Rural residents are 5x more likely than city dwellers to live in an “ambulance desert” where the nearest ambulance station is at least 25...

Vulnerable rural providers have been converting to the new Rural Emergency Hospital status at a rate of 1.5 per month throughout 2023,...

With rural communities facing a crisis in accessible healthcare, lawmakers in North Carolina have committed funds for an independent,...

Congress has been working for years to solve the problem of hospital closures in rural America, and the result is an alphabet soup of...

It’s the economy, stupid. Campaign strategist James Carville coined that dictum in the 1992 presidential campaign, helping Bill Clinton...

State lawmakers across the country are debating legislation to authorize Rural Emergency Hospitals, the new federal model launched by...

After years of study and planning, Medicare officially launched its new Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) model on Jan. 1. Experts can...

At a New York City awards ceremony on Dec. 5, 2022, the Rural Healthcare Initiative was recognized by the Financial Times for...

If you looked up “rural county” in the dictionary, you just might find a map of Daniels County, Montana. With 1,661 residents spread...

Within a matter of days, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will issue its Final Rule allowing small, rural hospitals to...

Hospital bypass is a major problem for rural hospitals, with large numbers of patients opting to drive long distances for care that they...

Do rural Americans have sufficient access to healthcare? Plenty of data suggest the answer is “no,” including the headline number that...

The passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act in late 2020 established a new type of hospital eligible for Medicare and Medicaid...

Rural hospital boards rarely get the credit they deserve – or the training. Board members are typically “pillars of the community” who...

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...