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What to Expect
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2024 Spring Rural Healthcare Education & Training
Johnston, Iowa
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Join Hometown Health LLC and other attendees from across Rural Iowa for the 2024 Spring Rural Healthcare Education and Training. The theme, Pursuing Excellence. Accelerate Your Success, is indicative of your commitment to advancing rural health and improving access to care for a stronger, healthier Rural Iowa. Explore the agenda and REGISTER to attend on March 12-13. Leave empowered to implement best practices and innovative solutions to transform care delivery and business practices in your organization.
Pursuing Excellence. Accelerate Your Success.

Two days of inspiration, thought leadership and innovation

Who Should Attend?
  • Rural Health Clinics C-Suite
  • Critical Access Hospitals C-Suite
  • Mid-level Leaders
  • Quality and Patient Safety Leaders
  • RHC Managers
  • Clinical Directors
  • Hospital Compliance Officers
What to Expect
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Price
Transparency

Take advantage of opportunities to learn more about price transparency requirements for 2024. Obtain best practice recmendations for complying with the new regulations.

Workforce
Engagement

Gain effective strategies and ideas to foster leadership and employee engagement. Transform your organizations - build and maitain a culture of belonging and trust.

Rural
Health Clinic

Acquire valuable insights from subject matter experts on effectively managing the complexity of RHC compliance readiness and operating in a cost-based reimbursement environment.
What's on the Agenda
Day 1 | Tuesday March 12, 2024
8:00 am9:00 amBreakfast
9:00 am9:15 amWelcome and IntroductionsLesa Schlatman, BSN, RN
Program Manager, HomeTown Health LLC
9:15 am10:30 amSession 1: C-Suite: Manage and Improve Your Hospital's Rural Health Clinic
- Identify why the RHC is vital to their hospital's success
- Recognize the unique way the RHC can engage and service the community while improving revenue
- Identify the regulations that govern the RHC and why it is not considered a department of the hospital
Jeff Harper
Principal, InQuiseek Counsulting, LLC
10:30 am10:45 amBreak
10:45 am11:30 amSession 2: That Dreaded Day . . . The Surveyor is Here!
- Summarize how the RHC survey unfolds on the day of the survey
- Recognize the educational aspect of the RHC survey
- Determine how to prepare their clinics for the RHC survey while decreasing overall fear
Jeff Harper
Principal, InQuiseek Counsulting, LLC
11:30 am12:30 pmLunch and Networking
12:30 pm1:30 pmRural Health Clinic and Critical Access Hospital Finance: The Nuances of Cost Based Reimbursement
- Provide high-level understanding of importance of revenue cycle, operational efficiency and Medicare cost report to success of your organization.
- Recall the framework of cost-based reimbursement and strategies that could improve your reimbursement.
- Discuss various scenarios encountered with CAH/RHCs and key decision points.

Jeremy Behrens CPA, FHFMA
Partner, Eide Bailly
1:30 pm1:45 pmBreak
1:45 pm2:30 pmRural Health Clinic and Critical Access Hospital: The Nuances of Cost Based Reimbursement (Part 2)Jeremy Behrens CPA, FHFMA
Partner, Eide Bailly
2:30 pm2:45 pmBreak
2:45 pm3:45 pmDenial Management
- Describe how to identify root causes of denials
- Identify how claim audits can help you find underpayments
- Describe how communication can help improve your processes
- Identify how education can increase your reimbursement
Sandy Sage, RN
Revenue Cycle Analyst, HomeTown Health LLC
3:45 pm4:45 pmManaging Your AR Days
- Describe how AR days are affected by Revenue Cycle processes
- List ways to change your processes to improve AR days
- Identify common areas that affect your AR negatively		Sandy Sage, RN
Revenue Cycle Analyst, HomeTown Health LLC
4:45 pm5:00 pmClosingLisa Carhuff, RN, MSN
Director of Program Development, HomeTown Health LLC
5:00 pm6:00 pmNetworking Reception
6:00 pm7:00 pmOnsite Dinner | Business Partner Spotlights
Day 2 | Wednesday March 13, 2024
8:00 am9:00 amBreakfast
9:00 am9:15 amWelcome and IntroductionsLisa Ryles
Program Manager, HomeTown Health
9:15 am10:45 amWorkforce Engagement and Resiliency Series
- Describe the important connection between leadership and employee engagement to foster workforce recruitment and retention
- Identify ways to imbed changes as a leader that improve employee experience
- Recall ways to stay accountable for actions and be the best leader
- Identify ways to build and maintain a culture of belonging and trust
- Define takeaways for future application of tools
Alexis B. Foster, MHA
Workforce and Leadership Consultation Program Specialist - Rural Health Innovations

Shannon Studden,
Principal Consultant - Shannon Studden Consulting
10:45 am11:00 amBreak
11:00 am12:30 pmWorkforce Engagement and Resiliency Series (Part 2)Alexis B. Foster, MHA
Workforce and Leadership Consultation Program Specialist - Rural Health Innovations

Shannon Studden,
Principal Consultant - Shannon Studden Consulting
12:30 pm1:30 pmLunch and Networking
1:30 pm2:30 pmWorkforce Engagement and Resiliency Series (Part 3)Alexis B. Foster, MHA
Workforce and Leadership Consultation Program Specialist - Rural Health Innovations

Shannon Studden,
Principal Consultant - Shannon Studden Consulting
2:30 pm2:45 pmBreak
2:45 pm4:45 pmLean 101 Training
- Recall the 5 S method of lean
- Recognize the eight basic types of waste in healthcare processes
- Describe the concept of Mistake-Proofing
Lisa Carhuff, MSN, RN
Director of Program Development, HomeTown Health
4:45 pm5:00 pmClosing and AnnouncementsLisa Ryles
Program Manager, HomeTown Health
Speakers
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Jeremy Behrens,
CPA, FHFMA

Partner
Eide Bailly
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Lisa Carhuff, MSN

Director of Program Development
HomeTown Health

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Alexis B. Foster, MHA

Workforce & Leadership Consultation Program Specialist
Rural Health Innovations
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Jeff Harper

Principal
InQuiseek Consulting, LLC
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Lisa Ryles, LPN

Program Manager
HomeTown Health
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Sandy Sage, RN

Revenue Cycle Analyst
HomeTown Health
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Lesa Schlatman, BSN

Program Manager
HomeTown Health LLC
What You Need to Know
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Hilton
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Des Moines/Urbandale

8600 Northpark Dr.
Johnston, IA 50131