March 6, 2023

NRHA Webinar – Rural Emergency Hospitals and Rural Hospital Innovation Grant

2:00 pm ET

Join the Kansas State Office of Rural Health for an overview of the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) Conditions of Participation and Medicare reimbursement model and how Rural Hospital Improvement Grant funds can be used to support the costs of conversion to this new provider type.

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March 3, 2023

NRHA Webinar – How 30 Rural Providers Unlocked the Unrealized Value in their Patient Payment Plans

Thursday, March 30, 2:00 – 3:00 pm CST

Join Hospital Revenue Cycle Expert Michael Berger and Revenue Cycle Director Rhonda Ridenour as they share how 30 rural healthcare facilities turned their in-house patient payment plans into immediate cash, resulting in improved financial metrics. With over 30 years of senior revenue cycle leadership in 35 states, Michael’s extensive experience was instrumental in developing and implementing the collaborative approach that prioritized patient and community satisfaction. This ongoing program also led to benefits such as reduced cost-to-collect, bad debt reduction, and increased cash-on-hand. By attending this webinar, you’ll learn how to replicate these results at your own healthcare facility while engaging patients and improving their satisfaction.

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March 3, 2023

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

Thursday, March 16, 1:00 – 2:00 pm CST

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

Allevant has supported approximately 100 Critical Access Hospitals across 22 states, including independent and part of health systems. Our clients have cared for over 12,000 patients, representing over 158,000 swing bed days.

With a strong focus on quality, outcomes, and growth, our clients saw an average increase in swing bed days of 55% by the second year. 64% of patients were categorized as complex medical or complex surgical, a growing patient population. Only 7% of Transitional Care patients were discharged directly back to acute care during a program stay of fewer than 30 days. 76% of patients were discharged from Transitional Care back to independence. The average patient rating was 4.83 out of 5 when asked if patients would “recommend the program to others.”

Learn more at www.Allevant.com

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March 3, 2023

NRHA Webinar – What Rural Healthcare Leaders Need to Know to Advance Cybersecurity Readiness

Wednesday, March 8, 2:00 – 3:00 pm CST

The world of cybersecurity in healthcare has changed significantly over the past few years. Yet, most rural hospitals need help implementing cybersecurity practices to keep up with modern-day hackers.

We can learn a lot from the trends over the last year to make cybersecurity changes and advance protection for rural healthcare networks and patients.

Join CloudWave’s Chief Security and Engineering Officer, John Gomez, as he shares lessons learned from 2022 and an outlook for how rural hospitals can successfully combat hackers in 2023. He will cover topics including advancements in medical device cybersecurity, how to meet cyber liability requirements, why informed patient consent is becoming a more significant issue, and more.

What you’ll learn:

• Cybersecurity Lessons from 2022 and recommendations for changes in 2023
• Why medical device security is increasing in priority
• What rural hospitals can do to impact their cyber liability insurance premiums positively
• Emerging trends in cybersecurity

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February 28, 2023

Webinar – NRHA’s Rural Hospital HR Certification Program – Wednesday, March 8 at 12:30 PM

The increasing rates of employee burnout and turnover coupled with the struggle to recruit and retain staff are just some of the everyday obstacles faced by rural hospital HR Leaders. Along with constantly changing policies and regulations and a lack of resources across the board, there has never been a more crucial time to support rural hospital HR Leaders.

Do any of these topics concern with you?

• Recruiting
• Retention
• Burnout
• Culture
• Staff & Organizational Training/Development
• Labor Laws & Regulations
• Communication
• FTEs, Productivity, & Payroll
• Budgeting
• Employee Engagement
• Employee Benefits

Learn about how NRHA’s Rural Hospital HR Certification Program can provide the network, knowledge, and tools for your rural hospital’s HR Leaders! Join NRHA on March 8^th at 12:30 pm to learn about this one of kind program, created by rural hospital HR executives for rural hospital HR executives.

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