
Episode #1
Why Rural Hospitals Are Stronger Together
<p>Rural hospitals in this country are being asked to survive on shrinking margins, thinning workforces, and policy written by people who have never set foot in the communities they are deciding for. The Eastern Plains Healthcare Consortium exists because the hospitals of eastern Colorado concluded that competing with one another was a losing strategy.</p><p>In this first episode, EPHC President and CEO Zac D'Argonne and Vice President of Growth and Impact Jimmie Bailey III introduce the show and explain what it is for. They talk through why 2026 has been the hardest year either one has seen in...


