The National Advisory Committee (NAC) on Rural Health and Human Services advises the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on the provision and financing of health care services in rural areas.
Note: Some of the items included on this page reflect the Committee’s past charge to focus specifically on rural health. Beginning in March of 2003, the Committee expanded its focus to include rural human service issues.
December 6, 2012, Letter on 2012 Policy Briefs
June 26, 2012, Highlights from June 2012 Meeting, Kansas City
June 6, 2012, Highlights of February 2012 Meeting and CMMI Policy Brief
August 29, 2011, Letter on Policy Briefs: Rural Implications of ACA Key Provisions
May 25, 2011, Letter on Committee's 2011 Report to the Secretary
April 7, 2011, Thank you Letter and Highlights of February 2011 Meeting
September 15-17, 2010, Amana, Iowa
July 2010 Letter on the Federal Communications Commission’s National Broadband Plan
June 14-16, 2010, Charleston, South Carolina
May 2010 Letter on the Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act
March 2010 Letter on the CMS Electronic Health Record Incentive Program
February 17-19, 2010, Washington, D.C.
September 9-11, 2009, Sacramento, California
June 9-11, 2009, Rapid City, South Dakota
February 18-20, 2009, Washington, D.C.
February 2009 Letter on ARRA
September 24-26, 2008, Brainerd, Minnesota
June 2-4, 2008, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
February 20-22, 2008, Washington, D.C.
September 12-14, 2007, Madison, Wisconsin
June 10-12, 2007, Fort Collins, Colorado
February 28–March 2, 2007, Washington, D.C.
September 28-30, 2006, Devils Lake, North Dakota
June 11-13, 2006, Camden, Maine
January 29-31, 2006, Washington, D.C.
September 18-20, 2005, Jackson, Wyoming
June 12-14, 2005, Johnson City, Tennessee
March 20-22, 2005, Washington, D.C.
September 12-14, 2004, Tupelo, Mississippi
June 6-8, 2004, Nebraska City, Nebraska
February 22-24, 2004, Washington, D.C.
September 7-9, 2003, Charleston, West Virginia
June 8-10, 2003, Uvalde, Texas
March 2-4, 2003, Washington, D.C.
September 8-10, 2002, Pray, Montana
June 9-11, 2002, Bisbee, Arizona
March 3-5, 2002, Washington, D.C.
June 3-5, 2001, Squaw Valley, California
February 4-6, 2001, Washington, D.C.
September 10-12, 2000, Hazard, Kentucky
June 3-7, 2000, Checoteh, Oklahoma
February 6-9, 2000, Washington, D.C.