About Us
Arcadius Health is a physician-led consultancy providing expert healthcare advisory services for rural and community health transformation.
Built for RHTP
Deep expertise. Singular focus. Arcadius Health is the partner of choice to help organizations capture and optimize RHTP funding.
One Coordinated Partner
Arcadius Health serves as your primary partner, aligning strategy, funding, and execution across all aspects of transformation.
We work alongside specialized solution providers when needed, but maintain clear accountability for outcomes so that every initiative contributes to the broader transformation effort.
Turn to us for expertise in strategy, leadership, and compliance for a single, coordinated offering, that reduces fragmentation and improves execution.
Experienced Leadership
Arcadius Health is led by experienced healthcare and consulting professionals with deep backgrounds in strategy, transformation, and program execution.
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Bob Bailey is the founder of several successful healthcare and IT services firms, and a current Principal at Healthcare IT Leaders, Sublimation Health, and Locums Choice. Four of his companies have ranked on the INC 5000 list of Fastest Growing Companies. Previously, he was a co-founder of Locum Leaders, now part of AMN Healthcare, and B2B Workforce, now a Randstad company. He holds a BBA from the University of Georgia.
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CEO Robert “Bob” Harrington, MD, MHM, is a physician executive with extensive clinical experience in a variety of practice settings, including rural health systems. He was one of the nation’s first hospitalists and has served as a site Medical Director, Regional Medical Director, VP of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, most recently serving as physician-in-chief at Novant Health in South Carolina.
He received his undergraduate degree from Notre Dame, his medical degree from Temple University and completed his Family Medicine residency at The Medical Center of Delaware. He is a past president and board member of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), and was awarded the Master in Hospital Medicine designation by SHM for his contributions to the field of Hospital Medicine.
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Senior Managing Director Chris Miller leads the design and implementation of all Arcadius Health client engagement.
Chris joins the firm from Tegria, a healthcare consulting firm, where he was a SVP. Prior to that, he spent 14 years at Cumberland Consulting Group, where he was a Principal and Partner. Chris began his career at Epic Systems as an implementation manager.
He holds a BS in Public Health from The Johns Hopkins University.
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Russ Rudish is founder of Rudish Health, providing talent acquisition and executive search for hospitals and health systems. Prior to founding Rudish Health, Russ was Vice Chair and US and Global Health Care Leader for Deloitte, the world’s largest health care professional services firm. He also served as executive vice president at Eclipsys Corporation, a healthcare clinical and financial software vendor. Earlier in his career, Russ was a partner at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and its predecessor firm Ernst & Young LLP, where he led the Health Care Practice in the US and EMEA.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Arcadius Health’s mission is to help states, healthcare providers, and community partners transform rural and community health through coordinated strategy, funding, execution, and accountability. Our physician-led organization focuses on turning complex programs such as RHTP into practical initiatives that expand access to care, improve health outcomes, strengthen the healthcare workforce, modernize delivery systems, and support long-term financial and operational sustainability. As a physician-led consultancy, Arcadius Health connects clinical insight with program leadership and implementation expertise.
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Organizations choose Arcadius Health for rural healthcare consulting because the firm combines clinical leadership, healthcare strategy, federal funding expertise, program management, compliance knowledge, technology transformation, and workforce development in one coordinated offering. Instead of managing multiple disconnected advisors and solution providers, clients can work with Arcadius Health as a central, accountable partner. This integrated model helps align state-level strategy with regional and local needs, reduce fragmentation, accelerate implementation, and keep rural health initiatives focused on measurable outcomes and lasting community impact.
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Arcadius Health’s approach to healthcare advisory services is different because it extends beyond recommendations and planning. The firm supports the full transformation lifecycle, from readiness assessments and initiative design to funding strategy, implementation, change management, performance reporting, and sustainability planning. Arcadius Health can also serve as the prime integrator across specialized vendors and community stakeholders, maintaining clear accountability for the broader program. This physician-led, execution-focused approach helps ensure that strategy, funding, operations, and outcomes remain connected throughout complex rural health initiatives.
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Community health access and rural transformation initiatives benefit rural communities by making essential healthcare services easier to reach, more coordinated, and more sustainable. Depending on local needs, initiatives may expand preventive care, chronic disease management, behavioral health, maternal care, specialty services, telehealth, emergency care, and patient navigation. They can also strengthen the rural healthcare workforce, improve technology and data sharing, and encourage collaboration among hospitals, clinics, public agencies, and community organizations. Together, these improvements can reduce access barriers and help rural residents receive appropriate care closer to home.
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RHTP funding is important because meaningful rural healthcare transformation requires resources for planning, workforce development, technology, implementation, coordination, and performance measurement—not simply short-term support for existing services. The federal program provides $50 billion over five fiscal years to help states develop sustainable rural healthcare delivery systems. When strategically deployed, RHTP funding can help communities improve access, address chronic disease and behavioral health needs, modernize infrastructure, support innovative care models, and create lasting operational improvements that continue beyond the initial funding period.
