Rural Hospital Stabilization Program

RHSP helps rural hospitals across the country improve their financial stability by enhancing or expanding health care services that meet community needs and keep care close to home.

The Rural Hospital Stabilization Program (RHSP) is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy and administered by the National Rural Health Resource Center. RHSP offers assistance to rural hospitals, at no cost to them, to help them improve their financial stability by enhancing or expanding health care services that meet community needs. This may include everything from pulmonary rehabilitation to outpatient behavioral health services to expanded primary care and keep care close to home.

The program’s ultimate goal is to strengthen rural health care delivery nationwide. 

Comprehensive financial and operational assessments, education, one-on-one coaching, peer-to-peer sharing and other forms of customized assistance are provided by The Center’s subject matter experts and a team of nationally recognized consultants familiar with rural hospitals. This approach helps hospital leaders gain the tools and understanding necessary to adopt best practices and evidence-based models and enhance financial performance and operational efficiency.