IRHA is pleased to serve as a voice for the rural residents of Indiana. Our efforts are to advocate. IRHA invites you to join us in spreading the news as it becomes available to us so everyone can make an informed decision.
To help effectively address healthcare issues, the Indiana Rural Health Association, a trusted name in supporting and improving healthcare, provides a number of business partners who can help sustain and grow your operations in these complex times.
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Indiana Healthy Families Alliance is a statewide outreach and enrollment initiative assisting families with information about the health insurance coverage available under Medicaid and CHIP.
Critical Access Hospitals – FLEX coordinates in-person conferences and online educational events.
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Indiana's rural communities rely heavily on agriculture, farming, and natural resources. These industries face risks like weather, farm safety, economic fluctuations, and regulatory burdens, which can lead to mental health stress and crises.
The Healthy Start program was created to combat high infant mortality rates and place Perinatal Navigators in the community to provide confidential screening, support, referrals, treatment, and education for expectant mothers, infants, and families.
The Mission of InSRHN is to create a network of rural providers dedicated to improving their ability to deliver high-quality health care to rural residents.
Indiana Telehealth Network connects healthcare providers with funding from the FCC for high-speed broadband access.
The IRHA tobacco program is available to assist Rural Health Clinics, Critical Access Hospitals, and other healthcare facilities across the state with tobacco prevention and cessation resources as well as education.
Find RHC resources, sample templates, IN RHC directory and RHC FAQs. Check "Events" for RHC training at IRHA conference and programs.
The UMTRC focuses on telehealth programs and technical assistance needs within Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its FY 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule.
The final rule updates Medicare payment policies and rates for acute care hospitals, finalizes a new mandatory joint replacement payment model, modifies various quality and interoperability programs, and finalizes several policies affecting rural providers. CMS projects that acute care hospitals will experience an overall increase of approximately $2.9 billion in FY 2027 hospital payments, including operating and capital payments and the effects of new technology add-on payment changes, changes in uncompensated care payments, and the statutory expiration of the MDH program and the temporary low-volume hospital adjustment on January 1, 2027.
… [ more ]French Lick, Ind. (June 30, 2026) — The Indiana Rural Health Association (IRHA) has named Scott K. Douglas, M.D., Montgomery County Health Officer and retired family physician, recipient of the 2026 Doc Hollywood Award, sponsored by InterSystems, a provider of data management solutions for industries with complex challenges.
… [ more ]April 5, 2024 — Healthy Start Communities that C.A.R.E. (HSCC) partnered with the National Healthy Start Association (NHSA) and received funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to participate in the Food and Nutrition (FAN) program for Better Health Leadership Training Institute.
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