02/04/2026
Please see this special message from Mellie Boagni, CEO, President, and Founder of Arkansas Rural Health Partnership.
Arkansas Rural Health Partnership is intentionally investing in a regional approach to rural healthcare by supporting hospitals, clinics, FQHCs, EMS, and community partners across the state to come together as Regional Health Networks.
This work directly aligns with Arkansas’ Rural Health Transformation Plan, which calls for regional collaboration, integrated delivery systems, shared resources, and locally driven solutions to strengthen access to care, improve health outcomes, stabilize the rural healthcare workforce, and ensure long-term financial sustainability.
By helping rural healthcare organizations move beyond siloed operations and toward coordinated, regionally aligned systems of care, ARHP is supporting the state’s vision to transform how care is delivered in rural Arkansas by meeting communities where they are while building capacity for the future.
Transformation is not a single program or policy. It is sustained, collaborative work. And it happens best when regions lead together.
