Skip to search and filter Image Health care needs in Border Communities April 17, 2025 Dr. Derksen cited in ProPublica article discussing impacts of health care professional shortages for small rural community hospitals. Continue Reading the article from ProPublica Image Dr Derksen quoted in article on migrant health care March 27, 2025 In a look at the cost of health care for migrants in Arizona, Dr. Derksen weighs in on the hidden cost of not providing care. Read more Image Green Valley feels national doctor shortage March 21, 2025 According to the University of Arizona’s Center for Rural Health, Arizona is ranked 42nd in the nation when it comes to the number of licensed PCPs per capita. For every 100,000 residents, the state has 80. Even the national number — 94 — is woefully inadequate and is getting worse, experts say. Dr. Derksen quoted in Green Valley News Read more Image Arizona’s public health feels the weight of federal orders March 10, 2025 Dr. Derksen quoted in article on possible funding cuts to federal programs. Derksen said he is very anxious about the Affordable Care Act expiring in December and the talks of the potential cuts to the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), a formula that decides how much the federal government reimburses each state for Medicaid expenditures relative to the average per capita income. Read more Image The University of Arizona College of Nursing Nurse Midwife Program and the Center for Rural Health Team Up to Improve Maternal Health with Labor and Delivery Skills in Rural Arizona Feb. 27, 2025 A Training program was developed through a collaboration between the Arizona Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (AzFLEX) at the Arizona Center for Rural Health (AzCRH) and the Nurse Midwife Program at the College of Nursing at the University of Arizona. In order to improve maternal healthcare skills in rural Arizona, the training builds skills for providers who practice in maternal health deserts and high need areas where distances to labor and delivery services can be many miles away. Read more Image Primary Care Physician Workforce Development Summit Addressed Current Challenges Feb. 7, 2025 Dr. Derksen spoke at Primary Care Physician Workforce Development Summit at the U of A College of Medicine - Phoenix, quoted in article. Read more Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page … 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
Image Health care needs in Border Communities April 17, 2025 Dr. Derksen cited in ProPublica article discussing impacts of health care professional shortages for small rural community hospitals. Continue Reading the article from ProPublica
Image Dr Derksen quoted in article on migrant health care March 27, 2025 In a look at the cost of health care for migrants in Arizona, Dr. Derksen weighs in on the hidden cost of not providing care. Read more
Image Green Valley feels national doctor shortage March 21, 2025 According to the University of Arizona’s Center for Rural Health, Arizona is ranked 42nd in the nation when it comes to the number of licensed PCPs per capita. For every 100,000 residents, the state has 80. Even the national number — 94 — is woefully inadequate and is getting worse, experts say. Dr. Derksen quoted in Green Valley News Read more
Image Arizona’s public health feels the weight of federal orders March 10, 2025 Dr. Derksen quoted in article on possible funding cuts to federal programs. Derksen said he is very anxious about the Affordable Care Act expiring in December and the talks of the potential cuts to the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), a formula that decides how much the federal government reimburses each state for Medicaid expenditures relative to the average per capita income. Read more
Image The University of Arizona College of Nursing Nurse Midwife Program and the Center for Rural Health Team Up to Improve Maternal Health with Labor and Delivery Skills in Rural Arizona Feb. 27, 2025 A Training program was developed through a collaboration between the Arizona Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (AzFLEX) at the Arizona Center for Rural Health (AzCRH) and the Nurse Midwife Program at the College of Nursing at the University of Arizona. In order to improve maternal healthcare skills in rural Arizona, the training builds skills for providers who practice in maternal health deserts and high need areas where distances to labor and delivery services can be many miles away. Read more
Image Primary Care Physician Workforce Development Summit Addressed Current Challenges Feb. 7, 2025 Dr. Derksen spoke at Primary Care Physician Workforce Development Summit at the U of A College of Medicine - Phoenix, quoted in article. Read more
