HomeTown sponsors Rural Caucus luncheon for Rural Legislators

HomeTown conducted its annual 2021 Rural Legislative Caucus luncheon yesterday with about 80 legislative attendees. This has become an annual event having started about five year go. This is a very prestigious event and is known to have a very good participation. HomeTown invited Blue Cross Blue Shield to cosponsor the event for as much as they have been strong …

REGISTER NOW for HomeTown Health Spring Conference April 13-16, 2021

You just can’t miss this one – At Georgia’s rebuilt Resort Jekyll Island, New Technology on show, Live face to face network, and glorious good food. Check it out! https://www.jekyllisland.com/ This will be a safety protocol driven meeting just like the Fall Meeting at Callaway, i.e., Masks required throughout, personal temperatures monitored throughout, recent patient history identified relative to Covid-19, and …

2021 HomeTown Health CEO Day

Register Now for HomeTown CEO Day this Thursday February 11, 2021 Purpose: To educate you and your team about the workings of the legislature and how bills are passed that can affect your hospitals When: Thursday, February 11, 2021 Time: 8:00 AM until 3:15 PM Who: If you received this email, you’re invited Where: Virtual; Register here https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4240596858616783120 Register:  to attend: Agenda: Attached Click here to view …

Your Business Partner Value!

Reference: Important! Eleven reasons for value in HomeTown’s Business partner group – savings to Rural  hospitals As we come to the 2021 Spring Meeting for HomeTown Health, a major part of the value for the meeting will be to meet, greet ,and network with you as  HomeTown Business Partners. As a means to better understand your value, there are ten …

Impending Cash Storages & Value of Education through HTH

Urgent!! To read in view of impending cash shortages in upcoming 2021 for rural hospitals HomeTown’s Webinar Education Program led by Kristy Thomson, Sandy Sage, Dale Gibson, Stephanie Love to name a few (who have an incredible wealth of reimbursement knowledge among many other specialties) and the HTH production crew was conducting other HomeTown webinars in the last couple of …

Tips on Watching Your GA State Legislators Live Streams

Reference: Tips on watching your state legislators live stream in general session and major committee meetings The Georgia State legislature convened yesterday. Knowing how to get in touch with your legislator is critical. The two links below will get you to them where you can communicate with them and watch them live stream. Remember that you can listen to live …

GA Lawmakers Head Into 2021 Session

Reference: Georgia lawmakers head into 2021 session facing uncertain economy, income tax collections may fall with so many jobless; health costs are up. Georgia is about to enter an incredibly tumultuous political year. With so many issues occurring for Census to Stare Budget, one has to wonder where rural health care will fall out. These two articles by well know …

Price Transparency – Still On For January 1

Health-Costs Transparency Rule for Hospitals Upheld In the news from Washington today, A federal appeals court in Washington affirmed a Trump administration policy requiring hospitals to disclose secret rates they negotiate with insurance companies beginning on Friday, marking a victory for one of President Trump’s central health-policy initiatives. The American Hospital Association had sued to stop the initiative from taking effect. …