Congratulations to the following WHA member facilities for receiving the 2025 Performance Leadership Award in Outcomes from Chartis: CommonSpirit Mercy Hospital, Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center, Mt. San Rafael Hospital, Rio Grande Hospital, UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center, Vail Health, and Valley View.
Community Hospital is pleased to announce Glenn Williams, MBA as the new Chief Financial Officer. Glenn is a seasoned healthcare finance and operations executive with more than 23 years of experience in military and corporate leadership.
At its Nov. 18 meeting, the Upper San Juan Health Service District Board of Directors, which oversees Pagosa Springs Medical Center, took multiple steps toward having a location for emergency medical services (EMS) on the east side of Pagosa Springs.
Officials with the Colorado Rural Health Center visited Cortez on Thursday for National Rural Health Day at Southwest Memorial Hospital.
Vail Health’s continued support demonstrates its ongoing commitment to collaboration with the school district as the educational funding gap has faced numerous challenges over the years at both the state and federal levels. The funding has empowered local educators as they work to provide an innovative curriculum for every student, regardless of socio-economic background.
The lack of affordable housing wasn’t just a personal issue for employees and families, but it threatened the hospital’s ability to maintain services, including critical Level 3 trauma care, maternity services, and specialty care that rural areas are often in danger of losing.
“People would apply for jobs, then they’d tell us, ‘I’m not going to interview because I looked at housing, and there’s nothing for me to even rent,'” Soniya Fidler, president of Yampa Valley Medical Center, told UC Health.
Quality mental health care can be difficult to come by, particularly in mountain communities. This 28-bed healing center is providing a much-needed solution as the first such facility in the Vail Valley.
Aspire Rural Health System Foundation is proud to announce the receipt of an additional $50,000 donation from the Mary E. Kerbyson and Nancy (Kerbyson) Olson Memorial Scholarship Fund. This generous gift strengthens a long-standing legacy of supporting Aspire employees pursuing careers in nursing and advanced nursing education.
Grand Junction, CO, November 20, 2025 – In a major validation of the grassroots fight against pharmaceutical industry price gouging, Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company has partnered with CCA Rx, the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) governed by rural healthcare providers through Community Care Alliance (CCA). This strategic alliance arms rural America with the same cost-saving weapons that Cuban has championed nationwide—and the results are already proving transformative.
Montrose Regional Health held a grand opening for the new Francie Smiles Infusion Center, expanding its cancer treatment services. The extension of the facility’s oncology services adds five new infusion chairs.