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South Dakota Puts Doctors Onboard Ambulances with EMS Telemedicine

Jan 105 min read

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...

Analyzing the First Wave of REH Conversions

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,...

RHI to Lead $2.5M Study of NC Rural Healthcare

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...

Rural Hospital Communications: 3 Data-Driven Lessons

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...

RHI Data Support State Authorizations for Rural Emergency Hospitals

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...

RHI Takes the Guesswork Out of REH Conversions

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...

RHI Wins Recognition from the Financial times

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...

Rural Healthcare Spotlight: Daniels County, Montana

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...

A 911 Call for Rural Emergency Hospitals?

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...

Mapping the Trends in Rural Hospital Services

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...

Rural Emergency Hospitals: The Regulations Come Into Focus

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...

Here's What Rural Hospital Boards Should be Asking

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...

Private Payers and the Crisis in Rural Healthcare

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...

Back from Bankruptcy: A Rural Success Story?

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...

Case Study: Finding Community Partners to Modernize a Rural Healthcare Facility

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...

Recruiting Nurses: Mayberry vs Manhattan

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...

Independence Isn't the Same As Going It Alone

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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