Improving access to rural health care is a top priority for AHA, and its 2024 Rural Advocacy Agenda lays the groundwork to improve the system as a whole. In this conversation, three AHA experts drill down on specific steps needed to help rural health care stay financially sound and ready to serve. LISTEN NOW

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President Trump today announced that Nicole Saphier, M.D., has been nominated to be the next U.S. surgeon general. Saphier is a radiologist and…
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Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., today introduced the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Reauthorization Act, legislation that…
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The AHA April 29 urged House and Senate appropriations committee leaders to fund health care programs that have been successful in improving access to care for…
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Applications are now open for the AHA Rural Hospital Excellence in Innovation Award, which recognizes and shares the accomplishments of rural hospitals that…
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The AHA submitted a statement for the record to the House Ways and Means Committee for its April 28 hearing with health system CEOs.In the statement, the AHA…
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We’re at a watershed moment in health care, which gives us opportunities to strengthen how we serve patients and communities. Health care leaders must help…