Sign Up Today: Health on the Plains Coffee Hour Featuring Brock Slabach

August 27

Zoom

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Tune in to hear what’s next for rural health!

Grab your coffee and join us for an insightful conversation with Brock Slabach, Chief Operations Officer at the National Rural Health Association, as he shares lessons and insights from decades of rural hospital leadership, national policy work and rural health system development. 

This live, virtual conversation is part of the Health on the Plains Coffee Hour series—an opportunity to hear from national experts and engage in thoughtful dialogue on the future of rural health. Whether you work in health care, policy or community development, this session promises to offer valuable insights and ideas that you can put to use. 

📅 Wednesday, Aug. 27
🕙 10:00–11:00 a.m. CDT
📍Zoom
☕Bring your questions, your coffee, and your curiosity! 

Join the Conversation!

Featured Speaker

Brock Slabach, M.P.H., F.A.C.H.E., Chief Operations Officer, National Rural Health Association  

Brock joined NRHA in 2008. He is NRHAs Chief Operating Officer.   

He was a rural hospital administrator for more than 21 years and has served on the board of the National Rural Health Association and the regional policy board of the American Hospital Association.  

Brock specializes in rural health system development that encompasses population health and the varied payment programs moving rural providers into value-based purchasing models. He serves on the Board of Commissioners of Accreditation Commission for Health Care and Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania Rural Health Redesign Center Organization.   

Brock is the 2015 recipient of the Calico Quality Leadership Award of the National Rural Health Resource Center. He received the American Society of Healthcare Pharmacists  Board of Directors’ Award of Honor for 2018 and the NRHA’s President’s Award in 2023.  

Brock earned a master of public health degree in health administration from the University of Oklahoma and is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. 

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