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FY 2012 GRHA Board of Directors
President
Sallie Barker
Immediate Past President
Nannette Turner
President Elect
Denise Kornegay
Vice President
Ann Addison
Treasurer
Sheila Freeman
Secretary
Deidre Howell
Board Members
Carla Belcher
Laura Bland Gillman
Sue Nieman
Charles Owens
Chris Parker
Rhett Partin
Caroline Holley Womack
Paula Guy
Monty M. Veazey
Matt Caseman
Meet our Board of Directors
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"This is Public Health"
Video Contest Deadline to submit video is March 1, 2012
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The Auxiliary at John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital is seeking applicants for scholarships given annually to
deserving students enrolled in a medical-related field of study.
Applications are due February 1, 2012.
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Georgia Rural Health Association
2012 R.U.R.A.L. Legislative Agenda
Georgia Rural Health Association Members can now go to our website and access the latest Legislative Reports and Bill Tracking Documents for the 2012 Session of the Georgia General Assembly. From the Advocacy Page, click on "2012 Legislative Tracking" and log in. For assistance please contact our office at 478-552-3620 or [email protected].
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National Provider Call: Medicare FFS Implementation of HIPAA Version 5010 and D.0 Transactions
Wed Jan 25; 2-3:30pm ET
CMS will host a special National Provider Call regarding the Medicare FFS implementation of HIPAA Version 5010 and D.0 transaction standards.
Target Audience: Vendors, clearinghouses, and providers who need to make Medicare FFS-specific changes in compliance with HIPAA Version 5010 requirements.
Agenda (there will be no slide presentation for this call)
HIPAA Version 5010 implementation update
Question & answer session
If you would like to submit a question related to this topic in advance of, during, or following the call, please email your inquiry to the 5010 FFS Information resource mailbox at [email protected]. Note that this resource box will only accept emails the day before, the day of, and the day after this call; your emailed questions will be answered as soon as possible, and may not be answered during the call.
Registration Information: In order to receive the call-in information, you must register for the call. Registration will close at 12pm on the day of the call or when available space has been filled; no exceptions will be made, so please register early. For more details, including instructions on registering for the call, please visit http://www.eventsvc.com/blhtechnologies. |
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Economy Hurting Rural Hospitals
By Joshua Stewart-GPB News
Hospitals in Georgia are suffering under the weight of the sluggish economy, and the financial strain is especially heavy for smaller, rural medical centers.
Nearly half of the state's rural hospitals are operating in the red, according to the latest hospital financial survey by the state Department of Community Health. Accounting just for the costs of patient care and no other revenue streams, it's even worse: 73 percent have negative operating margins.
Hospitals point to more people without jobs and without employer-sponsored health insurance.
"They still have health care needs and they end up in the hospital emergency room, and hospitals in many cases are forced to absorb those costs treating those patients who need that care," said Kevin Bloye with the Georgia Hospitals Association. "It really is creating a huge financial burden in those small communities when you only have a small percentage of those patients who actually have commercial health care insurance." Bloye said medical centers are also seeing more underinsured and Medicaid patients. He said all of the state's hospitals are feeling this pressure -- a quarter of urban hospitals reported running a deficit in the state survey -- but it is worse in rural areas because those facilities are smaller and have smaller cash reserves.
Even some patients who do have health coverage are struggling.
"If you have a $1,000 deductible but you have health care insurance, people are having a hard time paying those deductibles or those co-pays," Bloye said. "Hospitals are oftentimes left holding the bag with those as well."
Bloye said hospitals typically receive only 10 percent of the charges they bill to uninsured patients.
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Mark Your Calendar
NRHA 2012 Policy Institute
Jan 30 - Feb 1, 2012
2012 Legislative Breakfast: How Can Georgia Get Back on Top?
February 7, 2012 Program will feature Attorney General Sam Olens and Secretary of State Brian Kemp 7:30-9 am Blue Room, Georgia Freight Depot, Atlanta, Georgia Cost: $15, payable at the door Elected officials admitted at no charge Please RSVP to [email protected] or call 404-658-5919
Community Health Center Day at the Capitol
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Georgia Rural Health Association
Rural Health Day at the Capitol
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Georgia State Capitol, South Wing
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth
2012 Annual Conference
March 14th-16 Ritz-Carlton, Reynold Plantation
Lake Oconee, GA
Hopitals and Communities Moving Forward with Patient-and Family- Centered Care
March 19- 22, 2012
Institute for Patient and Family-Centered Care
Emory Conference Center Hotel
Atlanta, Ga
Society of Trauma Nurses
STN 15th Annual Conference
April 11-14, 2012
Going Coastal: Reset your Trauma Compass
Hyatt Regency Savannah
Savannah, GA
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