All of these individuals and organizations bring their own interests and agendas to our common goal of ensuring affordable and accessible quality health care for rural populations. Through its constituency groups, the NRHA is structured to represent these individual concerns as well as the more encompassing interests of the entire membership. Each group elects a chair to serve on the NRHA's Board of Trustees and Rural Health Policy Board. In addition, constituency groups are allowed one representative on the Rural Health Policy Board for each 50 affiliated votes, with the chair representing the first 50 votes. Individual members of the NRHA have one vote, while organizational and supporting members have two, which can be split between more than one constituency group.
Individuals can affiliate with more than one constituency group, but can vote in only one.
The individual interests and agendas are then given a voice in the leadership of the NRHA, helping to determine its policies and direction. There are currently eight recognized constituency groups within the NRHA and several more are in formation. Click on any of the constituency groups listed below to find out more. This constituency group represents interests in clinical issues, including proprietary and non-proprietary practices. Representing 236 votes, this constituency recognizes the interests of members affiliated with a primary care practice operated and governed by a community board of directors, such as a community health center.