Rural issues
The health system is focusing on four strategic pillars to guide its work: Experience (of patients, employees and others); Education and Research Mission (through learning and innovation); Stewardship (to build healthy communities and public trust); and Operational Excellence (to attain financial…
AHA statement before the House Committee on Ways and Means regarding “Enhancing Access to Care at Home in Rural and Underserved Communities."
In early 2025, the last county in Wyoming without a hospital will lose that unwanted status when a new $73.8 million critical access hospital in Pinedale, dubbed Sublette County Health, is scheduled for completion in March.
Representatives from AHA’s Rural Health Services Committee met in person on February 29-March 1, 2024 in Washington DC, meeting highlights.
A compilation of recent news from the AHA and its Rural Health Services team, whose focus is to ensure that rural hospitals’ and health systems’ unique needs are national priorities.
AHA Market Scan special report explores which companies aim to deliver transformational change in 2024.
The Telling the Hospital Story initiative shines a light on the crucial work of health systems and hospitals that advance community heath through proactive, compassionate and high-quality care.
For the 61 million people who live in rural America, their local hospital provides essential services and programs to advance their health and the health of their communities.
Medicare pays most acute-care hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). Some of these hospitals receive additional support from Medicare to help address potential financial challenges associated with being rural, geographically isolated and low volume.
For the 57 million Americans who live in rural areas, their hospital is the lifeblood of the community.