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2011 GRHA Board of Directors
President
Nannette Turner
Immediate Past President
Greg Dent
President Elect
Sallie Barker
Vice President
Denise Kornegay
Treasurer
Sheila Freeman
Secretary
Deidre Howell
Board Members
Ann Addison
Carla Belcher
Laura Bland Gillman
Johnny Grant
Sue Nieman
Charles Owens
Chris Parker
Rhett Partin
Caroline Holley Womack
Matt Caseman |
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NOTICE
To make hotel reservations at Callaway Gardens Lodge & Spa you will need to call this number: 706-489-3300 and ask for reservations. You will need to tell the reservation agent you are booking a room with the Georgia Rural Health Association Annual Conference and want the group rate. |
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Liability Insurance- What is and is not covered in your insurance progam
By Rene Shoptaw of William Gallagher Associates
Think of your insurance program as a big puzzle. The pieces fit together, but do not and should not overlap. If a piece is missing, you have no coverage for that piece.
It is important to have an in-depth conversation with your broker to help you understand what is and is not included in your liability insurance program.
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Webinar - Fighting Back!
A reminder will be sent with the URL and dial-in number about a week before the webinar. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact Mary Jane at mjbarren@georgiahealth.edu or 706-721-2909. We hope everyone will be able to participate.
The save-the-date flyer for September 1st presentation via webinar |
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GRHA Welcomes New Members
Platinum Corporate Sponsor
Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals
Student
Kathryn Smith
Individual
Dr. Anil T. Mangla |
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MAG/GMGMA WORKSHOPS
The Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) in partnership with the Georgia Medical Group Management Association (GMGMA) will condut innovative CME-accredited workshops across the state in 2011.
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GEORGIA RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL MEETING & CONFERENCE
GRHA- KEEPIN' IT RURAL: 30 YEARS & COUNTING
Call for Abstracts -
Students Poster Session
Deadline Extended
Links are on our Homepage under GRHA Annual Meeting or
Call the GRHA home office- 478-552-3620 and request a form |
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National Rural Health Association
NRHA president invited to Obama's rural economic forum
President Obama met with rural business leaders, farmers, and rural organizations this week in Peosta, Iowa. NRHA President Kris Sparks was invited and traveled to attend this rural economic forum. As part of the forum, the White House announced a number of initiatives aimed at helping rural communities. Included in this announcement are two initiatives aimed at helping the rural health care safety net: - Critical access hospitals will now be able to recruit doctors from the National Health Service Corps.
- Rural hospitals and rural clinicians will be allowed to access current HHS and USDA loan programs to help them purchase software and hardware needed to implement health information technology.
In a public response, NRHA stated the association is grateful to the president for his recognition of the longstanding challenges that rural hospitals face in recruiting physicians. NRHA also added: "Rural hospitals face significant barriers to providing health care services in rural America. With traditional lack of access to capital, reimbursement inequities, and a crippling rural professional workforce shortage, it is of the utmost importance that any policies take these unique factors into account. Including Critical Access Hospitals in the National Health Service Corps program is a nice step forward in adding another tool to the toolbox that CAHs have to meet the needs of their communities and fulfill their mission as a vital cog in the rural health care safety net." Physician recruitment solutions and HIT innovations will be highlighted during NRHA's Rural Health Clinic (Sept. 27-28) and Critical Access Hospital (Sept. 28-30) conferences in Kansas City, Mo. Participants will also get the latest from the White House Rural Council and policy updates from D.C. Click here to register and save $100 today.
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Information You Need: CMS Fraud Prevention Initiative
If you help people with Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's HealthInsurance Program (CHIP), you should know about an expanded federal government effort to reduce fraud and other improper payments in these health care programs to help ensure their long-term viability.
Significant progress in the fight against health care fraud has already been made as shown by the federal government's recovery of a record $4 billion last year from people who attempted to defraud seniors and taxpayers. The Affordable Care Act provides additional resources and tools to enable the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand efforts to prevent and fight fraud, waste and abuse. The CMS Fraud Prevention Initiative aims to ensure that correct payments are made to legitimate providers for covered appropriate and reasonable services in all federal health care programs.
Fraud prevention efforts focus on moving CMS beyond its former
"pay and chase" recovery operations to a more proactive "prevention and detection" model that will help prevent fraud and abuse before payment is made. A good example is the recent CMS announcement that for the first time, through the use of innovative predictive modeling technology similar to that used by credit card companies, the agency will have the ability to use risk scoring techniques to flag high risk claims and providers for additional review and take action to stop payments and remove providers from the program when necessary.
Yet, as important as these aggressive new initiatives are, the first and best line of defense against fraud remains the health care consumer. You can help by making sure that Medicare beneficiaries have the information they need to identify and report suspected fraud. This information is available in the CMS Fraud Prevention Toolkit on the web https://www.cms.gov/Partnerships/04_FraudPreventionToolkit.asp#TopOfPage
The web site contains materials to help you inform Medicare beneficiaries about how to protect themselves from becoming a victim of fraud and how to report it. Thanks in advance for your assistance.
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Mandatory Reporting and You: Elder Abuse in Georgia
Sponsored by:
August 23, 2011
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)
Presenter:
Bobbi Butler
District A Manager
Area Agency on Aging
Session Description:
The indicators of elder abuse may be obvious. In many instances the indicators are subtle, not so obvious. The intent of this program will be to develop skills for identifying the indicators that are not obvious as we sharpen our skills for identifying the obvious indicators of abuse.
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Rural Veterans and the Tyranny of Distance
At the Department of Veterans Affairs, Secretary Shinseki often talks about the tyranny of distance - the distance that often separates Veterans from care at their nearest VA medical facilities. For about 3.3 million Vets, or 41 percent of the total enrolled in VA's health care system, distance is more than a  challenge. Distance can mean rural Veterans don't have access to the care and services they've earned.
Secretary Shinseki made it clear - this summer, he wanted to hear from Veterans in the hardest to reach places. "I know from previous experience that sitting in Washington with a 2,000-mile screwdriver trying to fine tune things at the local level never works," he said. So, we hit the road to learn firsthand.
From the plains of North Dakota and Montana to the isolated island of Guam, Veterans from rural areas talked with Secretary Shinseki about what's working and what the department can do better. To many Veterans, it was clear VA has shifted its approach to be more accessible. But we also quickly learned that standard definitions like "urban, rural, and highly rural" may not be exact enough. Often, "remote, extreme rural, and inaccessible" is more accurate.
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For those of you who want to stay up to date through social networks, please join the Georgia Rural Health Association Facebook page and follow us on Twitter!   By joining our social media sites, you have the ability to stay updated on the latest rural health information in Georgia. Please help us spread the word! Thank you for your support and feel free to contact us with any questions. |
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Free Webinar Series
'Issues in Rural Health Planning'
Details
The Patient Centered Medical Home(PCMH)
Friday, August 19, 2011
Free Online Program
Registration
"Diabetes Update 2011: Current Trends, Treatments and Practices"
When: August 24, 2011
Where: Warner Robins Conference Center
Sponsored by: Houston Health Care & Magnolia Coastlands AHEC
Details
Georgia Rural Health Association Annual Conference
September 19-21, 2011
Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, GA
ANNA FALL MEETING 2011
For Nephrology Nurses, Managers, and Advanced Practice Nurses
September 24-26, 2011
Hilton Atlant
Atlanta, GA
Register by August 12, 2011 to take advantage of reduced rates
Rural Health Clinic and Critical Access Hospital Conferences
September 27-30, 2011
Kansas City, MO
Details and Registration Information
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of GA
Annual Meeting & Conference
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
9am - 3:30pm
Clayton State University- Student Activities Center
Morrow, GA
Flyer
2011 GAPHC Conference
Leaders in Quality Health Care
Westin Savannah Harbor
October 19-21
Click here to Register
Georgia Academy of Family Physicians
Annual Scientific Assembly & Exhibition
November 10-12, 2011
Cobb Galleria Atlanta, GA
Register at www.gafp.org
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