100+

Executive-Level Attendees

20+

Speakers

2 Days

of Sessions

Attending Becker's Rural Healthcare Leadership Summit

Transform healthcare with us – start your journey here.

The Rural Healthcare Leadership Summit convenes senior executives from critical access hospitals, rural health systems, and community providers to address the operational, financial, and clinical challenges unique to rural care delivery. Through candid discussions and peer-led sessions, leaders will share practical strategies to stabilize margins, strengthen workforce pipelines, expand access through innovation, and sustain high-quality care in underserved communities.

 

Attendees will leave with actionable insights, proven playbooks, and a stronger network of peers navigating similar pressures, all focused on advancing resilient, patient-centered rural healthcare.

Top reasons to join us

  • Benchmark financial performance and access strategies against rural peers
  • Apply practical playbooks to stabilize margins and optimize reimbursement
  • Tackle workforce challenges with proven recruitment and retention models
  • Expand care access through telehealth, partnerships, and service innovation
  • Build executive connections with leaders navigating similar rural pressures

Industry Leading Speakers

Frank Thomas
Frank Thomas
Hall of Fame Chicago White Sox Player
JJ Hodshire
JJ Hodshire
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hillsdale Hospital
Susan Stacey
Susan Stacey
RN, MBA, FACHE
Chief Executive
Providence Inland Northwest Washington Service Area
Bren Lowe
Bren Lowe
FACHE, MHA, MPH
Chief Executive Officer
McLeod Health Cheraw
Kurt Forsyth
Kurt Forsyth
FACHE
President
Delta & Fillmore Community Hospitals, Intermountain Health
John Henderson
John Henderson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Childress Regional Medical Center; Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals
Eric Price
Eric Price
MBA
Chief Financial Officer
Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital
Amy Hart
Amy Hart
MS-HCA, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Cuyuna Regional Medical Center
Kyle Kramer
Kyle Kramer
FACCA, FAAMA
Chief Executive Officer
Day Kimball Health
Laura Appel
Laura Appel
Executive Vice President
Michigan Health & Hospital Association
Imee Dahl
Imee Dahl
DNP, RN, CENP
Operations and Patient Care Executive
Adventist Health St. Helena
Laura LaPine-Ray
Laura LaPine-Ray
DrPH, MPH
Vice President, Policy & Rural Health
Michigan Health & Hospital Association
Alex Krouse
Alex Krouse
Associate General Counsel
Parkview Health
Gregory Bryant
Gregory Bryant
Chief Information Officer
Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center
William Davis
William Davis
MBA, CLSS
Illinois Region President
Deaconess Illinois
Frank Thomas
Frank Thomas
Hall of Fame Chicago White Sox Player

Join your rural health executive peers to get a glimpse of the discussions happening at rural hospitals and health systems across the country and leave with clear action items to improve your organization.

Partners

Interested in partnering with us as a sponsor at the summit? Reach out to one of the below contacts for options:

Jessica Cole, CEO | jcole@beckershealthcare.com
Ally Warner, SVP, Sales | awarner@beckershealthcare.com