Call for Speakers: 2027 AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference

Are you a rural health care leader with an “on-the-ground" perspective or unique insights, case studies or cutting-edge solutions you’d like to share with your fellow rural care providers? We’re currently accepting proposals from potential speakers for the 40th annual AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, scheduled for January 31 – February 3, 2027.

Share Solutions That Strengthen Rural Health

Don’t miss the chance to share actionable strategies and connect with your peers at the premier gathering of rural health leaders.

Topics of interest include:

• Financial sustainability and affordability
• 340B program compliance and optimization
• Workforce development and upskilling
• Thriving independently and partnering strategically
• Telehealth, remote monitoring and hospital at home
• AI, predictive and agentic technologies
• Care innovation with American Indian, Alaska Native, remote and frontier populations
• Continuum of rural hospital models – prospective payment system, critical access and rural emergency hospitals
• Quality, patient safety and high-reliability care
• Behavioral health, maternal care and specialty access
• Cybersecurity and enterprise risk
• Emergency preparedness, operational and supply chain resilience
• Governance excellence and board engagement
• Community and population health
• Value-based care and alternative payment models

If you’re a rural hospital executive, clinical leader or trustee who wants to share how you’re overcoming challenges, accelerating innovation and transformation, and scaling change, please submit your proposal by Friday, May 29.