President and HHS Secretary Declare National Emergency for H1N1 Outbreak

National Rural Health Association article reports that in response to the recent H1N1 (swine flu) outbreak, President Obama and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius have officially declared a national state of emergency, which, among other things, will allow critical access hospitals (CAHs) to file a request to CMS that would temporarily waive the daily limit of twenty-five occupied beds for CAHs. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center) Read The Full Story


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