Developing a System Wide Safety Net for Critical Care 

Telehealth is increasingly applied to existing standards of care to improve provider access to patients and deliver care with improved quality at a lower cost.

This webinar will address the opportunity to align telehealth with the ICU for Critical Care patients. Systems that support continuous monitoring with alerting tools and 24/7 access to intensivists have been shown to reduce ICU mortality and length of stay, while also impacting hospital efficiency metrics such as contribution margin and patient transfers. Tele-ICU has evolved over 2 decades in the United States and today nearly 1 in 8 ICU patients are monitored during their ICU stay with the complementary support of a Tele-ICU system. Through this webinar, models of Tele-ICU implementation will be explored that support both large urban IDNs, and smaller hospitals situated in rural areas as well as define trade-offs of a continuous monitoring application and a consult only model.

Key learnings will address Hospital Key Performance Indicators that can be linked to Tele-ICU, peer-reviewed evidence on outcomes of Tele-ICU, and strategic steps to determine what model of tele-icu fits your organization.

The Value of becoming a Patient Centered Medical Home

Patient engagement is at the heart of a Patient Centered Medical Home.  The PCMH model focuses on the whole patient with emphasis on accessible services, comprehensive team-based care, quality, and safety resulting in improved outcomes and higher patient satisfaction. 

The primary care team is essential to providing comprehensive care. By focusing on patient health goals for a healthier lifestyle, preventative care to mitigate risk factors, and coordinated management of chronic disease for longevity and quality of life, this whole patient perspective is the heart of a Patient Centered Medical Home.

In this session, Kate Hill, VP of Clinic Division at The Compliance Team will discuss PCMH as a value-based strategy that is a very powerful step you can make to align with CMS’ move to a quality vs quantity reimbursement fee structure and how PCMH can provide incentives for better processes and better outcomes.

Speaker:

Kate Hill, RN, is a graduate of Albert Einstein Medical Center School of Nursing in Philadelphia,PA. As an Army Nurse, Kate served in Viet Nam (27th Surgical Hospital in Chu Lai) where she was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service. Kate has worked with orthopedic patients in several capacities including Head Nurse of Orthopedics at in Newark, NJ. Nearly 3-decades with Bio met followed in various capacities.Kate joined The Compliance Team in early 2012 to direct TCT’s rural health clinic accreditation program and has fallen in love with Rural.As VP of Clinical Services, she has spearheaded theTCTRural Health Clinic Accreditation program combining her clinical expertise, business acumen and passion for delivery of the best care possible to every patient.She presently serves on the Board of the National Association of Rural Health Clinics.Kate is now also working with clinics in TCT’s PCMH program and is seeing that a PCMH accreditation is being increasingly rewarded by payers.Kate lives in suburban Philadelphia with her husband and near her three granddaughters. She loves teaching Sunday school to the 4s.She’s happy to share photos anytime

Webinar: Reviewing the Recent RHC Reimbursement Changes from CMS

This webinar will feature Brock Slabach, senior vice president for members services of the National Rural Health Association, who will detail the recent changes to rural health clinic reimbursement as part of the COVID-19 relief package passed by Congress in late December.  This bill included major changes regarding CMS reimbursement amounts for both independent and provider-based rural health clinics, and it is important that RHC administrators and pertinent staff attend to fully understand how these changes will affect them and their practice.  This webinar will also discuss the steps being taken to correct the negative elements of this bill in order to benefit all RHC types.

No cost for members - $35 for non-members

A webinar presented by 

Alliant Purchasing

A group purchasing organization (GPO) helps healthcare providers realize savings and efficiencies by aggregating purchasing volume to negotiate savings with vendors.  Alliant Purchasing is a GPO with the expertise needed in navigating the healthcare industry. ​ As your advisor and partner, Alliant guides you in finding optimal solutions for additional value​ in your supply chain.

This webinar will introduce association members to the preferred group purchasing organization (GPO) Alliant as well as a top vendor and manufacturer of healthcare products, Medline. This session will detail the enrollment process and sample products and services available through group purchasing. The webinar is approximately 30 minutes in length.

Explore the several use cases by adding Telecardiology to your rural hospital. By utilizing technology to connect specialists to your patients and your providers, patients will be able to stay in their rural hospital eliminating the travel burden for the patient and allowing the rural hospital the opportunity to increase census.

This telehealth webinar will provide attendees with a walkthrough of the federal USAC program, how to apply for funds, things to consider with the program, and the benefits that the USAC program can offer for increasing broadband access to proper telehealth implementation.

Presenter
Natalie Verette, TeleQuality

Presented by 

Chris Tomlin, Sales Specialist Rural Health 

&

Jonathon Walters, RRT // Danny Boyd, RRT 

Clinical Development EBM Protocols

With increasing demands for cost savings and clinical improvements on Primary Care Nationwide, EBM is recommended one of the best add-ons for Rural Health and Nurse Practitioners.  This webinar is intended for Administrators and Practitioners who bare the burden of maintaining best practice solutions.

In this webinar :

-Learn how and why EBM’s Add-on clinical solution is a must for Primary Care and most all Rural Health Clinics

-How EBM will assist the clinic in Proactive versus Reactive clinical approach 

-Learn how to decrease the overall cost of a patient’s healthcare for those with diagnosis commonly seen each day 

-Learn the positive effect on the clinic’s revenue

-Learn how EBM’s program absorbs all the burden and financial barriers from the clinic

(Duration 20 minutes // Plus Question and Answers) 

Webinar: Rural Hospital Executive Search

Executive search is a logical option for appropriate representation of C-Suite executives (CEO, CFO, CNO), yet has been traditionally overlooked in rural hospitals. The presentation will offer personal insights and surveys relevant towards the recruitment for open positions as well as the retention of tenured healthcare executives, with emphasis on the alignment of their vital roles and responsibilities to individual career goals. 

Presentation Goals:

1. To reflect the challenges of rural healthcare and the opportunities so available.

2. To reflect the cultural factors that surround recruitment and retention of the rural C-Suite   position. 

3. To represent the responsibilities of the rural C-Suite executive in compensation models.

4. To highlight the supportive role of executive search in concept, cultural and coaching factors

Speakers: Nagle and Associates, LLC (Atlanta, GA)

Chip Nagle, CHC

Ron Strieker, Ph.D.

Mitch Monsour, FACHE 

Primary Care provider shortage is not a new phenomenon. Many solutions have been proposed to close the gap and improve access to care for our rural health populations. Improving student access to rural sites during their medical training improves their attitudes about working in rural health and the likelihood that they will return to practice in these locations. This webinar will serve to discuss student learning opportunities and how to implement student learners into a busy clinical setting. In addition, we will discuss the training differences between Physician Assistant (PA) and Nurse Practitioner (NP). 

Erin Lunn, PA-C is a Physician Assistant graduate from the University of South Alabama. She has served in the Army National Guard and Reserves for the last 11 years as a Physician Assistant. Currently, she is in the role of Co-Director of Clinical Education at the University of South Alabama Physician Assistant Studies Program. Erin also serves on the Advisory Board for SouthEast Alabama AHEC and is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar Fellow.She is passionate about improving student learning especially as it relates to primary care, Veterans and improving access to care in rural/underserved communities.