Save Rural Healthcare!

Rural Health Partners-we need your help to protect rural health in Colorado!

Congress is currently debating a complete elimination of State Office of Rural Health (SORH), the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility program (FLEX) and Small Rural Hospital Improvement program (SHIP)and other programs from HRSA that benefit rural health. These programs are essential to providing improvement, support and technical assistance that is imperative to our rural communities.

The elimination of these programs will upend rural healthcare programs that are proven to help prevent rural hospital closures and threats to rural access to care.  Please add your name below and join us in protecting the health of rural Colorado.

The Colorado Rural Health Center (CRHC) serves as the nonprofit State Office of Rural Health and Rural Health Association in Colorado, representing all 47 rural and frontier counties including 42 rural hospitals and over 100 rural clinics, representing 716,000 people and 77% of the landmass in Colorado. Last year alone, CRHC provided over 14,000 touchpoints of technical assistance to rural Colorado hospitals and clinics totaling nearly $1.4 million in support directly to rural healthcare facilities and invested $5.1 million dollars into rural communities with only 19 staff members.

For more information on how the State Office of Rural Health (SORH), the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility program (FLEX), and the Small Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) grants are essential to rural Colorado, click here.