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Robert Jones
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Dr. Seuss and the Rural Nursing Shortage
In 1971, Dr. Seuss published The Lorax, an environmental fable about overusing a resource to the point that it disappears. For anyone...


Terry Carden
Feb 3, 20222 min read
Brief/Case: Competing with Private Equity in Physician Alignment
As almost everyone knows, there is an enormous amount of private equity activity in the healthcare industry, with particular focus being...


Hannah Cross
Jan 24, 20222 min read
Funding Opportunity for Behavioral Healthcare in Rural Communities
On Jan. 18, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the availability of $13 million in funding to increase behavioral...


Robert Jones
Nov 18, 20212 min read
Saying "Thanks" to Rural Health Leaders
It's National Rural Health Day, and we're making good on our four-part commitment to help publicize the #powerofrural. Our partners have...


Robert Jones
Oct 29, 20215 min read
5 Questions with ... Teryl Eisinger
What does it take to launch and maintain an effort like National Rural Health Day? Why does the recognition matter and what difference...

Robert Jones
Oct 21, 20211 min read
Our 4 Commitments to National Rural Health Day
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...


Robert Jones
Oct 19, 20216 min read
5 Questions with ... Joann Anderson
Joann Anderson, the longtime CEO at Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton, NC, is one of the country's most outspoken...


Robert Jones
Sep 20, 20212 min read
Study: Rural Hospital Closures Affect Mortality Rates
We hear constantly that rural hospital closures are accelerating, and those stories are generally accompanied by plenty of handwringing...


Robert Jones
Sep 8, 20215 min read
5 Questions with ... Ryan Kelly
As the founder and CEO of Horizon Professional Services, Ryan Kelly helps to provide leadership to a wide variety of nonprofits and...


Dawn Carter
Sep 2, 20213 min read
Our 3D Approach to Cost Savings
Duplication, dead ends, and downtime can needlessly run up the cost of much-needed consulting services. Here’s how RHI avoids that trap...


Bob Wilson
Jun 21, 20212 min read
Putting Our Burden into Action
I have spent forty years in my professional life working with and representing rural community healthcare providers—hospitals and...


Bob Wilson
Jun 15, 20211 min read
BRIEFED: Washington Eyes Fix for Rural ACO's
“Rural providers should have the same opportunities as their urban counterparts to participate in value-based payment models…” Glad to...

Dawn Carter
Jun 4, 20213 min read
Saving Rural Healthcare Access: Three Core Recommendations
All too often these days, another rural hospital announces its closure. Even more disheartening than losing the blue “H” sign is that...
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