March 21, 2025
Rural Hospital Stabilization Program
The Rural Hospital Stabilization Program (RHSP) is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy and administered by the National Rural Health Resource Center.
RHSP offers assistance to rural hospitals, at no cost to them to help them improve their financial stability by enhancing or expanding health care services that meet community needs. This may include everything from pulmonary rehabilitation to outpatient behavioral health services to expanded primary care and keep care close to home.
The Center’s subject matter experts and a team of nationally recognized consultants familiar with rural hospitals provide:
- Comprehensive financial and operational assessments,
- Education,
- One-on-one coaching,
- Peer-to-peer sharing, and
- Other forms of customized assistance.
Hospitals participating in the cohort style program work to identify clinical areas where the expansion or addition of services would help to ensure that care is available locally, and develop those service lines to bolster patient volume, optimize service utilization and improve cash flow.
Hospitals that meet program expectations and are selected for participation may receive financial support for operating and equipment costs for service line development and a Community Engagement Champion.
Benefits of Participation:
- Improve financial position and increase operational efficiencies
- Enhance stability and sustain access to care,
- Grow services to increase patient volume,
- Align service to community needs,
- Bolster revenue and reduce bypass,
- Enhance community perception of the hospital.
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