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Webinar: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA): Federal Grants Landscape, August 28

August 21, 2025

Webinar: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA): Federal Grants Landscape, August 28      

Join Forvis Mazars for a webinar exploring OBBBA’s impact on federal grants. This webinar will share key changes and insights to understand OBBBA’s implications and opportunities for grants professionals and your organizations, providing perspectives on navigating the evolving federal grants landscape.

Gain practical strategies to identify new grant opportunities, develop adaptation plans, and navigate compliance requirements.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

  • Identify and prioritize new grant opportunities,
  • Prepare strategic adaptation plans, and
  • Recognize new compliance and accountability requirements

Target Audience:

  • Grants management and compliance officers,
  • Finance directors,
  • Controllers,
  • C-suite executives,
  • Program officers, and
  • Development staff in the nonprofit government services sector

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, August 28, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET

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MRHA Webinar: Drones – Improving Rural Healthcare Access, August 28

August 20, 2025

MRHA Webinar: Drones – Improving Rural Healthcare Access, August 28

Join Valkyrie UAS Solutions for an innovative session exploring how long-range technology is transforming healthcare delivery in rural Missouri and beyond. As the home of the nation’s first rural healthcare drone hub, based in Rolla, Missouri, Valkyrie is pioneering the use of 100-mile range drones to address critical gaps in access to care.

This webinar will highlight how drone technology is:

  • Delivering specialty pharmaceuticals directly to rural patients,
  • Supporting rapid lab analysis through efficient sample transport,
  • Expanding telehealth reach and capabilities,
  • Reducing strain on rural caregivers, and
  • Improving patient outcomes while strengthening rural healthcare finances

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, August 28, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Whitepaper: How Health System CFOs Can Build Accountability-driven Improvement Strategies: 5 Steps

August 20, 2025

Whitepaper: How Health System CFOs Can Build Accountability-driven Improvement Strategies: 5 Steps

Struggling to translate improvement plans into real results? You’re not alone. Many hospitals set goals but fail to create accountability systems to meet them.

Without a structured approach, teams lose focus, metrics multiply and real ROI slips away.

This executive guide outlines five proven steps for continuous improvement. The strategies are drawn from systems achieving lasting financial performance improvement through better alignment, transparent governance and progress monitoring.

Inside the Report:

  • The most common reason performance improvement plans fall short – and how to fix it,
  • How to identify and prioritize the right improvement opportunities across departments, and
  • A blueprint for progress tracking that enhances accountability and strategic planning.

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Webinar: Closing Healthcare Communication Gaps With AI, September 17

August 20, 2025

Webinar: Closing Healthcare Communication Gaps With AI, September 17

Disconnected systems and inefficient workflows often lead to patient frustration, staff dissatisfaction and compliance risk.

In today’s complex healthcare environment, outdated communication tools slow decision-making and leave critical messages unanswered, which has negative implications for care quality and patient satisfaction.

Join this virtual learning session to discover how AI-driven communications are transforming patient interactions, streamlining operations and supporting HIPAA compliance.

You’ll Learn:

  • Practical ways AI is being deployed to automate key workflows,
  • How to measure and optimize communication efficiency across care teams,
  • Steps to ensure security and compliance while scaling AI

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, September 17, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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MHA Training Opportunity: 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guidelines: Best Practices for Pain Management, September 16

August 20, 2025

MHA Webinar: 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guidelines: Best Practices for Pain Management, September 16

This training will review the 12 recommendations outlined in the CDC Clinical practice Guidelines for acute, subacute, or chronic pain as it relates to opioid and other pain management prescribing. The speaker will explore alternatives to opioids and the importance of working alongside patients to determine the right path forward for them.

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

  • Identify the five guiding principles of the Clinical Practice Guidelines,
  • Implement prescribing practices that align with the guidelines, and
  • Determine if opioid prescribing is appropriate and what alternatives are best in appropriate situations.

Cost: complimentary for all attendees

When: Tuesday, September 16, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Webinar: Reducing ED Boarding & Boosting Surgical Growth: Inside Jackson Health’s AI Strategy, August 28

August 20, 2025

Webinar: Reducing ED Boarding & Boosting Surgical Growth: Inside Jackson Health’s AI Strategy, August 28

Medicaid cuts and eroding margins are top of mind for all health system leaders, and operational complexity makes matters worse. Jackson Health System faced similar obstacles – until leaders built a strategic AI framework that goes beyond the HER.

In this webinar, Jackson Health’s president and COO will share how the team unlocked a 0.42-day reduction in excess days, a 4.5% increase in primetime OR utilization, and an 18% drop in ED boarding times and $6.7 million in annualized savings.

You’ll Learn How To:

  • Develop an AI strategy to address inpatient capacity and surgical growth,
  • Build alignment for enterprise AI investments that deliver ROI, and
  • Drive adoption of AI assistants across clinical and operational teams

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, August 28, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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Webinar: Helping Teams Address Worries About Healthcare Expenses, September 12

August 20, 2025

Webinar: Helping Teams Address Worries About Healthcare Expenses, September 12

Join this important discussion to learn about the different stages of the healthcare journey and how you can have confident financial conversations to meet patients where they’re at.

This webinar will dive into practical ways healthcare teams can build comfort and confidence around financial conversations that can help your patients move forward with care and your practice build stronger, lasting relationships.

Learning Points:

  • Help the healthcare team become more comfortable having financial conversations with patients.
  • Understand healthcare financing trends and how financial conversations can impact patient care and practice operations.
  • Integrate patient financing solutions like the CareCredit credit card to improve the payment process, support patient decision-making, and empower patients accept recommended care.
  • Gain expert insights into the different stages of the healthcare journey.

Cost: Free

When: Friday, September 12, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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Save the Date: Rural Health Day Celebration, November 20

August 20, 2025

Save the Date: Rural Health Day Celebration, November 20

National Rural Health Day celebrates the Power of Rural and aims to bring attention to the unique healthcare needs of rural communities.

It’s a day to recognize the individuals and organizations dedicated to addressing these challenges and ensuring access to quality healthcare for the nearly 61 million people living in rural America.

Mark your calendars to save the date for Thursday, November 20, when we will have conversations to bring much-needed attention to the ongoing efforts to communicate, educate, collaborate, and innovate.

More details will be shared as we develop the agenda and secure exciting speakers and presentations.

When: Thursday, November 20

Where: Capital Bluffs Event Center, Jefferson City, MO

Deadline Extended: Apply Today for the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program

August 20, 2025

Deadline Extended: Apply Today for the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program

The deadline to apply for the Rural Hospital Stabilization Program (RHSP) has been extended to Friday, August 22.

The program funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) and administered by the National Rural Health Resource Center, helps hospitals improve financial stability through comprehensive assessment and planning that support data-driven decisions, expand needed services and keep care close to home.

Eligible hospitals include:

  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Prospective Payment System Hospitals,
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals, and
  • Tribal Hospitals

Hospitals that previously applied and would like to be reconsidered should contact stabilization@ruralcenter.org to update their existing application

Click the links below to learn more about RHSP

Whitepaper: Healthcare Affordability and Patient Revenue: Benchmarks and Insights from 213 RCM Leaders

August 20, 2025

Whitepaper: Healthcare Affordability and Patient Revenue: Benchmarks and Insights from 213 RCM Leaders

Patients are shouldering more costs – and providers are paying the price.

With high-deductible health plans and rising coinsurance, out-of-pocket expenses continue to climb. The result: more financial strain on patients and more bad debt for providers.

In 2024, bad debt surged 14%, while collection rates remained stagnant at below 25%. Many in-house payment plans carry 20-30% default rates. Without a new approach, revenue leaders risk tying up capital and sending even more accounts to collections.

This report – based on a Healthcare Financial Management association-partnered survey of 213 health system revenue cycle leaders – reveals strategies that work in the real world. Learn how the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) combined pre-service payment policies with long-term financing to boost access and increase collections.

Inside the Report:

  • Performance benchmarks from hospitals with $100 million to over $25 billion in annual revenue,
  • How UTMB achieved a 25% lift in collections with patient-friendly financing, and
  • Practical recommendations to reduce financial risk, improve cash flow, and make care more affordable.

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