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

Obstetric Care Access at Rural and Urban Hospitals in the United States In the United States, access to maternity care in rural counties continues to decline. Last week, JAMA Network published a research article from the FORHP-funded University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center showing that rural counties with no hospital-based obstetric services increased from 54 percent of rural counties in 2014 to almost 59 percent in 2022. The study

  ACA Rollback Will Dramatically Alter Healthcare Landscape In my lifetime, I watched at least two friends die from cancer because they could not afford health care. One woman was 27 years old. The other 54.  They were diagnosed early, in community clinics.  Neither could afford costly chemotherapy. One had health insurance and still could not afford lifesaving cancer treatment.  This was prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Both

Eighth cohort for NRHA’s Rural Hospital CEO Certification Program graduates [Kansas City, Mo.] – National Rural Health Association’s (NRHA) Rural Hospital CEO Certification Program has completed its eighth cohort, which started in November 2023.Leadership makes the difference. Today’s rural hospitals and clinics face tremendous challenges and uncertainty and are closing at an unprecedented rate. One in every three rural hospitals has been identified as “at risk.” According to NRHA CEO