What's New

The June Issue of RWHC Eye On Health is now available and Includes: Health Bill 

• Headaches in the Senate
• America’s Nurses Oppose AHCA
• Disagreeing without Being Disagreeable
• Rural Health Networks and Coalitions Toolkit
• Rural Social Isolation & Public Health
• Leadership Insights: “Abe Lincoln-Project Manager”
• 25th Annual $2,500 Monato Essay Prize
• Help Grow Next Generation of Rural Health Leaders
• Upcoming RWHC Leadership Programs
• Eye On Health Cartoons

The May 2017 Issue of the Leadership Insights newsletter "Abraham Lincoln, Project Manager"  by Jo Anne Preston is now available.  Click to view newsletter

From The Tomah (Wisconsin) Journal: “Rural hospital spokesman says health legislation 'would not be a pretty picture' “

The March 2017 Issue of the Leadership Insights newsletter "Change Challenges- PART 2 of 2"  by Jo Anne Preston is now available.  Click to view newsletter

“Finding Order During Chaos: The 2016 Post-Election Rural Perspective” (Video of RWHC Retreat Keynote Address, March 35d, 2017, 1 hr 19 min)

Brock Slabach is Sr. Vice-President, Member Services, National Rural Health Association. He was a rural hospital administrator for more than 21 years. He has been on the board of the National Rural Health Association, the regional policy board of the American Hospital Association, as well as many regional and state boards involving rural health. Brock discussed the 2016 election results and the potential impact of policy changes on health networks and their members. Rural providers of health care are disproportionately dependent on government payers to sustain the services they offer. Policy changes could create chaos. Network leaders should assume a leadership role in assisting their members to create order from the chaos that will translate into action for the communities they serve.

Provider collaboratives: Working together to navigate the changing health care delivery system  "Are provider collaboratives here to stay—or are they just a temporary fad? And what makes them successful? We talked to nine collaboratives to learn more." 

 Deloitte February, 2017

The February 2017 Issue of the Leadership Insights newsletter "Change Challenges- PART 1" by Jo Anne Preston is now available.  Click to view newsletter

25th ANNUAL $2,500 UW RURAL HEALTH PRIZE ­ June 1st Deadline

The Hermes Monato, Jr. Prize of $2,500 is awarded annually for the best rural health paper. It is open to all students of the University of Wisconsin (any campus) as well as those who have graduated since last June 1st.

Students are encouraged to write on a rural health topic for a regular class and then to submit a copy to the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative as an entry by June 1st.

Previous award winners as well as judging criteria and submission information are available at http://www.rwhc.com/Awards/AnnualMonatoEssay.aspx

A Dozen Plus Two Needed Federal Regulatory Relief Actions
The Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative (RWHC) has added two ideas to the original dozen regarding needed federal regulatory relief actions. We look forward to working with the incoming Trump Administration and the Congress to avoid negative consequences of urban-centric regulations and past decisions that limit the ability of rural providers to serve their communities.