National Rural Health Association

08/29/2025

Encouraging more young Americans to pursue careers benefits communities and providers. In many cases, this passion begins when high school students are exposed to new experiences — sometimes through summer camps. Read more in Rural Horizons: https://www.ruralhealth.us/blogs/2025/07/summer-camps-inspire-students-to-choose-rural-health-careers

08/28/2025

You have four days left to save hundreds on NRHA’s Rural Health Clinic and Critical Access Hospital Conferences next month in Kansas City. Find out about this and more in NRHA Today: https://nrha_weblink_test.informz.net/informzdataservice/onlineversion/ind/bWFpbGluZ2luc3RhbmNlaWQ9MTIwODQ4Mjkmc3Vic2NyaWJlcmlkPTExNDU2OTY0MjU=

08/27/2025

NRHA recently published the 2025 Compendium of Best Practices in Rural Oral Health in partnership with CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. Learn more about how rural providers are innovating to improve dental care equity: https://www.ruralhealth.us/blogs/2025/08/four-ways-rural-communities-are-improving-oral-health-equity

08/26/2025

Act by Sept. 1 to save hundreds on NRHA’s 23rd Rural Health Clinic Conference and 24th Critical Access Hospital Conference Sept. 23-26 in Kansas City. Don’t miss your chance to attend our fastest-growing events: https://www.ruralhealth.us/events/schedule/critical-access-hospital-conference

08/25/2025

NRHA is now accepting applications for our 2026 Rural Health Fellows Leadership Program, a yearlong training initiative designed to develop a diverse network of rural health leaders from across the country. Learn more and apply soon: https://www.ruralhealth.us/programs/center-for-rural-health-innovation-and-system-redesign/rural-health-fellows-leadership-program

The National Rural Health Association has been serving rural communities by advancing and publicizing issues relating to rural health leadership and seeking to solve rural health care challenges through programmatic efforts and partnerships.

08/22/2025

NRHA is participating in a rural health telephone town hall covering the impact of Medicaid cuts at 8 p.m. CDT Aug. 26 that can be accessed at that time by calling 800-631-4291.

08/19/2025

Join NRHA Chief Policy Officer Carrie Cochran-McClain and a panel of experts for a webinar breaking down OBBBA cuts and policies at 2 p.m. CDT Aug. 27. Learn more and register now: https://medicareadvocacy.org/how-new-health-care-cuts-and-policies-impact-you/

08/18/2025

Join the next cohort of the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program, an FORHP initiative that helps hospitals safeguard essential services and ensure patients can access care in their own community. Learn more and apply by Aug. 20: bit.ly/RHSP-Apply National Rural Health Resource Center

08/15/2025

Agendas are now available for NRHA’s Clinic and Critical Access Hospital Conferences Sept. 23-26 in Kansas City. Don’t miss more than 40 sessions on the rural impact of Medicaid cuts, workforce, how rural hospitals can thrive, and much more: https://www.ruralhealth.us/events/schedule/rural-health-clinic-conference

08/14/2025

This week in NRHA Today: Hospitals can apply, but $50B fund is not a fix; how urban hospitals double-dip Medicare; rural residents running out of places to give birth; how OBBBA will shut down rural hospitals; and more: https://nrha_weblink_test.informz.net/informzdataservice/onlineversion/ind/bWFpbGluZ2luc3RhbmNlaWQ9MTIwNjk4MjMmc3Vic2NyaWJlcmlkPTExNDU2OTY0MjU=

08/13/2025

One day left: Act now before the Aug. 14 deadline for you and your colleagues to submit concurrent sessions for presentation at NRHA's 2026 Annual Rural Health Conference May 19-22 in San Diego: http://bit.ly/3Jm0Zd2r

08/12/2025

There are only two days left until the Aug. 14 deadline for you and your colleagues to submit concurrent sessions for presentation at NRHA's 2026 Annual Conference May 19-22 in San Diego: http://bit.ly/3Jm0Zd2