State of Rural

Rural healthcare in Oregon is heading into its most consequential three years in a generation — federal money flowing out, transformation money flowing in, and every deadline landing on the same small towns. State of Rural is your weekly guide to what it all means. Every week, health strategist Ari Powell rounds up the news that actually matters for rural health in Oregon, reports what she's seeing on the road in the communities doing the work, and gives you her honest take on where it's all headed. Most weeks it's just Ari; every so often, a longer conversation with someone worth hearing from — a hospital CEO, a clinic director, a policymaker, or somebody on the front lines. Ari is founder of Powell Strategy Group, a healthcare strategy firm in Bend, and leads Global Health Leaders. Her current work takes her all over the state supporting rural health strategy across Oregon. The views on this show are Ari's alone and don't represent the Oregon Health Authority, OHSU, the Oregon Office of Rural Health, or CMS. Links and sources for every episode: email ari@powellstrategygroup.com to join the weekly rundown.

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  State of Rural

  Welcome to State of Rural

  Sep 8, 20267 minS1

  <p>"The difference between us was geography." Ari opens with the story that started her career — a summer working in a Mexican orphanage, two kids with the same illness, and two very different outcomes — and why that same line runs right through Oregon, between getting sick in Portland and getting sick in Prairie City.<br/><br/>Then: what this show is, why it's starting now, and what you get every week in twenty-something minutes — the news that matters for rural health in Oregon, what Ari's seeing on the road, and her honest take.<br/><br/>Why now? A year ago Congre...

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  Episode #1

  The Map: Who Lives in Rural Oregon — and Who Takes Care of Them

  Sep 8, 202613 minS1

  <p>Here's a fact that surprises even people who live here: Oregon is roughly 86% rural by geography, but only about a third of us — 1.4 million people — live in that part of the map. If rural Oregon were its own state, it would have more people than ten actual states.<br/><br/>This week, a tour of the system those 1.4 million Oregonians depend on — consider it the map we'll use for every episode that follows:<br/><br/>— What "rural" and "frontier" actually mean in Oregon, and why the definition decides who gets money<br/><br/>— The four pillars: 35 rural hospitals (most of them cr...

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  Money Out, Money In: HR1 and the 24-Month Calendar Every Rural Leader Needs on the Wall

  Sep 8, 202619 minS1

  <p>Here's a number to sit with: over the next five years, Oregon stands to receive about $1 billion in new federal money for rural health — and over roughly the same period, the state is projected to lose about $15 billion in federal funding for health coverage, food benefits, and more. One dollar coming in for every fifteen going out. Both numbers come from the same law.<br/><br/>This week, the whole timeline — what it means if you run a hospital, a clinic, or a county health department in rural Oregon, and what to do about it right now:<br/><br/>— HR1 in...

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