Cadence Conversations

Designing the next era of rural health

Episode Notes

Join host Eve Cunningham, Chief Medical Officer at Cadence, in conversation with Krista Drobac, one of the most influential architects of modern telehealth and care-in-the-home policy. As the Rural Health Transformation Program enters its first year of funding, the two explore how policy, payment reform, and technology are converging to reshape rural care delivery.

Their conversation focuses on:

• Why outcomes and evidence, not innovation alone, are now the currency of health policy
  How states are approaching Rural Health Transformation funding and what they’re prioritizing first
• The role of coalition-based advocacy in unlocking care-at-home, RPM, and workforce flexibility
• How payment models like ACCESS, APCM, and RHTP must align to avoid siloed innovation and provider burden
• What success looks like over the next decade for rural health systems, clinicians, and patients

Krista Drobac is a partner of Cadence and not compensated for this podcast.

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