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AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference Provides Practical Solutions, Meaningful Perspectives and Proven Approaches to Strengthen Rural Health

The 39th Annual AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference will be held Feb. 8-11 in San Antonio, Texas. The conference brings together senior executives, physician leaders, trustees and nurse executives from the nation's leading rural hospitals and health systems to share actionable strategies and resources aimed at improving access to care, leveraging unique workforce approaches and implementing digital technologies.
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Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Legislative Outlook and Health Care Advocacy with AHA Executive Vice President Stacey Hughes

In this Leadership Dialogue, I welcome back Stacey Hughes, AHA executive vice president of government relations and public policy.
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Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Legal Advocacy to Protect Hospitals With AHA General Counsel Chad Golder

Chad Golder, general counsel at the AHA, recently joined me on the Leadership Dialogue for a conversation on our current legal environment, what the AHA is doing on behalf of members, and what hospital and health system leaders can do to help.
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Chair File: Connecting, Learning and Collaborating to Advance Health in America

Communication. Teamwork. Unity. That’s what helps drive health care innovation, accelerates health equity, improves health outcomes and advances health in our communities.
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AHA’s Hughes discusses advocacy priorities, political landscape on Capitol Hill

Stacey Hughes, AHA's executive vice president for government relations and public policy, discussed at the 2025 AHA Annual Membership Meeting key issues being considered on Capitol Hill that would impact hospitals and health systems.
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Chair File: Leadership Dialogue — Importance of Advocacy and Storytelling in Rural Health with Lori Wightman, R.N., CEO of Bothwell Regional Health Center

In this Leadership Dialogue, I’m joined by Lori Wightman, R.N., CEO of Bothwell Regional Health Center, in Sedalia, Mo. Lori and I discuss working in a “family atmosphere” unique to a rural hospital and navigating the same pressures that face urban hospitals.
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Sens. Slotkin, Gallego discuss Medicaid, need to share personal stories as part of advocacy efforts

Freshman Sens. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., May 6 joined former CNN correspondent Frank Sesno at the 2025 AHA Annual Membership Meeting to discuss their first terms in the U.S. Senate, what they hope to see in American health care, and what hospitals, health systems and hospital associations can do to help protect Medicaid.
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Rural leadership conference day one roundup 

Over 1,200 rural leaders are gathered at the AHA 2025 Rural Health Care Leadership Conference in San Antonio this week. Discussions about challenges and opportunities facing the field range from hospital leadership to grassroots advocacy. 
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Washington update panel discusses legislative priorities for rural health care

AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack joined AHA’s Chad Golder, senior vice president and general counsel, Travis Robey, vice president of political affairs, and Shannon Wu, director of payment policy, for a discussion on the ever-shifting landscape of health care affairs on Capitol Hill.