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CHC Podcast Episode 5: A Strategic Approach to IT

In this episode, Brian Doerr, SVP Information Technology & Security and Privacy Officer shares why technology is paramount for community hospitals. He discusses affordable IT solutions and how a strategic...


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CHC Podcast Episode 3: Maintaining Supply Chain Resilience

In this episode, Jon Pruitt, Senior Vice President of CHC Supply Trust, discusses factors that cause supply chain disruption and what steps community hospitals can take to improve supply chain...


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CHC Podcast Episode 2: Rural Hospital Development and Growth During Turbulent Times

In this episode, Tammie Hulett, CEO of Valencia County Hospital, and Jim Kendrick, President and CEO of CHC, sit down to discuss efforts toward opening Valencia County Hospital in Los...


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A Practical Outlook for Rural and Community Hospitals in 2026

As we begin 2026, rural and community hospitals are operating in an environment where uncertainty isn’t a temporary disruption, it’s a planning condition. From CHC’s perspective working alongside hospitals nationwide,...


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CHC Podcast Episode 1: 2026 State of the Healthcare Industry

Jim Kendrick, President and CEO of Community Hospital Corporation and Texas Hospital Association Board Chair, and Ken Gordon, CHC’s Board Chair, discuss the current political climate and state of the...


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2026 Outlook for Rural and Community Hospitals

Jim Kendrick, President and CEO of Community Hospital Corporation (CHC), for a virtual conversation with three distinguished hospital leaders: Justin Doss, CEO of Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas; Joe Theine, CEO of Southwest Health System in Colorado; and Frank Corcoran, CEO of Lane Regional Medical Center in Louisiana. Representing hospitals of varying sizes and markets, these executives share how they are addressing the challenges and opportunities ahead for community healthcare. Discussion topics include reimbursement and policy shifts, workforce innovations, and emerging models of care that strengthen local access and performance. Gain practical perspectives from CEOs leading transformation in their communities and shaping what’s next for rural and community hospitals nationwide.


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Executive Insight – CHC’S Jim Kendrick Shares Insights on Rural Healthcare Challenges

Medicaid cutbacks are the latest challenge facing rural hospitals, many of which are struggling with other headwinds in providing quality care. Jim Kendrick, president and CEO of Community Hospital Corporation,...


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Supreme Court to decide rural telecom connectivity fate

by Whittney Walker,VP of Telecom Services, Community Hospital Corporation

care access in rural areas could be severely disrupted if a Supreme Court case on a vital government-subsidized broadband services program...


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$1 in Medicaid cuts costs rural areas $5: community hospital CEO

As published in Modern Healthcare, by Alex Kacik, May 21, 2025.

Community Hospital Corp. President and CEO Jim Kendrick and other rural health executives took to Capitol Hill to...


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Advanced Practice Providers Bridge Rural Healthcare Access Gap

An ongoing critical shortage of physicians in America’s rural areas requires innovative strategies to meet the healthcare needs of millions of individuals in these communities.

Although 20 percent of the...


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