Month: July 2024

NIH Request for Information: Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative

July 11, 2024

NIH Request for Information: Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks public input on how scientific research can address opioid use disorder, overdose and chronic pain.

All interested parties should submit questions and responses to: HEALquestion@od.nih.gov. Please put HEAL RFI in the subject line.

Interested Parties include the following:

  • The Scientific community
  • The private sector
  • Community based organizations
  • Health professionals
  • Professional societies
  • Advocacy groups
  • Patient communities
  • People with living/lived experience
  • Caregivers
  • Funding agencies
  • Other interested members of the public

Send your comments and questions to: HEALquestion@od.nih.gov with “HEAL RFI” in the subject line.

Comments and Questions must be submitted by July 31.

Webinar: Emergency Preparedness – The Benefits of a Comprehensive Plan

July 11, 2024

Webinar: Emergency Preparedness – The Benefits of a Comprehensive Plan

A robust emergency preparedness plan is fundamental for any rural healthcare provider.

The lessons learned from the COVID era are starting to fade and that can lead to a lapse in focus for CAHs.

This presentation will cover the core elements of an emergency preparedness plan and empower rural hospitals to ensure the lights stay on and patients are safe regardless of the scenario.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand and know how to apply the core components of Emergency Preparedness in a rural healthcare setting:
    • Planning
    • Procedures
    • Communication
  • Training & Testing
  • Learn the elements of a strong Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA)
    • Engagement with the local or state emergency planning commission
    • Understanding vulnerabilities within your community
    • Stay vigilant in the post-COVID era
  • Gain a clear picture of how the day-to-day decisions at the executive level affect Emergency Preparedness
  • Establish the framework for practical and effective drills

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, August 21, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CT

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NRHA Webinar: Questions Answered – Healthcare Architecture Experts and Rural Administrators Panel

July 11, 2024

NRHA Webinar: Questions Answered – Healthcare Architecture Experts and Rural Administrators Panel

This Q&A panel will focus on the critical nuances of healthcare facilities architecture and how they affect your organization’s funding, reimbursement models and programming.

HFG is experienced with CAH replacements, master planning, construction administration and everything in between.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand how your facility’s architecture and interior design affect business operations
  • Identify stages of the design-build process that rely on your input
  • Prepare for any construction projects on the horizon

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, August 13, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. CT

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NRHA Webinar: Enhancing Rural Health in Colorado – Innovations in Hospital Transformation Program (HTP)

July 11, 2024

NRHA Webinar: Enhancing Rural Health in Colorado – Innovations in Hospital Transformation Program (HTP)

This webinar includes an in-depth exploration of Colorado’s Hospital Transformation Program (HTP) and covers how a population health platform can overcome key challenges hospitals face with:

  • Manual reporting
  • Increasing reimbursement revenues
  • ACO/HIE data

Discover why provider orgs need to participate in new quality programs and hear about the successes made by Lincoln Health, leading the way to effective and result driven outcomes after they implemented a population health platform.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, July 18, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CT

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NRHA Webinar: Optimizing Capital and construction Spend: Strategies for Rural Healthcare Leaders

July 11, 2024

NRHA Webinar: Optimizing Capital and construction Spend: Strategies for Rural Healthcare Leaders

As rural health systems expand to meet patient needs, rethinking capital strategies is crucial to delivering projects that are operationally efficient and cost-effective.

This presentation will focus on developing integrated and comprehensive strategies to:

  • Enhance planning
  • Design
  • Execution of building projects

Learn how to manage unexpected cost increases and delivery delays, ensuring both short-term performance and long-term resilience against:

  • Shortages
  • Unexpected events and
  • Market fluctuations

Join Mark Webb, Principal at Vizient, as he shares his extensive expertise in capital and construction management within the healthcare sector.

With over 25 years of experience in hospital administration, operations, and construction, Mark will provide valuable insights into managing rising building material costs and financial costs and financial stress in the healthcare industry.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, July 16, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. CT

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Register Now: Practicing Equity in Authentic Community Engagement, August 14

July 10, 2024

Register Now: Practicing Equity in Authentic Community Engagement, August 14

Authentic Community Engagement (ACE): people want it, people talk about it, but it is rare to see organizations implement “authentic” community engagement. If Community Engagement (CE) is going to be successful, it has to be authentic.

This session will provide attendees with an understanding of ACE that can lead to developing effective strategies that will have deeper impact in the communities you serve.

Learning Objectives:

  • Increase the knowledge of ACE by describing the beliefs, values and principles of “authentic” community engagement
  • Deepen the understanding of ACE by referencing to historical impacts of authentic community engagement and its potential to effect community betterment
  • Learn how to imagine and implement authentic community engagement as a strategy to address infant and maternal mortality
  • Develop skills to help better engage those with lived experience and the broader community, including men and fathers with greater “authenticity”

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, August 14, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

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Register Now: HRSA National Telehealth Conference, July 16

July 10, 2024

Register Now: HRSA National Telehealth Conference, July 16

Navigating the latest in telehealth? Join health care professionals, policymakers, and industry stakeholders at the National Telehealth Conference on July 16 for insights on balancing telehealth solutions and vital in-person services.

Learn how others are integrating telehealth into their practice and working to give patients a choice in how they receive their care.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, July 16, 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET

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Notice of Funding Opportunity: Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program

July 10, 2024

Notice of Funding Opportunity: Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to improve access to quality health services.

The Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) Payment Program – HRSA-25-079, provides funding to freestanding children’s hospitals to train pediatric and other residents in graduate medical education programs and aims to provide balance in the level of federal graduate medical education funding.

The purpose of this grant is to compensate for the disparity in the level of federal graduate medical education (GME) funding for freestanding children’s teaching hospitals versus other types of teaching hospitals.

Freestanding children’s hospitals receive little to no GME funding from Medicare because children’s hospitals have a low Medicare caseload.

Applications are due by August 8, 2024

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Have questions? Join the technical assistance webinar to learn more about this funding opportunity, including application requirements.

Click Here to join webinar, July 18, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. ET

RHIhub This Week

July 10, 2024

RHIhub This Week

RHIhub This Week keeps you informed of the latest rural news, funding opportunities, publications and events.

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Free Webinar: How to Conduct an Ethical Investigation, July 18

July 9, 2024

Free Webinar: How to Conduct an Ethical Investigation, July 18

This educational webinar is for anyone who is involved or will be involved, in investigating or handling complaints related to health care compliance matters.

Why You Should Attend This Webinar:

  1. It’s FREE but Registration is Required (Click link below to register)
  2. Compliance in health care is complex and from time to time, an employer may need to investigate concerns about an employee’s workplace behavior

Investigating and resolving an allegation correctly and ethically strengthens and protects your organization.

A proper investigation gives management needed information and a factual basis on which to make its decisions. It also reinforces both fairness of the employee discipline process and your commitment to learning about employee concerns

The objectives and scope of investigations vary widely, but its overriding purpose is always to find out the relevant facts. Each investigation may be unique and handled differently and following standard techniques can help you investigate in a fair, ethical transparent and consistent manner.

This webinar will cover the common mistakes investigators make:

  • In planning the investigation and understanding their role
  • When dealing with the employee who raised the concern about actual or suspected misconduct
  • When interviewing the investigation participants
  • When documenting the investigation, especially the investigation report

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, July 18, 12:00 p.m. CT

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