Refresher from a 3-13-2020 article – Urgent to read and prepare for – Read this excellent article on pandemics- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019 This Coronavirus forecast was calculated for Georgia on March 13, 2020. Georgia is now 3.5 months into the Pandemic. Rural Georgia is now in the midst of a major spike. A lost of the spike through rural Georgia had been driven …
Critical Access Hospital closures since 2005
State-by-state breakdown of 36 critical access hospital closures by Alya Ellison Click here to view full email from Jimmy Lewis.
Happy Fourth of July!!!
Happy Fourth of July!!! Let Independence ring forth!! Enjoy!! From the whole team at HomeTown Health!! Thank you for allowing us the honor of serving your hospital!
HomeTown Health organizes Georgia Grown produce and meats to Rural Hospital kitchens with key Agri leaders and rural hospital leaders – UPDATE
Attention – First Come First Serve As an update to the HomeTown Georgia Grown Produce and Meats program describe below, and sent to you earlier, the following is an update of progress made to date: The Work Group has Conducted approximately six organizational meetings, virtual and face to face Made several Blue Berry Purchases with this logistics link The group has …
HomeTown continues your advocacy for Rural Hospitals by conducting it first Policymaker Tour for 2020
Given: HomeTown has for the last thirteen years conducted policymaker tours out to your hospitals during the summer The purpose of these trips is to continue to educate legislators about rural health care issues in rural Georgia and to answer their questions so they may carry those impressions and answers back to the legislature for their consumption. For example, Chairman …
Managing Hospital Cash during this Pandemic
One CEO said “My hospital is broke but has five million dollars in the bank! How can that be and what to do???” Urgent to read!!! The sources of this information are a product of dozens of field trips to your hospitals and town hall meetings, phone calls with you , webinars, and crisis management workshops with you to generate cash …
HomeTown Health organizes Georgia grown produce & meats to Rural Hospital kitchens, with key agriculture leaders & rural hospital leaders
Given: Rural Georgia farmers play a major role in growing produce, berries and meats for its population Rural Georgia Hospitals provide a substantial amount of health care through its rural hospitals Rural Hospitals need tax subsidy periodically from the county tax base The county tax base is made up of taxes paid by large landowners who often are farmers, large …
“9 ways Covid-19 may forever upend the U.S. health care industry”
9 ways Covid-19 may forever upend the U.S. health care industry By LEV FACHER @levfacher MAY 19, 2020 Click here to view full email from Jimmy Lewis.
Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan to have virtual meeting with HomeTown Membership
Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan to have virtual meeting with HomeTown Membership Thursday May 28. 2020 at 11:00 AM What: Virtual Meeting with Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan When: Thursday May 28, 2020 Where: Virtual – same as recent on line HomeTown Health Spring Conference Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (better to be early for a seat) Subject: Overview for Budget …
Questions for the PPP
Given: Always plenty of questions about PPP It is good to have reliable resources for answers Attached is a list of FAQs pertinent to the PPP subject. These are very important questions to have answers to and to use in education with your board and hospital leadership Question 42 addresses hospital authorities Morris Manning and Martin found these as in …