South Dakota Puts Doctors Onboard Ambulances with EMS Telemedicine
Rural residents are 5x more likely than city dwellers to live in an “ambulance desert” where the nearest ambulance station is at least 25...
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Robert Jones
Jan 24 min read
Analyzing the First Wave of REH Conversions
Vulnerable rural providers have been converting to the new Rural Emergency Hospital status at a rate of 1.5 per month throughout 2023,...
Robert Jones
Sep 22, 20232 min read
RHI to Lead $2.5M Study of NC Rural Healthcare
With rural communities facing a crisis in accessible healthcare, lawmakers in North Carolina have committed funds for an independent,...
Dawn Carter
Jun 1, 20232 min read
Are Rural Hospital Designations Doomed?
Congress has been working for years to solve the problem of hospital closures in rural America, and the result is an alphabet soup of...
Robert Jones
Feb 21, 20233 min read
Rural Hospital Communications: 3 Data-Driven Lessons
It’s the economy, stupid. Campaign strategist James Carville coined that dictum in the 1992 presidential campaign, helping Bill Clinton...
Robert Jones
Feb 6, 20232 min read
RHI Data Support State Authorizations for Rural Emergency Hospitals
State lawmakers across the country are debating legislation to authorize Rural Emergency Hospitals, the new federal model launched by...
Robert Jones
Jan 3, 20234 min read
RHI Takes the Guesswork Out of REH Conversions
After years of study and planning, Medicare officially launched its new Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) model on Jan. 1. Experts can...
Robert Jones
Dec 6, 20222 min read
RHI Wins Recognition from the Financial times
At a New York City awards ceremony on Dec. 5, 2022, the Rural Healthcare Initiative was recognized by the Financial Times for...
Robert Jones
Nov 1, 20225 min read
Rural Healthcare Spotlight: Daniels County, Montana
If you looked up “rural county” in the dictionary, you just might find a map of Daniels County, Montana. With 1,661 residents spread...
Dawn Carter
Oct 19, 20223 min read
A 911 Call for Rural Emergency Hospitals?
Within a matter of days, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will issue its Final Rule allowing small, rural hospitals to...
Robert Jones
Sep 20, 20223 min read
Bye-Bye, Bypass
Hospital bypass is a major problem for rural hospitals, with large numbers of patients opting to drive long distances for care that they...
Robert Jones
Aug 30, 20222 min read
Mapping the Trends in Rural Hospital Services
Do rural Americans have sufficient access to healthcare? Plenty of data suggest the answer is “no,” including the headline number that...
Adrianne Cleven
Jul 19, 20223 min read
Rural Emergency Hospitals: The Regulations Come Into Focus
The passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act in late 2020 established a new type of hospital eligible for Medicare and Medicaid...
Joann Anderson
Jun 15, 20223 min read
Here's What Rural Hospital Boards Should be Asking
Rural hospital boards rarely get the credit they deserve – or the training. Board members are typically “pillars of the community” who...
Robert Jones
May 16, 20225 min read
5 Questions with ... Harold Miller
We reported recently on a new study by the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform (CHQPR) that warned of an upcoming financial...
Robert Jones
Apr 21, 20222 min read
Private Payers and the Crisis in Rural Healthcare
The Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform (CHQPR) has published a new study on continuing fallout from the Covid pandemic, and...
Bob Wilson
Mar 31, 20223 min read
Back from Bankruptcy: A Rural Success Story?
There’s no shortage of challenges in rural healthcare these days, but I’m always on the lookout for positive stories and examples that...
Steve Steinbacher
Mar 15, 20222 min read
Case Study: Finding Community Partners to Modernize a Rural Healthcare Facility
Doctors and nurses who practice in rural communities are often driven by an extraordinary sense of mission and connection. But even the...
Robert Jones
Mar 2, 20222 min read
Recruiting Nurses: Mayberry vs Manhattan
Sometimes, the numbers say it all. In this case, the numbers come from our friends at Jarrard Inc – part of their new survey on...
Joann Anderson
Feb 28, 20222 min read
Independence Isn't the Same As Going It Alone
I recently attended a Governance Institute conference, as a board member of Appalachian Regional Healthcare. The conference focused on...
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