NRHA's Rural Health Voices blog offers informed commentary on the latest news in rural health care from NRHA staff and editorials from selected contributors.

NRHA Statement Regarding Congressional Appropriations for Rural Health in the March 8 Spending Package

NRHA enthusiastically commends lawmakers in both chambers of Congress for reaching a bicameral, bipartisan agreement that will address many critical priorities for rural health. In recent years, rural health systems have encountered some of the toughest challenges they have ever faced. More than 160 rural hospitals have closed, and over 50 percent of rural hospitals are currently operating in the red. These problems are coupled with historic workforce shortages that have compounded...

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Shape the future of rural health: 2024 provider compensation survey

In 2023, NRHA partnered with Stroudwater Associates and the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health to conduct the first-ever rural provider compensation survey. More than 6,000 rural providers lent their voices to create a comprehensive picture of the compensation landscape in rural health care.

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Thinking differently: Staffing and retaining your surgeons and anesthesiologists

A number of factors are driving doctors out of the medical field, and our country’s health care system is at a crossroads. Health care leaders can do two important things to ensure physicians working in critical roles such as surgeons and anesthesiologists stay in the profession and continue providing patients with the care they deserve.

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