February 4, 2026

Webinar: How SSM Health is Building Workforce Resilience Through Education, February 23

As clinical and operational complexity grows, health system leaders are rethinking how education can strengthen their workforce for current and future demands.

At SSM Health, education has become a systemwide lever for workforce stability, not a standalone perk.

In this webinar, leaders from SSM Health will outline how they are using education as a long-term workforce strategy. Through upfront tuition support, hybrid clinical training models and structured leadership development, the system is strengthening retention, expanding career mobility and preparing future-ready leaders.

This candid discussion moves beyond theory to explore what it takes to operationalize education at scale and align it with workforce, clinical and organizational goals.

What you will learn:

• How education programs can address workforce instability at the system level,
• Practical approaches to improving retention through career mobility,
• How clinical education models are evolving to meet workforce demand, and
• Executive considerations for sustaining workforce investments over time.

Cost: Free

When: Monday, February 23, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

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February 4, 2026

Webinar: From Retrospective to Real Time: Transforming CMS Star Rating and Leapfrog Objectives into Bedside Action, February 17

Hospitals are under constant pressure to perform in quality programs like CMS Star Ratings, Leapfrog, VBP and HRRP, yet most manage these initiatives retrospectively, through lagging metrics and after-action reviews.

The delay creates blind spots: frontline teams don’t know about the 10% of patients who drive the majority of CMS Star Ratings and other quality programs, or how to intervene in time to change outcomes.

This webinar shares how leading hospitals are connecting enterprise quality targets with real-time patient identification, risk stratification and care team activation, while patients are still in the bed.

Key Takeaways:

• Translate enterprise priorities into patient-level flags staff can act on daily,
• Identify cohorts driving readmissions, mortality, and cost before discharge, and
• Link stratified risk to workflows across rounding, discharge and care coordination.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, February 17, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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February 3, 2026

MasterClass: Motivational Interviewing (MI) for Nicotine Use, February 25

Tune in on February 25, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. for the Motivational Interviewing for Nicotine Use Master Class Webinar!

This FREE training is available to primary care and behavioral health providers, as well as LPHAs. Attendees will explore ways to enhance behavior change using the motivational interviewing approach and strategies and will practice engagement and evocation strategies in clinical conversations.

Pre-registration is required.

Objectives:

• Explore ways to enhance behavior change using Motivational Interviewing (MI) approach,
• Learn about the MI heart set, tasks, skills, and strategies, and
• Practice engagement and evocation strategies in clinical conversations.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, February 25, 9:30 a.m.

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February 2, 2026

MRHA Webinar: Needs Assessment and Statewide Data, February 19

Join Libby Trammell, LCSW, for an engaging and accessible walkthrough of the most recent statewide Rural Health Needs Assessment. This session will highlight key data trends impacting rural Missouri, from workforce shortages and access-to-care challenges to emerging demographic shifts shaping community health.

Participants will learn to identify the leading causes of death in rural communities and explore how these patterns reflect broader health disparities. The webinar will also break down the concept of Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL), explaining what it measures, why it matters, and how it can guide planning, funding priorities, and local advocacy.

Who Should Attend:

• Healthcare researchers,
• Advocates, and
• Workers who are seeking to strengthen their understanding of rural health data for planning, communication, and improvement efforts.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, February 19, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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February 2, 2026

MRHA Webinar: Investing in Rural Health, February 12

Join Health Blue for an informative session exploring the company’s role in Missouri HealthNet and its commitment to improving health outcomes in rural communities. Participants will receive an overview of the health plan including Value-Added Benefits, and gain insight into strategies for addressing rural health disparities.

The webinar will also highlight Health Blue’s investments in the future of rural health professionals, including programs and opportunities designed to support rural health scholars. Attendees will leave with a deeper understanding of how health plans, community organizations, and educational initiatives can work together to strengthen rural health systems.

Target Audience:

• Health systems,
• Community-based organizations,
• Faith-based organizations,
• Health departments,
• FQHCs
• School Districts,
• Universities, and
• Other organizations engaged in rural health

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, February 12, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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February 2, 2026

MRHA Webinar: Building Research – Ready Rural Clinics in Missouri, February 5

Rural communities contribute immense value to healthcare yet remain underrepresented in clinical research. This limited participation means fewer opportunities to shape medical advances that directly impact rural patients and practices. Many rural clinicians are interested in engaging in research but may face barriers related to time, training, or confidence in navigating complex study processes.

The Research Readiness Training program was created to change that. Developed by the University of Missouri, this program equips rural clinicians and healthcare staff with the skills, confidence, and infrastructure needed to participate in and lead clinical trials. Through practical, accessible training, participants learn how to integrate research into daily practice. Covering key areas such as participant recruitment, informed consent, and collaboration with academic researchers. By fostering research readiness, this program empowers rural healthcare teams to bring innovation closer to home and ensure that rural voices shape the future of medicine.

Target Audience:

• Clinicians
• Nurses
• Healthcare staff serving rural communities

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, February 5, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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January 27, 2026

Webinar: How Ascension Living is Balancing Per Diem Flexibility with Long-term Workforce Stability, February 10

Flexible staffing can enhance agility, but without the right design, it can strain teams and budgets. In today’s healthcare environment, leaders are increasingly pairing per diem staffing with centralized float pools and technology to optimize coverage, reduce administrative burden and support clinician well-being.

In this webinar, Erin Shadbolt, MSN, RN, CEO of Ascension Living, joins workforce strategy leaders to share how they’re achieving scalable staffing models that preserve continuity of care, reduce administrative burden and enhance the clinician experience.

Whether you’re navigating labor shortages or preparing for census surges, this session offers practical strategies to flex staffing without compromising team cohesion or financial stability.

Key learning points:

• Use per diem talent to meet surge demand without losing team culture,
• Leverage technology and data-rich dashboards to reduce manual work and optimize staffing decisions, and
• Design staffing models that enhance clinician experience, reduce burnout and stabilize staffing.

Cost: Free

When: Tuesday, February 10, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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January 27, 2026

Webinar: How Hospitals are Making Resident Well-Being Core to GME, February 5

Residency has always been demanding. But today’s trainees face new stressors layered on top of old ones: HER overload, reduced autonomy, economic pressure and social isolation.

Traditional mental health models weren’t built for this – and residents are feeling the strain.

In this live webinar, join Mickey Trockel, MD, director of evidence-based innovation for Stanford University School of Medicine’s WellMD Center and Robert Flora, MD, chief academic officer and vice president of academic affairs at McLaren Health Care, to examine how modern graduate medical education is reshaping the mental health landscape.

They’ll explore the unique vulnerabilities of residents, how the training environment is changing in ways leaders underestimate, and why common mental health approaches fail in GME and what actually works.

Insights include:

• How new GME dynamics interact with longstanding mental health risks,
• Why traditional wellness programs often fail and what to replace them with, and
• Practical steps to embed mental health infrastructure across training programs.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, February 5, 11:00 am. – 12:00 p.m.

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January 27, 2026

On-Demand Webinar: Recoupments 101: The Biggest RCM Problem No one’s Talking About

For ASCs and ambulatory providers, recoupments can be devastating. A single payer takeback can wipe out weeks of margin, strain small billing teams and trigger rework that outpatient workflows aren’t built to handle.

Yet recoupments – also called takebacks or chargebacks – remain one of the least understood revenue cycle risks in ambulatory care.

This on-demand webinar breaks down how recoupments work in ASC and ambulatory settings and why treating them like denials puts organizations at risk.

Attendees will take away a clear, practical primer on payer audits, retroactive adjustments and provider-level balances, with a focus on how these issues uniquely impact outpatient revenue cycles.

Learnings include:

• Recoupment terminology and why confusion costs ASCs real dollars,
• The true financial and operational impact on ambulatory revenue cycles,
• How payer audits and retroactive adjustments drive outpatient takebacks,
• Why denial workflows fail in ASC environments, and
• How visibility and automation can help ambulatory teams regain control

This webinar is on-demand and can be viewed at your convenience

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January 22, 2026

NACCHO Webinar: Empowering Rural Health Practitioners, January 28

Join NACCHO for an engaging webinar showcasing newly published trainings designed to support rural public health professionals and organizations. The session will feature presentations from NORC at the University of Chicago, Public Health Innovation Lab (PHIL), and Cornell University, each highlighting practical approaches and strategies embedded in their courses.

Following the presentations there will be an opportunity to answer all your questions with a dynamic panel discussion with all speakers exploring how these trainings can be applied in real-world settings.

Cost: Free

When: Wednesday, January 28, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

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