Quick hits: why one doctor loves practicing in rural W.Va.; rural maternal mortality bill; Medicaid hospital payment rule finalized - Entrepreneur Generations

Here's a roundup of stories with rural resonance; if you do or see similar work that should be shared on The Rural Blog, email us at heather.chapman@uky.edu.

Rural residents are less likely to get colon cancer, but those who do are more likely to die from it, according to a newly published study. Read more here.

Proposed legislation would add incentives to bring health care providers and equipment to rural areas and gather better data on rural maternal mortality. Read more here.

Many doctors practice in rural areas because of incentive programs, but one doctor explains why working in rural West Virginia is a labor of love for him. Read more here.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has finalized a rule for cuts to disproportionate-share hospitals, which have higher than usual numbers of Medicaid patients. Read more here.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler said it's not feasible to designate all PFAs as hazardous substances within one year. The agency's current rules for deciding such things takes longer, he said. Also, Wheeler said, some PFAs might not pose an unreasonable risk, and it would be hasty to judge all PFAs as hazardous when there isn't enough scientific data on some of them. Read more here.

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