# Rural Hospitals’ Growth Strategies and the Fight to Preserve Local Access to Care with Jeremiah Hodshire Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/becker-s-healthcare-podcast-484089/rural-hospitals-growth-strategies-and-the-fight-to-preserve-local-access-to-care-with-jeremiah-hodshire Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/becker-s-healthcare-podcast-484089/rural-hospitals-growth-strategies-and-the-fight-to-preserve-local-access-to-care-with-jeremiah-hodshire.md Podcast: [Becker’s Healthcare Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/becker-s-healthcare-podcast-484089) Published: 2026-07-21T03:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcast.show/beckershealthcarepodcast/episode/154434291/ Audio file: https://media.blubrry.com/beckershealthcarepodcast/ins.blubrry.com/beckershealthcarepodcast/BKR_HC_Jeremiah_Hodshire_P_7-20-26_RD1.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/becker-s-healthcare-podcast-484089/episodes/rural-hospitals-growth-strategies-and-the-fight-to-preserve-local-access-to-care-with-jeremiah-hodshire Duration seconds: 1805 ## Resource In this episode, Jeremiah J. Hodshire, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hillsdale Hospital, discusses how rural hospitals can expand specialty services, strengthen community access, and build sustainable growth strategies amid unprecedented healthcare challenges. He shares his perspective on workforce shortages, reimbursement pressures, and the future of independent rural healthcare. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/becker-s-healthcare-podcast-484089/episodes/rural-hospitals-growth-strategies-and-the-fight-to-preserve-local-access-to-care-with-jeremiah-hodshire/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/becker-s-healthcare-podcast-484089/rural-hospitals-growth-strategies-and-the-fight-to-preserve-local-access-to-care-with-jeremiah-hodshire.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.