Certified Rural Health Clinics:  The Office sponsors three meetings per year, the focus this year is on health registries, especially for diabetes and cardiovascular, electronic medical records, telehealth and coding and billing.

Telehealth:  The Office continues to organize stakeholder meetings to create, support and enhance telehealth opportunities in Nebraska.  Focus this year is on the utilization of a telehealth backbone, education in telecommunication models, and integration of health services through this technology, especially with hebavioral health providers.

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• Medicare-Certified RHC Most Recent Meeting Minutes May 2009
• Medicare-Certified RHC Meeting Minutes Februrary 2009
• Health Care Facilities Designated to Serve Underserved Areas or Populations
• Critical Access Hospital Report 2002
• Critical Access Hospital Stories 2002
• Telehealth Resources in Nebraska 2001

Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care:  The Office is working with the Rural Health Advisory Commission to collect best practices and ideas for the creation of integrated training and service delivery models within our state through the state's only health incentive programs.  Contact Marlene Janssen at marlene.janssen@nebraska.gov phone: (402) 471-0778, fax: (402) 471-0180.

The Office of Rural Health works with other stakeholders at a national level to address national, regional and state rural health issues.  Please contact Dennis Berens, Director at dennis.berens@nebraska.gov phone: (402) 471-0142, fax: (402) 471-0180.

The Nebraska Rural Health Association's Annual Conference is co-sponsored by our Office and you may find more information about the Annual Conference at their web site http://www.nebraskaruralhealth.org/ (September 17-18, 2009 in Kearney, Nebraska.