RWHC News & Updates

Playing Catch - August 2025

posted on 8/1/2025 9:58:00 AM

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS: Imagine sitting at your local park in your lawn chair, relaxed and enjoying a summer breeze as the warm sun lands gently on your cheeks. You turn to see a familiar neighbor boy playing catch nearby and, to encourage you to play,...

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2025 Annual Monato Essay Prize Awarded

posted on 7/28/2025 9:07:00 AM

RWHC’s 33rd Annual $2,500 Monato Rural Health Essay Prize has been awarded to Nicholas VanDerwerker for his essay, “Challenges Faced by Rural Hospitals.”

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RWHC Eye On Health - Special Summer Edition 2025

posted on 7/24/2025 9:04:00 AM

This Edition includes: Nation’s Hospitals Brace for Deep Cuts, U.S. Upcoming Caregiving Emergency, Link Between Housing Costs & Medical Care, Four Leadership Steps to Rebuilding Trust, Leadership Insights: “Playing Catch”, "So Many Options: Wiscon...

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Refueling Lessons Learned from Waterfalls - July 2025

posted on 7/24/2025 8:58:00 AM

REFUELING YOUR HEART: Over the years of writing this blog, I have established that many of us in the caregiving and the healthcare professions are at risk for burnout. We give and give and give some more. Sometimes it can feel like there is no more...

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RWHC Eye On Health - August 2025

posted on 7/14/2025 1:11:00 PM

This EOH issue includes: “As You Do to the Least, You Do to Me”, Big Beautiful Medicaid Cuts, Whom Does Our Health Care System Serve?, “Wisconsin Patients And Hospitals Stuck In The Middle”, How AI Controls Health Insurance Coverage, Wisconsin Be...

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Eating Humble Pie - June 2025

posted on 7/1/2025 10:46:00 AM

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS: I love pie! I rarely turn down the chance to enjoy a slice…There’s only one pie I had to develop a taste for – humble pie. Do you have a taste for it as well?

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Jeremy Levin joins a discussion today with U.S. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

posted on 6/25/2025 3:12:00 PM

Jeremy Levin, RWHC’s Director of Advocacy, was honored to join a discussion today with U.S. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., representing rural health at the national level!

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RWHC Eye On Health - July 2025

posted on 6/11/2025 9:50:00 AM

This July issue includes: Medicaid & ACA Cuts Hit All of Us, Medicaid Cuts Impact on Rural Hospitals, NRHA re President’s 2026 Budget Request, Why Pregnant Women Need Covid Boosters, UW Med School Accelerated Option, Leadership Insights: “Ships Tha...

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Just Be - June 2025

posted on 6/9/2025 8:53:00 AM

Refueling Your Heart: Taking time to “just be” is a challenge for many people I know. Truth is, it has been a lifelong journey for me. I have struggled big time with the concept. I get so busy doing that I often lose track of the balance needed be...

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“Rural Health: Taking the Long View” by Tim Size

posted on 6/5/2025 2:39:00 PM

Presentation for the Rural Health Conference, Wisconsin Dells, June 5, 2025

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Ships That Sail - Stewardship - June 2025

posted on 6/2/2025 2:29:00 PM

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS: Since April we’ve sailed the seas with two ships of our leadership fleet – Mentorship and Relationship. How’s your sailing going? Who on your crew has now been mentored…and is now mentoring others? What relationships among...

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RWHC Eye On Health - June 2025

posted on 5/19/2025 5:52:00 AM

The June EOH Issue includes: This issue includes: Should the Puzzle Pieces Fit, In Memoriam: Harold Brown, Cut Medicaid & You Cut Rural Health, “10 Things to Know re Rural Hospitals”, Strategies for “Ambulance Deserts”, “Rural Housing–Challeng...

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Mayday Mayday Mayday - Sending Out a Distress Signal - May 2025

posted on 5/2/2025 5:41:00 AM

REFUELING YOUR HEART: Typically, as May Day, May 1st approaches, we think about the international workers’ day that honors workers and the labor movement. May Day is celebrated by many countries around the world. Personally, May Day represents sp...

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Ships That Sail - Relationship - May 2025

posted on 5/2/2025 5:32:00 AM

LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS: Have you ever been sailing? Sailing a boat requires a great degree of trust in your intuition to steer—paying close attention to changes in the wind, knowing how to adapt and adjust (sometimes suddenly) and when to let go of co...

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