June 4, 2025

Webinar – How Surgical Clinics are Recovering Lost Cases and Transforming Throughput: 24% Increase in Completed Surgeries & 73% Fewer Cancellations, June 23

Today, surgical practices face a critical challenge: patient opportunities silently slip through the cracks of manual scheduling workflows and fragmented coordination processes, limiting growth potential despite available surgical capacity.

Forward-thinking practices are leveraging AI-powered case scheduling and workflow tools to:

  • Dramatically increase booking rates,
  • Reduce cancellations,
  • Improve claims accuracy, and
  • Recapture surgical cases that might otherwise by lost to follow-up.

These gains are driving greater surgical throughput – without the need to add administrative staff.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand how fragmented surgical scheduling contributes to administrative burden, missed revenue, and poor patient follow-up.
  • Learn how centralized, AI-powered scheduling platforms can improve case throughput, reduce cancellations, and increase coordination efficiency.
  • Identify successful implementation strategies for digitized scheduling workflows, including training, change management, and scaling across locations.

Join this webinar to see how your practice can close gaps from consult to surgery, improve operational performance, and drive long-term growth without extra overhead.

Cost: Free

When: Monday, June 23, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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June 4, 2025

Telehealth Policies

The Federal government took a range of steps to expedite the adoption and awareness of telehealth, including for Medicare telehealth services and Remote Patient Monitoring.

Click Here to learn about recent Federal legislation and policies related to telehealth

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June 4, 2025

On Demand Webinar: Building Resilient EHR Recovery Solutions: Inside LCMC Health’s Cloud Strategy

As cyber threats evolve, health systems are redefining their recovery playbook – prioritizing resilience, speed and continuity of care.

In this session, health IT leaders unpack how Sapphire Health and LCMC Health built a cloud-based Isolated Recovery Environment on AWS. Attendees will learn how a well-architected IRE can protect critical data, accelerate recovery and reduce the risk of ransom demands.

Key Learning Points:

  • Where traditional backups fall short,
  • How LCMC Health built a cloud IRE to secure EHR recovery, and
  • Deployment best practices to future proof EHR recovery strategy

Cost: Free

When: Watch at your convenience

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June 4, 2025

Upcoming Webinar – Department of Labor: Understanding Employee Benefits, June 5

Join the Missouri Rural Health Association and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) for an important session on retirement, health, and job-based benefits.

  • Learn about ERISA laws,
  • Discover what benefits small businesses can offer,
  • Understand your responsibilities as a plan sponsor or fiduciary.

Perfect for business owners, healthcare providers, community leaders, and administrators.

Free to attend

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June 3, 2025

Online Map and Text Number will Help Families Locate Local Summer Food Programs

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Summer Food Service Program is designed to provide breakfast, lunch, suppers and /or snacks to children living in eligible areas during the summer months and during times of public emergencies, when children do not have access to free or reduced-price meals at school.

An online interactive map is provided to help families in Missouri find out where their children can receive free meals this summer. The map shows sites where children must sit and eat the meal, but the map also shows certain rural sites that are designated as non-congregate multi-day meal pick up sites.

Community organizations serve the meals at schools, churches, parks, swimming pools, YMCA facilities, Boys and Girls Clubs, and other spots where children gather when school is not in session.

The meals are provided to all children that attend the meal service location. Children do not have to register and there is no fee to participate in the program.

The map and more information about the Summer Food Service Program can be found at www.health.mo.gov/sfsp/.

Meals will be served to children age 18 and under. They are also provided to individuals age 18 to 21 that have been determined by a state or local educational agency to be mentally or physically disabled and who participate in an established school program for the mentally or physically disabled and who participate in an established school program for the mentally or physically disabled.

Funding for the Summer Food Service Program is provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

More information about the Summer Food Service Program is available online at www.health.mo.gov/sfsp or by telephone at 888-435-1464 (toll-free). Individuals who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, or have a speech disability can dial 711 or 1-800-735-2966. Community organizations that would like to become sponsors may also email the Summer Food Service Program at sfsp@health.mo.gov or write to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Summer Food Service Program, P.O. Box 570, Jefferson City, MO, 65102 for more information.

In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:

  1. mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
  2. fax: (833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
  3. email: Program.Intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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June 2, 2025

Webinar: July 2025 Public Reporting HSRs: Hybrid, Claims-Based, and THA/TKA PRO-PM Measures, June 10

This webinar will provide an overview of the Hospital-Specific Reports (HSRs) for the hybrid measures, claims-based measures, and the Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA/Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) Patient Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measure (PRO-PM) publicly reported in July 2025.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, June 10, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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June 2, 2025

3-Part Webinar Series: Overview of Rural Health Capital Resources, June 18

Session 101: In this introductory session, participants will discover the basics of federal, state, and private sources of capital for rural health and learn how capital resources are used in rural settings to achieve community health improvement goals.

Session 102: In this foundational session, participants will explore how to access federal, state, and private capital sources to support rural health initiatives. The discussion focuses on practical strategies for utilizing these resources to achieve meaningful community health improvements in rural settings.

Session 103: This session provides an overview of the structure of the rural-serving philanthropic sector, explores how philanthropy view rural organizations and communities, and shares practical lessons for engaging and building long-term partnerships with rural funders.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, June 18, 11:00 a.m.

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June 2, 2025

CE Opportunities: Two Expert to Expert Webinars Introducing New eCQMs for 2025 implementation

Join the Joint Commission, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Mathematica for these two Expert to Expert Webinars.

Each webinar will review:

  • Measure intent and specifications, including:
  • Initial patient population,
  • Denominator,
  • Exclusions,
  • Numerator,
  • Data elements, and
  • Logic

Common questions for JIRA and other sources will be addressed. 1.0 Credit is offered for each of these webinars.

For additional information on these webinars and other Expert to Expert webinars, visit the Expert-to-Expert website.

Cost: Free

When:

  • Thursday, June 12, 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

New eCQM for 2025 Implementation – Hospital Harm: Acute Kidney Injury eCQM (HH-AK)

    • At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
      • Locate measure specifications,
      • Value sets,
      • Measure flow diagrams, and
      • Technical release notes on the eCQI Resource Center

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  • Wednesday, June 18, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Excessive Radiation Dose or Inadequate Image Quality for Diagnostic Computed Tomography

    • At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
      • Locate measure specifications,
      • Value sets,
      • Measure flow diagrams and,
      • Technical release notes on the eCQI Resource Center;

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June 2, 2025

Pregnancy and Postpartum Tobacco Cessation Resources

The Missouri Tobacco Quit Services is proud to offer an opt-in Pregnancy and Postpartum Program that has given new and expectant moms the support they need to stop using tobacco while they are pregnant and help to prevent relapse after giving birth.

Participants receive:

  • Nine telephone coaching sessions (five during pregnancy and four postpartum),
  • A dedicated female Tobacco Cessation Coach,
  • Nicotine replacement therapy with physician consent,
  • A personalized welcome backed,
  • Digital services, including 2-way chat,
  • CASH INCENTIVES for all pregnancy and postpartum completed calls.

Click Here to learn more about Missouri Tobacco Quit Services

June 2, 2025

Webinar – Preparing for What’s Next in Language Access: Navigating Regulatory Shifts + Sustaining Equitable Care, June 12

Recent federal actions have reignited questions about language access requirements – but despite the headlines, the core compliance framework remains steady. What’s changing is how leading health systems are adapting and communicating across increasingly diverse patient populations.

In this session, legal counsel and leaders from Intermountain Health, Main Line Health and Catholic Health share how they’re approaching regulatory uncertainty, refining internal processes and protecting patient trust – all without starting from scratch.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Legal clarity: Recent federal changes and what they mean for compliance and risk exposure,
  • Inside the playbook: How Main Line Health and Catholic Health are adapting communication practices, and
  • Systemwide impact: Ways language access can drive better outcomes and long-term financial stability.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, June 12, 11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.

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