Who Attends

Where CEOs, CFOs and operations leaders running rural hospitals and health systems come together

Name: Rural Summit 2027
Start: 2027-04-21
End: 2027-04-22
Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago

An experience for the people leading strategy, managing financial performance and navigating workforce and access challenges within a rural hospital or health system.

If that’s your work, this is your room.

Who Attends

Built for health system leaders. Specifically, these ones.

Attendees and speakers are overwhelmingly rural hospital and health system leaders, not vendors passing through. All are top decision-makers within their organizations, accountable for keeping their hospitals financially and operationally sound.

Executive Leadership & Strategy

The leaders shaping financial strategy, governance and organizational direction at critical access hospitals and rural health systems.

Chief Executive Officer
President
Chief Medical Officer
Chief Strategy Officer
Chief Population Health Officer
VP / Director, Rural Health
VP / Director, Policy & Government Relations
VP / Director, Strategic Planning
VP / Director, Community & External Affairs
Market President
System Vice President, Rural Operations

Operations & Finance

Executives leading financial performance, day-to-day operations and the workforce and access strategy that keeps rural care running.

Chief Financial Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Nursing Officer
VP / Director, Revenue Cycle
VP / Director, Patient Access
VP / Director, Finance
VP / Director, Managed Care & Payer Relations
VP / Director, Clinical Operations

Where They Come From

100+ rural hospitals and health systems in the room

The mix reflects how decisions are made across systems of different scale and structure.

...and dozens more.

April 21–22, 2027 · Hyatt Regency Chicago

If that's your work, Becker's is the place for you.

Join the rural hospital and health system leaders shaping how strategy, financial performance, workforce and access move forward.