The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced the 2024 Rural Health Hackathon, a series of in-person, collaborative sessions designed to generate and construct creative and actionable ideas to address rural health challenges. CMMI will bring together rural health community care providers, community organizations, industry and tech entrepreneurs, funders, policy experts, and beneficiaries to leverage the wisdom and experience of the crowd.

Hackathon attendees will generate, solution-oriented, new ideas to address some of the top challenges impacting health care in rural health settings and drive action to improve clinical outcomes, increase access, and better care experience for both patients and providers in rural communities. A report of top ideas generated during the Hackathon will be circulated following the events.

Interested individuals can participate in-person or virtually via written submission of ideas. If you are interested in participating in any of the in-person sessions listed below, complete the 5-minute Interest Survey by July 12 at 11:59 p.m. ET:

• Bozeman, Montana: August 14, 2024
• Dallas, Texas: August 22, 2024
• Wilson, North Carolina: August 29, 2024