Date: May 20 - May 23, 2025

Rural Hospital Innovation Summit

Location: Atlanta, Ga.

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Rural Hospital Innovation Summit

We'll see you in Atlanta

Join NRHA and hundreds of rural health leaders from across the country down in ATL to help raise the standard for rural health with over 80 innovative, practical, and cost-saving sessions and much more.

NRHA’s 10th Rural Hospital Innovation Summit, 48th Annual Rural Health Conference, and associated events are May 20-23 in Atlanta, Ga.

The nation’s largest gathering of rural health professionals occurs alongside the Summit, where rural hospital professionals find the next level of inspiration and take winning strategies home.

These events are created for anyone with an interest in rural health care, including rural health practitioners, hospital administrators, clinic directors and lay health workers, social workers, state and federal health employees, academics, community members and more.

Who should attend

The summit is designed to gather the country’s top rural hospital leaders and innovators with a simple goal in mind: show how rural hospitals can thrive in today’s rocky health care landscape:

board members
chief executive officers
chief medical officers
chief nursing officers
chief financial officers
chief innovation officers
emerging leaders

Register for NRHA's Atlanta events

Registration will open in January.

For more information email NRHA's registration team or call 816-756-3140.

Student Rate Policy

Student registration is only available to full-time students enrolled in at least 12 concurrent credit hours per semester (or 9 hours for graduate students) of a health-related training program at any level. Individuals with full-time employment are not eligible for student registration. Registrants will be required to provide a class schedule reflecting currently enrolled credit hours and to confirm employment status.

NRHA COVID policy

With your onsite registration, you certify that you are, or will be prior to the conference, fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by one of the three FDA approved vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna, or J&J).

NRHA will adhere to CDC Guidelines on Masking according to their COVID-19 Community Level Tool that determines prevention steps according to threat levels. While masks are always encouraged, they will not be required except when the community threat level as determined by the CDC for the Atlanta metropolitan area is HIGH, or if state/local mandates are imposed at the time of our conference.

NRHA Refund policy

For cancellations received by National Rural Health Association at least 30 days prior to a conference or seminar, a full refund, less a 30% processing fee, will be provided to the registrant.

For cancellations received less than 30 days prior to a conference or seminar, a credit towards attendance at a future conference or seminar will be provided.

No refunds or credits will be provided for no-shows and cancellation notifications received after the conference or seminar is held.

Rural Hospital Innovation Summit agendas

2025 Rural Hospital Innovation Summit agenda (TBA)

Past agendas:

The Rural Hospital Innovation Summit is designed to make the most of your time. Topics often include:

leveraging population health outcomes
frontiers in value-based care
advancing payment innovation
workforce recruitment and retention
models of community coordination
new revenue opportunities

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from the top innovators thriving in rural health care and network with other high-performing leaders at this premier event.

NRHA certificates of attendance will be available at the registration desk. Attendees may use these certificates with third-party organizations or their employer as documentation of having received conference hours of instruction.

Conference Hotel

TBA

Exhibitors, sponsors and advertisers

Don't miss the opportunity to increase your visibility in the rural market by engaging with our audience throughout the year by becoming a vetted NRHA Partner.

NRHA offers sponsorships for all events, providing a valuable opportunity for your organization to gain visibility. These sponsorships, ads and partnerships are great ways to get your company's message in the hands of hundreds of attendees. Remember, one-third of all U.S. hospitals are rural facilities.

Continuing education

By attending NRHA's Rural Hospital Innovation Summit participants may earn up to nine hours ACHE Qualified Education Hours toward initial certification or recertification of the Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) designation. Download the attendance certificate for the most recent Rural Hospital Innovation Summit.

COVID-19 Precautions

NRHA strongly recommends all attendees are fully vaccinated against COVID prior to attending. The CDC has identified the following symptoms of a COVID-19 infection. If you have one or more of these symptoms in the days prior to or during the event, please do not participate.

If you are waiting for COVID-19 test results or have had close contact with a person who has tested positive for or who has COVID-19 symptoms, please stay home unless you receive a negative test result before the event. Also, please report to NRHA if you test positive for COVID after the event such that you may have received and/or spread the virus at the event.

Please review the current guidance and resources for Louisiana. As the COVID-19 virus and its variants are highly contagious, event attendees acknowledge the risk of exposure, assume all such risk, and NRHA shall not be held liable.

Security

Unfortunately, it is becoming more common for association meetings and conventions to be targeted by third-party websites and online scams. NRHA never uses a third party booking service and registration for NRHA conferences is only possible via the online registration links found on our website.

There's even more in store

Don't miss NRHA's expanded 30th Health Equity Conference May 19-20 and 22nd Rural Medical Education Conference occurring immediately beforehand on May 20.

“If you’re interested in actively engaging in transformational work on behalf of rural communities, NRHA’s annual events are where it’s at.” – NRHA member Peggy Wheeler

We are so excited to see everyone in Atlanta this spring.