FREE Webinar – Compliance within a Value-Based Healthcare Organization, June 25

June 5, 2024

FREE Webinar – Compliance within a Value-Based Healthcare Organization, June 25

Please consider joining the FREE Compliance within a Value-Based Healthcare Organization webinar.

Sheryn Honest will be addressing these common questions related to the Value-Based (VBC) and compliance during the 60-minute session:

  • What Fraud & Abuse Laws are associated with a Compliance Program?
  • How does the new OIC General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG), published in November 2023, impact VBC organizations?
  • What are the 7 core elements of a Compliance Program?
  • Why do you need a Compliance Program?
  • Who’s involved in the Compliance Program?
  • What’s a Business Associate (BA) and what does a healthcare provider need to know about working with BA’s?
  • Do you know what an FDR is and what that means in a value-based organization (as a Medicare Advantage provider)?
  • What training & education is required?

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the fundamentals of a compliance program
  • Identify the 7 core elements of a Compliance Program and what are some practical (and necessary) things that can be done to remain compliant
  • New elements in the OIG’s GCPG

Cost: FREE

When: Tuesday, June 25, 11:00 a.m. CT

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Free Webinar: Healthcare Supply Chain Risk Management – June 12

June 5, 2024

Free Webinar: Healthcare Supply Chain Risk Management – June 12

When it comes to cyber supply chain risk management (C-SCRM), organizations are expected to identify, assess and mitigate risks associated with the distributed and interconnected nature of IT/OT produce and service supply chains.

Information and operational technology (IT/OT) rely on a complex, globally distributed, and interconnected supply chain ecosystem to provide highly refined, cost-effective and reusable solutions.

Consider joining this free webinar in which David Sims shares his expertise and guidance as a Board member of the American Institute of Healthcare Compliance (AIHC).

Topics Covered Include:

  • Importance of vendor vetting & supply chain risk management
  • Understanding supply chain risks in healthcare
  • Key components of vendor vetting
  • Implementing a risk management framework

Cost: FREE

When: Wednesday, June 12, 11:00 a.m. CT

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NRHA Webinar – Safeguarding Rural Health: Environmental Responsibility Strategies for Healthcare Leaders

June 3, 2024

NRHA Webinar – Safeguarding Rural Health: Environmental Responsibility Strategies for Healthcare Leaders

In this webinar, Rebecca Hou, Environmental Sustainability Program Manager at Vizient, shares her extensive expertise in advancing sustainability in healthcare.

With a background in improving supply chain sustainability for 60% of acute care hospitals across the United States, Rebecca will address the unique environmental challenges faced by rural healthcare leaders.

Learn how rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and exposure to harmful chemicals threaten patient health in rural areas. Discover how rural hospitals contribute to these issues and, more importantly, how they can lead the charge in promoting health inside and outside their walls.

This session will provide actionable strategies tailored for rural healthcare systems to advance human and environmental health.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, July 9, 1:00 – 2:00 p.n. CT

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NRHA Webinar: Building a Culture of Excellence Nine Principles® Framework, June 27

June 3, 2024

NRHA Webinar: Building a Culture of Excellence Nine Principles® Framework, June 27

Join the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) for a transformative webinar designed specifically for rural health executives.

Tad Hunt, Huron’s Market Segment Leader for Rural/Critical Access Hospitals, and Rudy Martinez, a Senior Healthcare Leader, will share their extensive expertise in driving significant improvements in clinical operations and patient care.

Learning Objectives:

  • Implement the Nine Principles® of excellence to create and sustain a high-performance culture in your organization
  • Leverage real-world examples of sustained success tailored to the unique challenges and opportunities in rural healthcare settings
  • Improve operational performance and patient care, specifically in Critical Access Hospitals, enhancing both patient outcomes and staff engagement

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, June 27, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. CST

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NRHA Webinar – Swing Bed Culture and Attention to Wellness Vital to Rural Healthcare, A Transitional Care Model, June 13

June 3, 2024

NRHA Webinar – Swing Bed Culture and Attention to Wellness Vital to Rural Healthcare, A Transitional Care Model, June 13

Allevant, a joint venture between Mayo Clinic and Select Medical, helps Critical Access Hospitals by developing post-acute Transitional Care programs using available Swing Beds.

Focused on helping patients transition to their highest level of independence, Transitional Care is a program that involves the patient and family, makes available the full resources of the Critical Access Hospital and focuses on measured outcomes and evidence-based processes to ensure patients get the best care.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, June 13, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. CT

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MRHA Webinar – Poisonings: The Rural and Urban Divide, June 6

May 28, 2024

MRHA Webinar – Poisonings: The Rural and Urban Divide, June 6

Is there a rural and urban divide when it comes to poisonings and overdoses? During this lunch-and-learn webinar, the Missouri Poison Center will discuss the urban-rural differences in exposure to poisonous substances and drug overdoses.

In addition, they will address how all residents in the state of Missouri can use the poison center as a first-line resource for first-aid information and questions regarding household products, medication, substances of abuse and other potential poisons.

 

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, June 6, 12:00 P.M.

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Webinar: Why Housing is a Rural Social Driver of Health – May 29

May 24, 2024

Webinar: Why Housing is a Rural Social Driver of Health – May 29

Rural Health Research Gateway is hosting a webinar at noon CDT May 29 on understanding housing as a social driver of health for rural residents, including research on rural/urban differences in housing cost burden and quality.

Presenters will share recent research findings on rural/urban differences in housing cost burden and quality of housing stock.

The webinar will also include results from a series of key informant interviews on challenges and opportunities to support housing and improve health for rural residents.

After attending, participants will:

  • Be able to describe differences between rural and urban residents in basic housing access and quality measures
  • Be able to identify opportunities to improve housing as a social driver of health through policy and programming

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, May 29, 12:00 p.m. CT

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NRHA Webinar: Swing Bed Culture and Attention to Wellness Vital to Rural Healthcare, A Transitional Care Model

May 24, 2024

NRHA Webinar: Swing Bed Culture and Attention to Wellness Vital to Rural Healthcare, A Transitional Care Model

Allevant is hosting a webinar on Swing Bed culture and attention to wellness vital to rural health care.

Learn how transitional care makes available the full resources of the CAH and focuses on measured outcomes and evidence-based processes.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, June 13, 1:00 p.m. CT

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2024 Rural Resilience Lecture Series – May 28

May 24, 2024

2024 Rural Resilience Lecture Series – May 28

Community Health Engagement and Outreach invites you to the 2024 summer Rural Resilience Lecture Series.

The first lecture in the series will focus on tobacco/nicotine and vaping with guest lecturers Dr. Li-Shiun Chen, Washington University School of Medicine’s Professor Psychiatry and Christy Inskip, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ Youth Tobacco Use Prevention Specialist discussing the interconnection between tobacco/nicotine use prevention and resilience.

The goal of the series is to increase capacity for professionals and community-based organizations serving rural or marginalized communities to be responsive to behavioral health and substance misuse needs and provide prevention and resilience education to youth, adults and communities.

Learn More

Questions? Contact Michelle McDowell at mcdowellm@missouri.edu 

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, May 28, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

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Health Workforce Resource Showcase: The Rural Telementoring Training Center (RTTC) – May 30

May 20, 2024

Health Workforce Resource Showcase: The Rural Telementoring Training Center (RTTC) – May 30

The Rural Telementoring Training Center (RTTP) provides free training, tools and technical assistance to support the implementation and evaluation of Telementoring programs for rural and remote health care workers.

This showcase is intended to introduce attendees to the RTTC and help them consider how the RTTC can support work in addressing public health priorities including maternal health, mental health and substance use, and health workforce.

Attendees will have an opportunity to hear from the RTTC leadership and partners.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, May 30, 1:00 p.m. CT

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