Category: Training Opportunity

Apply Today to Join the April 2025 CEO Cohort, Kick off April 22

March 24, 2025

Apply Today to Join the April 2025 CEO Cohort, Kick off April 22

Today’s rural hospitals and clinics have tremendous challenges and uncertainty and are closing at an unprecedented rate. One out of three rural hospitals have been identified as “at risk”. Nearly half of rural hospital CEOs are first time CEOs. Hospital CEO turnover continues to lead all industries, and when CEO turnover occurs, the pool of qualified candidates is limited.

NRHA’s Rural Hospital CEO Certification Program was developed by successful rural hospital CEOs for rural hospital CEOs with the intent of assisting current rural hospital CEOs strengthen their leadership skills to help lead their hospital to success. An individual with this certification will immediately be recognized as someone qualified to lead a rural hospital with excellence.

Course Curriculum

  • Leadership
    • INTRA-Personal Leadership
    • INTER-Personal Leadership
    • Organizational Leadership
    • Community Leadership
  • Operations
    • Regulatory Compliance
    • Data Analytics & Predictive Analysis
    • Lean Management
    • IT/Cybersecurity
    • Insurance
    • Working with your Board & Strategic Planning
  • Finance
    • Fee for Service
    • Population Health
    • Dashboard Items
    • Supply Chain
  • Clinical
    • Physician/Patient Outcomes
    • Physician/Providers
    • Physician Engagement
    • Quality

Curriculum will be delivered virtually over a 9-month period in concert with NRHA meetings. Successful completion of the program requires participation in 80% of the live training modules that make up the Building Blocks and receiving a passing grade of 90% or better of all written and oral tests.

Upon successful completion of the program recipients will receive a certificate of completion.

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Rural Hospital Stabilization Program

March 21, 2025

Rural Hospital Stabilization Program

The Rural Hospital Stabilization Program (RHSP) is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy and administered by the National Rural Health Resource Center.

RHSP offers assistance to rural hospitals, at no cost to them to help them improve their financial stability by enhancing or expanding health care services that meet community needs. This may include everything from pulmonary rehabilitation to outpatient behavioral health services to expanded primary care and keep care close to home.

The Center’s subject matter experts and a team of nationally recognized consultants familiar with rural hospitals provide:

  • Comprehensive financial and operational assessments,
  • Education,
  • One-on-one coaching,
  • Peer-to-peer sharing, and
  • Other forms of customized assistance.

Hospitals participating in the cohort style program work to identify clinical areas where the expansion or addition of services would help to ensure that care is available locally, and develop those service lines to bolster patient volume, optimize service utilization and improve cash flow.

Hospitals that meet program expectations and are selected for participation may receive financial support for operating and equipment costs for service line development and a Community Engagement Champion.

Benefits of Participation:

  • Improve financial position and increase operational efficiencies
  • Enhance stability and sustain access to care,
  • Grow services to increase patient volume,
  • Align service to community needs,
  • Bolster revenue and reduce bypass,
  • Enhance community perception of the hospital.

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HRSA National Health Service Corps/SAMHSA: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Training

March 21, 2025

HRSA National Health Service Corps/SAMHSA: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Training

The National Health Service Corps is partnering with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to increase the number of clinicians trained to prescribe buprenorphine, and other medications as part of a wholistic treatment plan for opioid use disorders in high-need communities.

SAMHSA’s Provider Clinical Support System-Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (PCSS-MOUD) offers the most effective, evidence-based clinical practices

  • preventing,
  • identifying,
  • and treating opioid-use disorder.

PCSS-MOUD provides free 8-hour MOUD training, year-round.

Are Your eligible for the training?

You are eligible for the free 8-hour MOUD Training if you have an active Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) number to dispense controlled substances and are one of the following:

  • Physician (Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO),
  • Nurse practitioner (NP),
  • Physician assistant (PA),
  • Certified nurse midwives (CNM),
  • Certified registered nurse anesthetics (CRNA), or
  • Medical student
  • Medical students may complete the training but will not be eligible for a DEA number until they are fully licensed.

The training is eight hours and can be taken in-person or online. The training can also be split into more than one session.

I already completed X-waiver training:

  • If you have completed training for the DATA Waiver, also know as the X-waiver, you have satisfied this training requirement.
  • This training also satisfies the June 2023 mandate for health professionals who are registering or renewing a DEA license.
  • Visit the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Medication Assisted Treatment page to learn more about the training and how to obtain your DEA number

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SHOW-ME ECHO: Expand Your Knowledge in Your Rural Area of Concussion Care, Starts March 12

March 11, 2025

           

SHOW-ME ECHO: Expand Your Knowledge in Your Rural Area of Concussion Care, Starts March 12

Through a multidisciplinary approach, the Concussion Care ECHO hopes to empower and support healthcare professionals to confidently and effectively apply best practices. This ECHO will offer online collaborative learning sessions every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month from noon to 1:00 p.m.

Participants will join the expert team in case-based learning via videoconferencing. Together, participants will:

  • Identify appropriate multi-disciplinary referrals,
  • Increase utilization of appropriate care plans,
  • Improve utilization of objective assessments, and
  • Counsel patients effectively and advocate for collaboration with other professionals.

What does this ECHO offer?

  • Free continuing education for professionals,
  • Collaboration, support and ongoing leaning from specialists,
  • No cost to participating sites or individuals,
  • Patients receive exceptional care in their home community,
  • Access to scarce knowledge resource and subject matter experts.

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USDA Rural Hospital Technical Assistance

February 18, 2025

USDA Rural Hospital Technical Assistance

Through a cooperative agreement with the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA), the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) provides several types of assistance to rural hospitals selected in collaboration with USDA. Technical Assistance services will be provided under contract with NRHA by selected contractors who specialize in the types of services outlined below.

Process and Criteria

Through NRHA, USDA will provide selected rural hospitals with TA services to identify and address health care needs and strengthen the local health care system.

The goal is to:

  • Enhance hospital systems for improved efficiency and financial performance,
  • Bolster quality of care, and
  • Support the community.

Prior to selection, hospitals will be interviewed by NRHA and complete an initial assessment to identify TA services needed. The total number of projects will be limited by cooperative agreement funding.

Project Goals

Possible project goals may include:

  1. Improving financial position and increasing operational efficiencies
  2. Implementing quality improvements that support an evidenced-based culture for improved health outcomes.
  3. Increasing use of telehealth to fill service gaps and improve access to care.
  4. Strengthening the local health care delivery system to position for population health.
  5. Providing hospital board training through NRHA’s certification program.

For more information and to see if your hospital qualifies, or to refer a hospital that would benefit from technical assistance, fill out the referral form and NRHA staff will follow up.

Contact Mory Bell, mbell@ruralhealth.us for more information and assistance.

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Free Webinar Series for RHC Leaders

February 3, 2025

Free Webinar Series for RHC Leaders

Join the Missouri Association of Rural Health Clinics (MARHC) for this three-part webinar series designed to empower you with actionable strategies to optimize revenue cycle management.

Presented by industry experts from Wintergreen, this training will provide insights into enhancing financial performance, boosting operational efficiency, and improving patient satisfaction.

Options available to attend live or on-demand.

Cost:

  • Full Series
    • MARHC Members: $100
    • Non-Members: $150
  • Single Sessions
    • MARHC Members: $50
    • Non-Members: $75

When:

  • February 13, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
    • Strategy Management – Learn how to develop and implement effective strategies for comprehensive revenue cycle management to drive growth and sustainability.
  • May 29, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
    • Front-End Improvement  – Explore best practices for front-end processes, including patient registration, insurance verification, and point-of-service collections.
  • August 14, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
    • Back-End Improvement – Delve into methods to streamline back-end processes, such as claims management, billing, and accounts receivable follow-up, to enhance cash flow and minimize denials.

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Free Mobile SIM Training – Coming to Rural Sites Throughout Missouri

January 27, 2025

Free Mobile SIM Training – Coming to Rural Sites Throughout Missouri

Thanks to funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the University of Missouri (MU) School of Medicine Mobile Sim program offers hands-on learning at no cost.

MU’s self-contained mobile training units come fully equipped and staffed by trained professionals who will work with your educational teams to create customized training that meets your facility’s needs.

This training involves use of highly sophisticated manikins in simulated environments (IE – hospital room or ambulance) for a very wide range of scenarios to include:

  • STEMI,
  • aortic dissection,
  • delivery with postpartum hemorrhage,
  • severe preeclampsia,
  • pediatric emergencies,
  • stroke,
  • sepsis,
  • overdose,
  • DKA,
  • trauma,
  • PE,
  • tension pneumothorax,
  • anaphylaxis,
  • GI bleed and many more.

This is a unique opportunity to enhance training at your facility without any cost.

Please consider joining ORHPC on February 13, at 12:30 p.m. to hear more about this exciting opportunity.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, February 13, 12:30 p.m.

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Revenue Cycle Management for RHC Leaders, 3-Part Series

January 27, 2025

Revenue Cycle Management for RHC Leaders, 3-Part Series

Join the Missouri Association of Rural Health Clinics (MARHC) for an exclusive three-part webinar series designed to empower RHC leaders with actionable strategies to optimize revenue cycle management.

Presented by industry experts from Wintergreen, this training will provide insights into enhancing financial performance, boosting operational efficiency, and improving patient satisfaction.

Why Attend?

Revenue cycle management is critical to the financial and operational success of Rural Health Clinics. This series provides practical tools and strategies tailored to the unique challenges of RHCs.

Cost:

  • Full Series (3 sessions):
    • MARHC Members: $100
    • Non-Members: $150
  • Single Session (A la Carte):
    • MARHC Members: $50
    • Non-Members: $75

Note: Recordings Available: All sessions will be recorded, and links will be sent to registered attendees. If you’re unable to attend live, register to receive the recording and benefit from this valuable training at you convenience.

When:

  • February 13, 2025: Revenue Cycle Strategy Management
  • May 29, 2025: Front-End Cycle Improvement
  • August 14, 2025: Back-End Revenue Cycle Improvement

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Federal Grant Bootcamp, February 3-7

January 6, 2025

Federal Grant Bootcamp, February 3-7

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) Minority Colleges, Universities, and Community Colleges (MCU-CC) Technical Assistance (TA) initiative is hosting a Federal Grants Bootcamp to help community-based organizations (CBOs) understand, apply for, and manage federal funding.

Why You Should Attend:

The Federal Grants Bootcamp provides a foundational overview of the federal grants process and completion of the five-day Bootcamp unlocks opportunities for additional TA (all offered virtually) including:

  • Mentor-protégé communities of practice (CoPs);
  • Monthly Chat ‘n Chew sessions;
  • Regional Roundtable conferences; and
  • Access to HRSA’s on-demand resource library

This five-day Bootcamp is free and focuses on the unique needs of community-based organizations. Current and prospective HRSA grantees from community-based organizations are encouraged to register and attend. The event is also open to other MCU-CCs as well.

Cost: Free

When: February 3 – 7, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

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NRHA Now Accepting Applications – Rural Health Community Capacity Academy

October 22, 2024

NRHA Now Accepting Applications – Rural Health Community Capacity Academy, Apply by November 1

The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) is now accepting applications for the association’s Rural Health Community Capacity Academy.

The  Academy is designed to support rural organizations in addressing local community health challenges by building their capacity for community engagement and development. Selected organizations will work with rural health development coaches who provide personalized guidance to assess strengths and develop strategies to overcome challenges.

This program is aimed at established rural health organizations with a demonstrated need for capacity-building support.

Assistance may focus on improving operations, such as:

  • Administrative processes,
  • Leadership development, and
  • Strengthening collaboration.

Application Process:

  • Applications are due by Friday, November 1
  • NRHA will review applications and notify applicants of their status via email.
  • Accepted applicants must confirm their participation within two weeks of notification.

Costs:

Participation in the Rural Health Community Capacity Academy is fully funded. There are no fees for participants.

Please contact Courtney Glover at CGlover@ruralhealth.us with any questions.

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