Building Sustainable Rural Care w/ Brock Slabach

Building Sustainable Rural Care w/ Brock Slabach

From Moving to Value Unscripted by Moving to Value Alliance

December 2, 2025 · 35 min

About this episode

Brock Slabach discusses the challenges and solutions in rural healthcare, emphasizing the importance of value-based care.

Rural healthcare is in crisis, and few people understand the stakes better than the National Rural Health Association’s Brock Slabach . In this episode, Slabach cuts through the noise to explain why many rural hospitals are struggling and where real solutions are taking shape. He breaks down the core pressures facing rural providers — thin margins, stretched workforce, volatile policy — and makes a compelling case for why value-based care isn’t optional anymore. Slabach highlights the programs that are moving the needle, the partnerships that matter and the operational shifts leaders can make now to help their organizations thrive. The conversation also surfaces a bigger truth — rural health isn’t a side issue. It’s a systemwide warning sign. Join us as we pull rural healthcare from the margins into the center of the value based care conversation. ———————————— Find all episodes of Moving to Value Unscripted here⁠⁠ . | Sign up for our email list here . Thank you to our MTVA Trade Members and Ally Members whose support helps make this podcast possible! As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, we rely on support from our grassroots network to advance our mission of creating a value-based health…

People in this episode

Guest: Brock Slabach

Topics covered

  • rural healthcare
  • value-based care
  • healthcare crisis
  • hospital struggles
  • healthcare partnerships
  • operational shifts

Keywords

  • rural healthcare
  • value-based care
  • hospital challenges
  • healthcare solutions
  • Brock Slabach
  • National Rural Health Association
  • healthcare partnerships

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Rural Health Association, Moving to Value Alliance, Moving to Value Unscripted

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