you want to watch a rural community die, kill its hospital.After the Lower Oconee Community Hospital shut down in June 2014, other mainstays of the community followed. The bank and the pharmacy in the small town of Glenwood shuttered. Then the only grocery store in all of Wheeler County closed in the middle of August this year.On
Amidst the hectic and ever-changing regulatory environment of healthcare, there has been a greater push for legislation specifically directed at improving health care in rural areas. Several bills were recently introduced by Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) aimed at bolstering healthcare in rural areas by addressing infrastructure, access and quality issues common to communities struggling to meet