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On Demand: Mark Holmes on Public Policy, Health Care Financing and Rural Places
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On Demand: Mark Holmes on Public Policy, Health Care Financing and Rural Places
Health on the Plains Coffee Hour
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Oct 29, 2025
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Wyatt J. Beckman, M.P.H.On Oct. 29, KHI hosted the Health on the Plains Coffee Hour with a conversation featuring Mark Holmes, Director of theUniversity of North Carolina (UNC) Sheps Center for Health Services Research and Professor at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.This session explored the complex work at the intersection of public policy, health care financingand rural places.
Event recording will be posted soon.
Featured Speaker
Mark Holmes, Ph.D., Director of theUniversity of North Carolina (UNC) Sheps Center and Professor at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Mark Holmes is Thomas W. Lambeth Distinguished Chair of Public Policy at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. He also serves as the Director of the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. His work focuses on rural health, health care access and the financial sustainability of health care providers. With a keen interest in how geographic and policy factors shape health care systems, Mark has contributed significantly to the field through research on hospital closures, rural health access and innovative health care delivery models.
Explore the resources shared by Mark Holmes
- Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC
- Rural Hospital Closures Dashboard - Sheps Center
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