Events

Register for the HELP webinar series to receive eight CEUs.
This session highlights how some rural health organizations and communities are meeting SDOH needs in the midst of inflation, workforce shortages, and great mental health needs. 

Understanding and Improving Health Equity in Rural Health Care Settings: Challenges and Solutions to Address Rural Health Disparities

This SHIP technical assistance webinar will share experiences and details on how hospitals can utilize SHIP funds to maximize staff training. We will cover types of allowable trainings, unallowable trainings, cohort training, and “contracts” with subject matter experts (SME).

By attending this webinar, participants will be able to learn hidden opportunities in the 340B program for ACO participants; review how to implement audit-ready strategies for improving claims capture; and understand how to use 340B net discounts to expand your primary care service

Describe how the use of telehealth benefits rural ambulance services. Discuss the financial considerations of telehealth for rural ambulance services when there isn’t reimbursement for it.
Relate telehealth implementation tips for rural ambulance services. Recognize support available to rural ambulance services interested in utilizing telehealth.

Recall what care coordination is and its relation to HIT. Explain the challenges and opportunities of care coordination for rural hospitals and clinics. Summarize examples of successes and lessons learned during the pandemic. Identify how Flex Programs can support care coordination initiatives.

This webinar will include a discussion about the FY2022 SHIP updates, grant guidance documents, SHIP reporting templates, and additions to the SHIP Allowable investment tool. This webinar will be presented by SHIP Project Officers of FORHP and SHIP-TA team at The Center.

This virtual learning and action network will focus on helping participants understand and assess opportunities for use of technology to support the implementation of population health strategies.

This webinar playback focuses on the Sustainable Rural EMS: Navigating Change guide. This guide can assist rural communities in navigating a change from unsustainable volunteer EMS and ambulance service models to those that are sustainable.

Identify contract management best practices and tips they can use for their Flex Program subcontracts or managing the life cycle of their QI project. Recognize how other Flex Coordinators troubleshoot contract management issues to improve office efficiencies and project outcomes.

This SHIP Technical Assistance (TA) explored SHIP activities surrounding telehealth and mobile health hardware/software. Speakers from the Iowa, Kentucky, Oregon, and Washington SHIP Programs will discuss their telehealth investments and implementation experiences.

This SHIP Technical Assistance (TA) Webinar will focus on innovative and successful approaches to delivering mass education and training implemented by the Indiana State Office of Rural Health, and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine.

Proper alignment with employed and affiliated physicians continues to present challenges, especially to rural providers. With growing practice subsidies and recruitment and retention difficulties, leaders must engage at a deeper level with the medical staff to achieve sustainable arrangements. Tune in to hear from BKD experts about how organizations are repositioning to achieve value for the organization, physicians and the patients they mutually care for.

BKD will review the revenue cycle strategies rural hospital and clinic leaders should be aware of as they determine how to prioritize and address any backlog in revenue cycle. This session will provide leaders with an example of how to prioritize A/R, opportunities for uninsured COVID reimbursement programs, and discuss how to manage remote staff productivity.

Staying up-to-date on funding opportunities and associated guidance has been a challenge for all hospital and clinic leaders. BKD’s subject matter experts will share the most current information on funding sources and explore the potential downstream impact on the hospital’s cost report.

This session will provide DRCHSD hospital and clinic leaders with information needed to retain COVID-19 funding and prepare for a single audit. BKD will recommend best practices for procedures, documentation and example methodologies for tracking various funding sources, revenues and expenses related to COVID-19.

Following the webinar, participants gained awareness of recent policy updates related to COVID-19 and improved their understanding of the potential role of the Flex Program to support hospitals during this time.

Following the webinar, participants gained knowledge regarding new and emerging models of care influencing rural health care providers and improved their ability to recognize and locate resources related to emerging models of care that can inform their office, partners, and rural providers.