Rural healthcare is in crisis, and few people understand the stakes better than the National Rural Health Association’s Brock Slabach. In this episode, Slabach cuts through the noise to explain why many rural hospitals are struggling and where real solutions are taking shape.

He breaks down the core pressures facing rural providers — thin margins, stretched workforce, volatile policy — and makes a compelling case for why value-based care isn’t optional anymore. Slabach highlights the programs that are moving the needle, the partnerships that matter and the operational shifts leaders can make now to help their organizations thrive.

The conversation also surfaces a bigger truth — rural health isn’t a side issue. It’s a systemwide warning sign. Join us as we pull rural healthcare from the margins into the center of the value based care conversation.

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