Agenda
Rural hospital and health system leaders overseeing finance, operations and strategy come together to compare what is in motion, where they are investing next and how they are navigating change across their organizations.
Session capacity keeps this event intentionally small, so rural leaders spend as much time talking as listening.
Focus Areas
Led by rural hospital CEOs, CFOs and operations leaders, these sessions focus on how organizations are prioritizing investment, navigating margin pressure and making decisions across finance, workforce and partnerships. Leaders move between conversations based on organizational priorities, rather than following a fixed path.
For CEOs and CFOs governing financial strategy, capital investment and the decisions that determine whether a rural hospital stays open.
Sample topics: Financial Sustainability · Capital Planning · Board Governance · Rural Health Transformation Fund
For workforce and operations leaders solving recruitment, retention and the technology decisions that keep rural care accessible.
Sample topics: Talent Pipelines, Telehealth, Staffing Models, Digital Tools
For leaders evaluating affiliations, M&A and the quality and access strategies shaping rural care's next chapter.
Sample topics: Affiliations & M&A, Quality Metrics, Patient Access, Care Redesign
Agenda
Search sessions by day, speaker, or topic to explore the full range of conversations across the conference.
SELECT DAY
Wednesday, April 21
April 21-22, 2027 - Hyatt Regency Chicago
Every spring, the executives keeping rural hospitals open spend two days comparing notes, pressure-testing ideas and deciding what comes next at Becker's Rural Health Summit.
