2027 Rural Health Association of Arkansas Annual Summit
The 2027 RHAA Annual Summit is a statewide rural-health policy and professional gathering scheduled for February 24–26, 2027, at the North Little Rock Event Center. Organized around policy, advocacy, healthcare access, and professional connections, the 2027 meeting also includes joint programming with the Arkansas Community Health Worker Association (ARCHWA).
Format and schedule
The three-day program has a collaborative structure: February 24 is designated for ARCHWA activities, February 25 for joint RHAA–ARCHWA activities, and February 26 for RHAA activities through noon. The venue is the North Little Rock Event Center, 120 Main Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas.
What the summit focuses on
The summit is intended to bring state and national policy leaders together with people working in rural healthcare. RHAA describes the program as addressing legislative and regulatory issues affecting rural providers and facilities, with attention to emerging policy, innovative approaches, advocacy strategies, healthcare access, and equity in rural communities.
Who it brings together
The event is particularly relevant to rural healthcare providers and facility leaders, community health workers, policymakers, advocates, and other rural-health professionals. Networking is a significant component: RHAA specifically highlights opportunities to connect with lawmakers, peers, and thought leaders, while the joint programming adds the community-health-worker perspective represented by ARCHWA.
Why the 2027 summit stands out
The joint format builds on policy themes prominent at the 2026 summit, which covered the changing federal policy environment, rural-health transformation, healthcare financing, physician workforce development, community health workers, and technology such as AI. The 2027 partnership with ARCHWA makes the gathering notable for connecting high-level rural-health policy discussions with the community-based workforce implementing healthcare access on the ground.
Registration status
RHAA’s current event page identifies the dates and venue but indicates that general and vendor registration details are still forthcoming. The Rural Health Information Hub independently lists the summit for February 24–26 in North Little Rock, confirming RHAA as the sponsoring organization.