Nebraska Hospital Association

The 2026 Nebraska Rural Health Conference is now underway! After a great pre-conference session, we kicked off our welcome reception with great live music from Jimmy Weber Music! Thank you to our sponsors Applied Connective Technologies and Emergent Architecture for supporting our reception and entertainment for the evening.

Looking forward to a packed day tomorrow with incredible speakers and presentations! Need to update your headshot tomorrow? Pop over to photographer Rebecca Marie Photo - Lincoln in the lobby from 1:00 to 4:00 PM.

Today marks the 10th annual Hospitals Against Violence Friday, focusing on the importance of coming together as a community against violence. Health care workers are now assaulted more than any profession outside law enforcement. That's not acceptable. And hospitals are committed to changing it, beginning with how to identify and respond to threats before they escalate.

Learn more about prevention strategies as we work to end violence in our communities together: www.aha.org/HAVhope

American Hospital Association

The Nebraska Hospital Association has proudly advocated for the health of Nebraskans for nearly 100 years. NHA's Director of Executive Operations Heather Bullock has been there for a quarter of them. Heather is widely known as the heart of the organization, the institutional memory, our cornerstone.

Thank you, Heather, for 25 amazing years with the NHA!

The NHA Subsidiaries Team works alongside the Nebraska Hospital Association, NHA Services, Bio-Electronics, and other health care organizations to deliver solutions that lower costs, improve efficiency, and support quality patient care. From providing expert biomedical equipment management and health care technology services to connecting hospitals with trusted business partners, top of mind for this team is helping health care providers navigate complex challenges and achieve better outcomes.

If you want to know what a great rural health leader looks like, look no further than Kyle Kellum. As CEO of Melham Medical Center in Broken Bow, he has spent his career proving that a hospital's zip code shouldn’t dictate the quality of its care. Originally from Montana, he started his career helping patients on the clinical side in radiology and has now served in rural health care for more than two decades. Kyle brings that passion to the NHA Board, where he has been a champion for maternal care and a leading voice on the Rural Health Transformation Program.

We are grateful for Kyle's dedication to keeping Nebraska healthy.

The numbers wizards with the NHA Finance Team are always behind the scenes keeping the lights on. They’re the people who get excited about a perfectly balanced spreadsheet and genuinely believe there’s no problem a good Excel formula can’t solve. =HAPPINESS(A1:A10)

Learn more about the NHA mission at 🔗nebraskahospitals.org.