Featured NRHA Partners
Rural Hospitals & Health Systems
Since 2010, nearly 170 rural hospitals have shuttered their doors or discontinued inpatient services. Nationally, 50% of rural hospitals are operating with negative margins and therefore vulnerable to closure. When a rural hospital closes, not only does the community lose access to vital health care, but a major employer and community lynchpin ends, affecting the larger community. Investing in a strong rural health infrastructure is critical to the future of rural areas. We encourage you to utilize the following advocacy materials and external resources when you are advocating for rural hospitals and infrastructure!
- Bridging the gap: A policy framework for sustainable community paramedicine in rural America
- Preserving rural health care: the impact of site-neutral payments
- Rural track program funding: An erosion in definitions of rural places requires new action
- Rural Emergency Hospital conversion: critical factors for EMS support
- 'Tweener' Hospital Crisis
- Volume to Value Transition for Rural Health Systems
- Rural Hospital CEO Turnover
- Demonstrations and Pilots: Rural Centric Transformation
- EMS Services in Rural America: Challenges and Opportunities
- Impact of Swing Beds
- Responsive Rural Health Delivery System
- Rural Hospital Participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program
- Letter to Congress on Medicaid Payment to REHs
- CY 2025 Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule
- CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule
- Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
- Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System
- Letter to CMS on Medicaid Payment to REHs
- Medicare Advantage Request for Information
- Rural Emergency Hospital Conditions of Participation Proposed Rule
- Rural Emergency Hospital Conditions of Participation (member comment template)
- Letter to HRSA on REHs and National Health Service Corps
- Letter to CMMI on ACO Transformation Track Status
- Letter to Congress on CAH Stability
- HHS Request for Information on Primary Care
- Summary of Rural ACO Roundtable with CMS
- NTIA Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act implementation Request for Information
- Guidance for hospital co-location with other hospitals or healthcare facilities