Please join us for the ruralMED Health Cooperative’s 5th Annual Critical Access Hospital Conference: Rural Health Aligned for a day and a half of interactive breakouts, engaged education, and networking with other CAHs around the state.
LOCATION: Younes Conference Center South, Kearney, NE
DATE: Thursday, April 30th & Friday, May 1st, 2026
REGISTER BY: April 10th, 2026!
Education Credit Hours:
Education hours are available & marked with tags online and symbols within the PDF Agenda.
Education credits available:
- American Academy of Professional Coders – AAPC (Pending Approval)
- American Health Information Management Association – AHIMA (Pending Approval)
- Nebraska Board of Public Accountancy // CPE Hours (Pending Approval)
Additional Information:
Location Information:
Conference Center Address:
Younes Conference Center SOUTH
416 Talmadge St, Kearney, NE, 68845, United States
Registration & Discount Code Instructions:
- After selecting the number of registrations for you and/or your team.
- Click “Register Now”
- A pop-up window will load
- Check the checkbox next to “I have a discount code”
- A text field will populate for you to enter the discount code.
- Click the “Apply” button.
- Double-check that the discount code is applied.
- Fill out the rest of your registration information for yourself/your team.
- Select the Breakout Sessions you and your team would like to attend.
- Click the “Complete Registration” button!
If the embedded registration is causing difficulty, please go to the full registration site: https://events.eventzilla.net/e/ruralmed-health-coops-3rd-annual-cah-conference-rural-health-aligned-2138609635
Hotel Block Information:
Hotel blocks for 4/29 & 4/30 are available at the Fairfield Inn and Comfort Inn.
Call the front desk and ask for the “ruralMED Discounted Block Rate” when booking.
Rooms will be released to general inventory 30 days prior to arrival. Guests can still call in after that cut-off date and get the discounted rate if rooms are still available.
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott – Kearney
510 W Talmadge Rd, Kearney, NE 68845
308-236-4200
Comfort Inn Kearney I-80
118 3rd Ave, Kearney, NE 68847
308-251-3400
Questions & Registration Changes:
If you have any questions or changes to your registration, please contact our team at: [email protected]
Cancellation Policy:
Conference registration cancellations made prior to April 10th, 2026, are subject to a cancellation fee equal to 50% of the registration costs. We are unable to accommodate registration cancellations after April 10th, 2026.
Registration:
Register below or through the official ticket registration site:
Agenda & Breakout Session Schedule:
NOTE: Click on the session title to read the session descriptions.
Our Conference Sponsors:
Ovation Healthcare is partnered with 500+ clients in 47 states from critical access hospitals to large health systems. For over 45 years,
Ovation Healthcare has supported independent healthcare through a portfolio of shared services including leadership advisory, spend management, revenue cycle management, and technology designed to provide scale and efficiency to hospital business operations.
MEDITECH empowers healthcare organizations to expand their vision of what’s possible with Expanse, the intelligent EHR. Expanse provides a future-ready foundation that leverages the power of AI, cloud computing, and advanced interoperability to support world-class care in 29 countries and territories. Infinitely scalable, from the smallest healthcare organizations to some of the largest in the world, our intuitive, personalized solutions boost clinician satisfaction, patient engagement, and organizational efficiency — with powerful analytics capabilities to measure success.
Expand your possibilities.