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California State Rural Health Association

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of rural Californians through advocacy, collaboration and education.

07/29/2026

We're halfway to the CalRHT application deadline, and the Partnership Directory is filling in fast.

If your organization hasn't created a profile yet, this is the week to do it. The directory helps match rural hospitals, clinics, and health organizations with partners who complement their strengths and fill their gaps, and the sooner you're listed, the more time you have to connect before applications open.

Please have just one person per facility submit the profile so the matching stays accurate.

Applications for CalRHT funding close August 14. Two and a half weeks left.

Create your profile: https://vist.ly/5cw9m

07/23/2026

Help is on the way for some of California's most financially strained rural hospitals.

El Centro Regional Medical Center in the Imperial Valley has been awarded an $11 million state grant through the new Distressed Hospital Loan Program, created under Assembly Bill 108. Eleven hospitals competed for the funding, and four were selected to share a $25 million pool. For El Centro, the award arrives at a pivotal moment, giving the hospital room to stabilize its finances and protect emergency and inpatient care for a community with few other options.

Learn more here: bit.ly/4vz6gBp

07/21/2026

Rural hospitals, clinics, and health organizations across California are already building their Partnership Directory profiles, and we want your organization in that mix.

The directory only works if it reflects the full picture of rural health care in California. If you haven't created your profile yet, now is a great time. It takes about 10 minutes and helps CalRHT match you with partners who complement your strengths and fill your gaps.

A reminder: please have just one person per facility submit the profile.

Applications for CalRHT funding close August 14. Every week that passes is a week less to find the right partnership before that deadline.

Create your profile: https://vist.ly/5bz5w

07/16/2026

Training doctors in rural communities is proving to be one of the best ways to keep them there.

In Grass Valley, the first class of the Sierra Nevada Family Medicine Residency Program is finishing training this summer, and both new physicians are choosing to stay and serve the community that trained them. The program, a partnership between Dignity Health Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital and Chapa-De Indian Health, was built on a simple idea: doctors are far more likely to practice where they train. As it welcomes its fourth class of residents, it is becoming a model for closing the provider gap in rural California.

Learn more here: bit.ly/4oGkeih

07/14/2026

The CalRHT webinar was just the beginning. The real work now is building the Partnership Directory, the tool that will match rural hospitals, clinics, and health organizations with the right partners under the California Rural Health Transformation Program.

An empty directory can't make a single match. If your organization serves rural California, take a few minutes this week to create your profile and list the strengths you bring and the gaps you'd like to fill.

Please have only 1️⃣ representative per facility register.

Applications for CalRHT funding close August 14, so the sooner your organization is in the directory, the more time there is to find the right partnerships.

Create your profile: https://vist.ly/5b7ra

07/09/2026

California's new state budget offers a measure of relief for the rural communities that depend most on Medi-Cal.

On June 15, the Legislature approved its 2026-27 budget plan and sent it to Governor Newsom, walking back several of the deepest healthcare cuts that had worried rural providers. The package rejects or delays a number of proposed Medi-Cal reductions, sets aside up to $190 million for another round of forgivable loans to financially distressed hospitals, and adds new funding to strengthen the physician workforce in shortage areas.

Learn more here: bit.ly/4fTwEB4

07/01/2026

New episode of This Is Rural Health: Health Equity Starts in the Community, featuring Carrie Cochran-McClain, Chief Policy Officer at the National Rural Health Association.

Carrie joins us for a view from Capitol Hill, breaking down the federal decisions shaping rural healthcare right now, including Medicaid changes, the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund, workforce shortages, Medicare Advantage, telehealth, AI in healthcare, and pharmacy benefit manager reform.

Listen to the full episode at csrha.org/podcast.

06/25/2026

Healthcare leaders in the Eastern Sierra are working together to protect access to care in one of California’s most remote regions.

Northern Inyo Healthcare District, Southern Inyo Healthcare District, Toiyabe Indian Health Project, Inyo County Health and Human Services, and legislative staff met in Bishop to discuss funding cuts, workforce shortages, supplemental payment uncertainty, and regional solutions.

Leaders also discussed how a shared electronic health record through the Rural Health Transformation Program could help strengthen care coordination across the region.

Get the full scoop here: https://bit.ly/3RET7HS

06/24/2026

Calling California's rural healthcare organizations: a new statewide effort can help you find the right partners before the next round of CalRHT funding opens.

CSRHA, CHA, and CPCA have come together as the Rural Connection Coalition to host a free webinar walking through a newly developed Partnership Pathway Assessment. The tool helps hospitals, FQHCs, clinics, Critical Access Hospitals, and Tribal entities name their strengths, identify their gaps, and connect with potential partners to apply for CalRHT funding together. Join us to see how it works and how to get involved early.

Wednesday, July 1, 2026, 9 to 10 a.m. PT. Free to attend, registration required.

Register here: bit.ly/43KJlqC

06/17/2026

From November 2025 to May 2026, California Poison Control identified dozens of severe amatoxin poisoning cases, including deaths and liver transplants. Rural Northern California and Central Coast communities are among the areas affected.

CDPH warns that toxic mushrooms such as Death Cap and Western Destroying Angel can be deadly, even when mistaken for edible varieties.

Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4v6wQ4j

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Folsom, CA
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