Rural Health Association of Tennessee members met with several of Tennessee’s federal Congressmen, Congresswomen, and staffs on Wednesday, February 9th.
Topics of conversation ranged from discussing the 340B drug program, Rural Health Clinic Modernization Act, and the importance of programs such as the National Health Service Corp and the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (R-CORP)
A special thanks to the below individuals for meeting with us:
- Representative David Kustoff (District 8)
- Eliana Goodman (Rep. Kustoff)
- Peter Stein (Rep. Harshbarger, District 1)
- Senator Bill Hagerty
- Natalie McIntyre (Sen. Hagerty)
- Matt Apple (Sen. Hagerty)
- Representative Mark Green (District 7)
- William Turton (Rep. Green)
- Senator Marsha Blackburn
- Christopher Kelly (Sen. Blackburn)
- Lauren Quirk (Sen. Blackburn)
- Jeff Parrish (Sen. Blackburn)
Also thank you to the below individuals for representing RHA of TN members in these meetings.
- Allie Haynes, Rural Health Association of Tennessee
- Ed Mitchell, QHR Health
- Jackie Cavnar, Mental Health America of the MidSouth
- Jacy Warrell, Rural Health Association of Tennessee
- Mark Lynn, Healthcare Business Specialists
- Ruby Kirby, Bolivar/Camden General Hospital
To register for the Tennessee Day on the Hill on March 9th, please fill out the google form here.
Click here for the National Rural Health Association’s 2022 Advocacy agenda.