HTHU Dashboard Look | Webinars Move to Teams As HomeTown and HTHU continues in its commitment to serve rural healthcare partners through education and training, we want to share about two exciting updates that will impact your learning experience starting in July and throughout the fall. First, the HTHU user experience is getting a visual facelift, which includes some changes …
Rural hospitals have long faced a difficult balancing act: maintaining access to essential care while navigating staffing shortages, increasing reimbursement complexity, and mounting financial pressures. Now, the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) provides a historic opportunity to invest in long-term sustainability. Through RHTP, CMS is distributing $50 billion over five years, including $10 billion annually from 2026 through 2030, to strengthen rural healthcare systems …
Healthcare organizations generate large amounts of clinical and operational data but using that data to drive improvement remains a challenge. This case study shows how a rural hospital, Roane General, utilized an integrated data analytics platform, Constyn, to embed real-time insights into daily workflows. The results: care teams closed more care gaps, prioritized outreach, and improved preventive care, leading to …
Hospitals should ensure they have clear visibility into expected reimbursement, as underpayments often go undetected without a reliable way to validate payer contracts. Many organizations rely on remittance data alone, making it difficult to identify small discrepancies that add up over time. Strengthening revenue integrity starts with aligning contract terms, pricing data, and actual payments. This includes focusing on high-volume …
Sustainable improvement in rural healthcare isn’t about pushing people harder—it’s about building smarter systems that help teams work better every day. ENROLL IN THE WEBINAR The Reality Rural Hospitals Face Every Day Rural hospitals are being asked to do the impossible. Teams are managing workforce shortages, rising costs, tighter reimbursement pressures, aging infrastructure, and growing community expectations—all at the same …
During its tenure, HomeTown Health University (HTHU) has partnered directly with rural health organizations nationwide, as well as rural health advocacy organizations, such as hospital associations and education foundations, state offices of rural health and similar state-affiliated organizations. HTHU’s goal is simple – get training into the hands of rural health professionals through direct subscription, grant programs and strategic partnerships. …
For over 15 years, HomeTown Health & HomeTown Health University have supported State Offices of Rural Health, and similar organizations, in improving quality outcomes through the provision of education and technical assistance to rural hospitals through the SHIP (and Flex!) programs. Our goal – help rural hospitals gain the skills needed to maintain compliance, adopt best practices, meet financial goals, …
Now Available: Artificial Intelligence Practitioner for Rural Health HomeTown is proud to have released the FIRST Certification centered on Artificial Intelligence for Rural Health in July 2025. “Doing nothing is not an option.” says HomeTown Health CEO, Jimmy Lewis. A rural healthcare professional who applies artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to solve real-world problems and ensure the responsible use of AI …
HomeTown & HomeTown Health University, alongside Tyler Wallace, PhD, are excited to announce the release of the AI-PRH, Artificial Intelligence Practitioner in Rural Healthcare certification. This comprehensive, nine-course self-paced curriculum is designed to get you and your team up to speed. It covers the full spectrum of essential topics, including: 🔹 AI Literacy & Foundations 🔹 Advanced Prompting Techniques 🔹 …
Georgia Pathways to CoverageTM (Pathways) is a Medicaid eligibility category in Georgia that launched in July 2023. Pathways seeks to increase access to affordable, quality healthcare coverage, lower the uninsured rate across Georgia, support participating members on their journeys to financial independence, and promote members’ transitions from Medicaid into private coverage. As trusted healthcare providers in Georgia, we are often the …