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August 21-23 The King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort St. Simons Island
Member Rate - $295
Guest Fee - $95
Hotel Room Reservations Room Rates - $165-$213/night For hotel reservations, call 912-638-3631 and ask for the GHA/Center for Rural Health block. Due to heavy summer activity, we recommend that you make your reservations as soon as possible. The reservation deadline is fast approaching and rooms will be sold on a space- and rate-available basis. Resort-casual attire is appropriate for the entire meeting, including all evening functions.
More Information www.gha.org/CRH
Questions? Leigh Beakley 770-249-4503 lbeakley@gha.org Ryan Russell 770-249-4539 rrussell@gha.org
Learning Objectives Upon completion of this conference, participants should be able to: Describe steps to develop an efficient credentialing and enrollment process; Understand the documentation management requirements for continuous enrollment activities; Recognize the financial impact that credentialing or enrollment delays have on the hospital; Describe the statewide infrastructure designed to support hospitals in man-made or natural disasters; Name your hospital’s quality measures and how to improve them; Identify the strategic value of data in a rural hospital; Develop innovative ways to make the hospital the cornerstone of information flow to the provider community; and Understand that data beyond the hospitals’ traditional footprint can drive service line growth at home.
Continuing Education Credits The Georgia Hospital Association Research & Education Foundation is accredited by the Medical Association of Georgia to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Georgia Hospital Association Research & Education Foundation designates this live activity for a maximum of 9.75 AMA PRA Category1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The Georgia Hospital Association is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Alabama State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Approved for 9.75 contact hours The Georgia Hospital Association is an approved provider of nursing home administrator credits by the Georgia Board of Nursing Home Administrators. Approved for 9.75 contact hours in professional development/integrity, resident care management, leadership skills, and management.
Schedule at a Glance All educational sessions will be in the Lanier Ballroom and meals will be in the Delegal Room.
Wednesday, August 21 8:00-9:00 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast
9:00-9:15 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions Joe Ierardi, Wayne Memorial Hospital Earl Rogers, Georgia Hospital Association
9:15-10:15 a.m.
How to Keep Rural Hospitals Independent and Viable Kevin Cook, University of Mississippi Medical Center
10:15-10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45-11:45 a.m.
Developing an EfďŹ cient Provider Credentialing and Enrollment Program is Key to Quicker Reimbursement Debbie Gorenz and Joni Pompeo, New Mexico Hospital Association
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Lunch
12:45-1:15 p.m.
Opioid Misuse Tool Michael Meit, Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
1:15-2:30 p.m.
Hurricane and Other Emergency Preparedness: What You Need to Know Rhett Partin and Adrianne Feinberg, Georgia Hospital Association
2:30-3:00 p.m.
Networking Break
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Negativity Sucks: Leveraging Strengths and Assets to Improve Rural Health and Well-Being Michael Meit, Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
5:00-6:30 p.m.
Reception (Heavy hors d’oeuvres)
Thursday, August 22 7:00-8:00 a.m.
Breakfast
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Connecting Beyond Rural Randy Davis, NorthCrest Medical Center
9:00-9:30 a.m.
Break
Thursday, August 22 Cont. 9:30-10:30 a.m.
Managing in the “Gap� Mary Ellen Pratt, St. James Parish Hospital
10:30-11:00 a.m.
Break
11:00-11:30 a.m.
Hospital Improvement Innovation Network Update Rhett Partin and Kathy McGowan, Georgia Hospital Association
11:30-11:45 a.m.
Georgia Heart Update
11:45 a.m.-noon
Recognition of Center for Rural Health Board Members
Noon
Networking Opportunities (Lunch is on your own.)
Friday, August 23 7:00-8:00 a.m.
Breakfast
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Georgia Chamber of Commerce Rural Perspective Chris Clark, Georgia Chamber of Commerce
9:00-9:30 a.m.
Break and Checkout
9:30-10:15 a.m.
Federal Rural Health Update Travis Robey, American Hospital Association
10:15-11:00 a.m.
Rural Legislative Update Sen. Dean Burke and GHA
11:00 a.m.
Door Prize Drawing and Adjournment
Session Descriptions Wednesday, August 21 9:15-10:15 a.m.
Opening Keynote: How to Keep Rural Hospitals Independent and Viable Kevin Cook, Chief Executive Officer University of Mississippi Medical Center
Kevin Cook has served as CEO of University of Mississippi Medical Center Adult Hospitals and academic medical center since 2013. During his tenure, he has integrated physicians services, continued to grow one of the largest telemedicine services in the U.S., and developed many rural initiatives. Cook will discuss strategies and tips for rural hospitals’ approaches to potential urban partners, and what rural hospitals can bring to the table through lessons learned.
10:45-11:45 a.m.
Developing an Efficient Provider Credentialing and Enrollment Program is Key to Quicker Reimbursement Debbie Gorenz, President Joni Pompeo, Operations Director New Mexico Hospital Association
Debbie Gorenz has been with the New Mexico Hospital Association since 1983 and was tasked with developing its subsidiary, Hospital Services Corporation, in 1985. She has served as president of Hospital Services Corporation since its inception and has overseen the development of several programs and services, including credentials verifications and provider enrollment. She obtained her BBA and MBA from the University of New Mexico. Joni Pompeo joined Hospital Services Corporation in 2018. She has an extensive health care background working in business development, service quality and strategic planning with health plans and hospital systems. She is a New Mexico native and obtained her BBA from the University of New Mexico. Credentialing physicians and practitioners and then enrolling them with Medicare, Medicaid, and various contracted commercial payers can be time-consuming, complicated and costly for your facility. With the average hospital or provider group contracting with 15 or more health plans, most of which have specific processes and requirements, it’s not easy to get practitioners enrolled accurately and efficiently. Each additional day the process takes up is a day that a facility cannot bill. Groenz and Pompeo will discuss in-depth strategies to receiving quicker reimbursement.
12:45-1:15 p.m.
Opioid Misuse Tool Michael Meit, Co-Director Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
Michael Meit serves as a senior fellow in NORC’s Public Health Research Department and as co-director of the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis. He currently leads studies focused on rural and tribal health programs, health equity, opioid misuse, food insecurity, and the national public health agency accreditation program, among others. Recently, he led development of an Appalachian Regional Commission study, exploring Diseases of Despair in Appalachia, a companion Appalachian Overdose Mapping Tool, and the national expansion of that tool, the Opioid Misuse Community Assessment Tool. This is an interactive data visualization that integrates drug overdose mortality rates for counties in each of the 50 states with data on unemployment, poverty, and disability status, among others. The tool is designed to utilize data visualization in support of community health planning and response. Michael will share this work and provide an in-depth look at the Opioid Misuse Community Assessment Tool.
1:15-2:30 p.m.
Hurricane and Other Emergency Preparedness: What You Need to Know Rhett Partin, Senior Vice President, Clinical Services & Public Health Adrianne Feinberg, Director, Emergency Preparedness Georgia Hospital Association
One of the best ways to prepare for your next emergency is to become more familiar with the existing infrastructure to support your emergency response as well as to hear ďŹ rst-hand accounts of emergency response from your peers. In this session, a video will effectively illustrate the impact that Hurricane Michael had on rural hospitals. Following the video, GHA Emergency Preparedness program personnel will provide an overview of the statewide infrastructure designed to provide support to hospitals. Next, they will lead an informal discussion among CEOs directly impacted by Hurricane Michael.
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Negativity Sucks: Leveraging Strengths and Assets to Improve Rural Health and Well-Being Michael Meit, Co-Director Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
Rural health research tends to focus on problems and deficits, often creating negative perceptions and narratives about rural communities. With funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis conducted qualitative research that engaged over 400 national and regional stakeholders across 36 sectors to explore strengths and assets that can be leveraged to improve health and well-being in rural communities. Findings highlight that rural communities naturally collaborate across sectors to develop and implement programs and leverage assets such as social cohesion and creativity. During this session, we will show how rural communities leverage assets to improve health and equity. We will also share asset-mapping techniques to promote a positive narrative around community health as well as resources to identify best practices for addressing community health issues in rural areas.
Thursday, August 22 8:00-9:00 a.m.
Connecting Beyond Rural Randy Davis, MBA, FACHE President and Chief Executive Officer NorthCrest Health
Randy Davis was named president and CEO of NorthCrest Health in October 2013. Prior to taking over as CEO, he held various roles on the senior leadership team at NorthCrest, including chief operating officer and chief information officer. NorthCrest Medical Center is consistently recognized as an “A” Hospital by e Leapfrog Group, and by e Joint Commission as a top performer on key quality measures concerning the treatment of heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and surgical care. NorthCrest has also been named an exemplar hospital by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. NorthCrest Medical Center’s participation in a real-time data network to deliver relevant alerts to providers has shown the ability to drive efficiency, improve provider relations through communication, improve patient satisfaction and connect the hospital beyond the local community. NorthCrest Medical Center is located in rural Spring eld, Tenn. about 45 minutes from Nashville and delivers care throughout northern middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky. Obtaining and distributing nearly real-time data has been imperative in understanding the needs of their patients and providers.
9:30-10:30 a.m.
Managing the “Gap” Mary Ellen Pratt, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer St. James Parrish Hospital
Mary Ellen Pratt, FACHE is the chief execuctive officer of St. James Parish Hospital in Louisiana. She will share successful strategies for optimizing our current state while positioning ourselves for the future of value-based payment.
11:00-11:30 a.m.
Hospital Improvement Innovation Network Update Rhett Partin, Senior Vice President, Clinical Services & Public Health Kathy McGowan, Vice President, Quality and Patient Safety Georgia Hospital Association
The GHA Hospital Improvement Innovation Network program is the largest state-wide inpatient quality improvement initiative in Georgia. Hear a detailed update on where the project stands, compare your hospital’s achievement to the program’s goals and learn what the future may hold for organized hospital quality improvement.
Friday, August 23 8:00-9:00 a.m.
Georgia Chamber of Commerce Rural Perspective Chris Clark, President Georgia Chamer of Commerce
Chris Clark is president of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. He is a Georgia native and graduate of Georgia Southern University and Georgia College and State University. Prior to joining the Chamber, Clark served as Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and as Deputy Commissioner for the Department of Economic Development. He is consistently named one of Georgia Trend Magazine’s 100 most influential Georgians and one of the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s most influential Atlantans. Clark and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce have been very active in rural development initiatives throughout our state. With seemingly all of this focus on rural Georgia, Clark will share his perspective on the state of various initiatives and strategies (workforce, education, broadband and infrastructure).
9:30-10:15 a.m.
Federal Rural Health Update Travis Robey Senior Associate Director Federal Relations American Hospital Association
Travis Robey is integratedly involved in federal rural advocacy. He will provide updates on AHA’s Federal Rural Advocacy agenda and discuss future rural initiatives.
10:15-11:00 a.m.
Rural Legislative Update Sen. Dean Burke and GHA
Sen. Dean Burke has always been a champion for rural health care. Thanks to his leadership at the Capitol, rural health care in Georgia remains at the forefront of policymakers’ minds. Sen. Burke will provide an update on rural health care legislative efforts.
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