Access to reliable high-speed Internet is missing from too many rural communities. And that limits access to essential healthcare services, which impacts patient care. It also plays a key role in connecting underserved communities to essential other resources and opportunities.…
Understanding Internet Options for Rural Areas Read more
The rural emergency hospital designation gives rural hospitals a way to stay open when inpatient care becomes unprofitable. Instead of running inpatient units, hospitals can shift to a model that relies on emergency and outpatient services. This arrangement provides more…
The Rural Emergency Hospital Designation: What to Know Read more
National Rural Health Day is the third Thursday in November. In 2025, that’s November 20. At Azalea, our mission is to help underserved (aka rural) healthcare providers improve patient care and their profitability. And so we honor and celebrate the National…
Azalea Celebrates National Rural Health Day Read more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) will impact rural healthcare a lot. And by 2030 CMS is mandating that all Medicare users and most Medicaid users be treated on a value-based care model. It’s a perfect storm of pressures…
Webinar: Clinically Integrated Networks and Future Financial Success Read more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) will hurt rural healthcare by hurting rural Medicaid recipients. It’s estimated that the OBBBA Medicaid impact on rural areas will result in up to 2.7 million people losing Medicaid and Affordable Care Act…
OBBBA Medicaid Impact: Strategies for Rural Healthcare Read more
Before Azalea EHR Concern of disruption to billing and services when transitioning to new EHR Reliable claims and revenue cycle management processes Business and billing insights didn’t come directly from the system and was a more manual process With Azalea…
From Old to New EHR without a Hitch Read more
