Positive Rural Health Care Transformation, featuring Brock Slabach

What are the opportunities for positive rural health care transformation within a rapidly changing policy environment? On Aug. 27, KHI hosted the Health on the Plains Coffee Hour with a conversation featuring Brock Slabach, Chief Operations Officer at the National Rural Health Association. The session focused on the challenges and opportunities shaping rural health, drawing on Brock’s decades of experience in rural hospital leadership, national policy work and rural health system development. Brock shared insights on the transformational potential – and potential roadblocks – for the newly created federal Rural Health Transformation Program, emphasizing the importance of collaboration and creativity in driving meaningful rural health improvements.