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House Democrats Introduce HEA Legislation
Advocates Visit Washington for COM Day on Capitol Hill
AACOM and the AOA Comment on HRSA Rural Access to Health Care Services RFI
FY20 Primary Care Training and Enhancement: Residency Training in Primary Care Program Now Open
Administration Issues Executive Orders on Federal Agency Guidance Documents and Spending
ED Formally Announces Reorganization of FSA Office
Representative Timmons Learns About Mission Inspiring VCOM

UNECOM Receives SAMHSA Grant to Address Opioid Treatment Gap
CCOM Students Discuss Health Care with U.S. Representative Casten
ICOM Students Accepted into NHSC Scholarship Program
UP-KYCOM Receives Grant to Offer NARCAN Training
October 21 – 27 is National Addiction Treatment Week
Apply for the Community Convening Around Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Engagement Award
HHS/CMS Issue Brief on Maternal Health Care in Rural Communities
October 22, 2019 Washington Insider

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