Rural Health Policy Institute

Bring the story of your community to Capitol Hill

NRHA’s 35th Rural Health Policy Institute is your chance to guide the future of rural health policy with NRHA leadership and advocate for issues you care about with new and returning members of Congress and the administration Feb. 13-15.

“Now, more than ever before, is our time to convince Congress that rural heath isn’t just a headline,” says NRHA chief policy officer Carrie Cochran-McClain. “Rural health is a movement. It’s time for Capitol Hill to hear your voice.”

You’ll have the chance to:
 

• Develop rapport with your federal elected officials and staff 
• Understand the importance and successes of NRHA’s advocacy
• Learn the new ways NRHA is advancing the association’s priorities 
• Participate in NRHA’s Rural Health Disparities Summit 
• Connect with your Congressional delegation to educate them on rural health policy priorities

We need your voice at our most important rural health advocacy event yet. Let’s put our ideas in motion and speak directly with our elected officials to advocate for legislation and policies that protect rural patients, providers, and their communities.

• icon-agenta Agenda

  2024 Policy Institute Agenda

  • TBA

   

  2023 Policy Institute Agenda

  • Rural Health Policy Institute at-a-glance agenda (updated 02.03.23)
  • Additional materials are available within the app. Download CVENT Events from your app store and search for 'Policy Institute.'

   

  2023 Rural Health Advocacy Materials

  • 2023 NRHA rural health policy requests
  • 2023 NRHA Farm Bill priorities
  • FY 2024 rural health appropriations table
  • 2023 NRHA state rural health advocacy graphics
  • Current Senate committee assignments
  • Current House of Representatives committee assignments
  • 2022 NRHA rural health advocacy report
  • 2022 NRHA rural health advocacy wins
  • NRHA: Who we are and what we do
  • Chartis state-by-state rural hospital data

   

  2023 Policy Institute video presentations

  • Rep. Jodey Arrington
  • Sen. Marsha Blackburn
  • Sen. Tina Smith
  • Rep. Abigail Spanberger
  • Sen. Ron Wyden

• icon-scholarships Scholarships

• icon-field-visits Field Visits

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• icon-exhibitors Exhibitors

  Advertisers, exhibitors, and sponsors

  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 major 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.

• icon-building Accommodations

  Conference hotel

  Hilton Washington D.C. National Mall at the Wharf
  480 L'Enfant Plaza SW
  Washington, D.C. 20024
  (202) 484-1000
  
  The Hilton Washington D.C. National Mall is connected to L’Enfant Metro Station restaurants and shops and one block from The Wharf shopping, dining, and entertainment of district.
  
  
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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.

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.