HaysMed CEO Represents Rural Healthcare at HHS Policy Roundtable

HaysMed President and CEO Edward Herrman participated in a high-level healthcare policy roundtable with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The discussion focused on American healthcare's future, emphasizing rural access, reducing administrative burdens, and leveraging digital health and AI.

Herrman highlighted critical rural healthcare challenges such as transportation, food scarcity, limited post-acute care, and disparities in federal pilot programs. He also raised concerns about Medicare Advantage denials, excessive compliance demands, and funding cuts for preventative outreach, underscoring the need for tailored federal support to sustain rural hospitals acting as community lifelines. Secretary Kennedy requested detailed data on regulatory costs to inform policy reforms, signaling attention to rural healthcare realities in upcoming regulations.