We reported recently on a new study by the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform (CHQPR) that warned of an upcoming financial...

The Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform (CHQPR) has published a new study on continuing fallout from the Covid pandemic, and...

There’s no shortage of challenges in rural healthcare these days, but I’m always on the lookout for positive stories and examples that...

Doctors and nurses who practice in rural communities are often driven by an extraordinary sense of mission and connection. But even the...

Sometimes, the numbers say it all. In this case, the numbers come from our friends at Jarrard Inc – part of their new survey on...

I recently attended a Governance Institute conference, as a board member of Appalachian Regional Healthcare. The conference focused on...

In 1971, Dr. Seuss published The Lorax, an environmental fable about overusing a resource to the point that it disappears. For anyone...

As almost everyone knows, there is an enormous amount of private equity activity in the healthcare industry, with particular focus being...

On Jan. 18, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the availability of $13 million in funding to increase behavioral...

It's National Rural Health Day, and we're making good on our four-part commitment to help publicize the #powerofrural. Our partners have...

What does it take to launch and maintain an effort like National Rural Health Day? Why does the recognition matter and what difference...

A big part of our mission at RHI is to raise awareness of the crisis in rural healthcare – a crisis that too often goes unnoticed in the...

Joann Anderson, the longtime CEO at Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton, NC, is one of the country's most outspoken...

We hear constantly that rural hospital closures are accelerating, and those stories are generally accompanied by plenty of handwringing...

As the founder and CEO of Horizon Professional Services, Ryan Kelly helps to provide leadership to a wide variety of nonprofits and...

Duplication, dead ends, and downtime can needlessly run up the cost of much-needed consulting services. Here’s how RHI avoids that trap...

I have spent forty years in my professional life working with and representing rural community healthcare providers—hospitals and...

“Rural providers should have the same opportunities as their urban counterparts to participate in value-based payment models…” Glad to...

All too often these days, another rural hospital announces its closure. Even more disheartening than losing the blue “H” sign is that...