The AHA's Advancing Health podcast recently celebrated the end of 2024 by releasing highlights from some of its most popular episodes of the year. The roundup includes a selection from "The Growing Role of Chief Wellness Officers in Health Care" with Jonathan Ripp, M.D., senior associate dean for well-being and resilience and chief wellness officer of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Following that is a selection from "How a Rural Health System Continues to Provide Essential Obstetric Services" with Julie Petersen, CEO of Kittitas Valley Healthcare. LISTEN NOW

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The Department of Health and Human Services Aug. 18 announced that its Administration for Children and Families has added two new peer support programs to the…
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The 2027 AHA Rural Healthcare Leadership Conference will be held Jan. 31-Feb. 3 in Orlando, Fla. Join fellow rural hospital CEOs, senior executives, clinical…
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The AHA Aug. 5 provided comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on the distribution of funding for the Rural Health Transformation…
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A blog by Shannon Wu, AHA director of payment policy, explains why having access to care close to home and the existence of rural hospitals are fundamental…
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Healthcare affordability discussions often focus on premiums, deductibles and drug prices. Those costs matter. But for the more than 46 million Americans who…
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The Health Resources and Services Administration’s Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program has released a report highlighting how three…