Rural Health Clinic Conference

May 9, 2012

Lake Blackshear Resort & Golf Club

2459-H Hwy.280 West

Cordele, GA 31015

Don't miss out on this great networking 

and learning opportunity!

Attendee Registration

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Presentations include: ICD-10, RAC auditing documentation, rural provider's guide to meaningful use and EHR incentive programs, Medicaid billing, financial challenges of rural health clinics, CMS update, telehealth, and National Health Service Corp and provider recruitment 

2011 Rural Health Clinic Conference Presentations

2012 Georgia Rural Health Association 

Annual Conference

September 17 -19, 2012

Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, GA

CDC Media Campaign Tells the Deadly Truth about Smoking - Initiative Will Save Lives and Reduce Health  Care Costs

WASHINGTON, DC - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today has taken a critical step to reinvigorate the fight against tobacco use - the nation's leading preventable cause of death - by launching the government's first-ever paid, nationwide media campaign to encourage smokers to quit and prevent children from starting to smoke.

CDC: Tips from Former Smokers - Jessica's Asthma Ad

Kaiser Family Foundation Resources on Deficit-Reduction Plans

These Foundation resources shed light on how the ongoing national debate about deficit reduction may affect Medicare, Medicaid and other health-care programs.  These resources include summaries and comparisons of relevant elements of major deficit-reduction plans, analysis of specific savings proposals, and explanatory briefs and backgrounders describing key issues related to the debate.

 

http://www.kff.org/medicare/Medicare-Medicaid-Deficit-Resources.cfm
 

GRHA members are invited to join the Georgia Charitable Care Network, formerly the Georgia Free Clinic Network, at a discounted rate of $150 for 2012.
 
The Georgia Charitable Care Network is the only statewide organization whose mission is solely focused on the needs of charitable clinics and the populations they serve. To learn more you can go to their website http://www.gfcn.org/index.php

 
THIS OFFER IS OPEN ONLY TO YOU, AS A MEMBER OF GRHA! JOIN GCCN BEFORE APRIL 15th FOR ONLY $150 TO RECEIVE THE MANY BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP.
 
To access the GCCN application form click here.
 
To read the GCCN Values Statement click here. 

By Pat Willis and Cindy Zeldin

The Georgia Department of Community Health is in the midst of a process to redesign the state's Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids programs. Together, these two programs cover more than 1.7 million low-income children, families and disabled Georgians.

As advocates for Georgia's children and for Georgia's health care consumers, we view this redesign process as an opportunity to strengthen these programs to ensure they provide access to the services that children and families need to live healthy and productive lives.

The first phase of the Department's redesign effort, an assessment of the Medicaid landscape in Georgia and in selected states around the country conducted by an outside consulting firm, was recently made public.

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4 Tech Success Strategies for Hospitals

Joe Cantlupe, for HealthLeaders Media 

Changes wrought by technology are making an indelible mark in service lines for health systems big and small. This is being reflected in a hospital when a patient is given an iPod with a Pandora app to listen to any music she wants to hear as she waits for an oncological exam (You want Motown, you've got it!) and in the surgical suite where physicians use da Vinci robotic systems for minimally invasive procedures, as well as new cloud-based data systems that allow clinicians instantaneous access to a patient's heart rhythms.

Health systems are moving ahead quickly in pursuing technology improvements, using robotics, apps, telemedicine, clouds, electronic medical records, device journals, or other innovations to provide value and add volume to their service lines. Leaders of healthcare systems say they are working to improve patient experience and patient flow in highly personalized programs while using smartphones and tablets to monitor health conditions and evaluate symptoms. Part of the rush is based on federal incentives under meaningful use requirements.

Edward W. Marx, senior VP and chief information officer for the 3,800-bed Texas Health Resources system in Dallas, says health systems have little choice but to embark on technological improvements to advance care.

"We work under the strategy that IT exists to transform, grow, and help run the organization and to be viewed as a strategic asset," says Marx. "It's all about patient experience and quality of care. We talk about transforming growth from a business perspective. Innovation is who we are and who we aspire to be. It is pretty much strategic for the organization. We try to live that culture of being innovative, and it expresses itself in many ways."

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Briefing: Global Child Survival Efforts: Every Child Deserves a Fifth Birthday

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 from 9:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
(Registration and breakfast begin at 9:00 a.m.)

Barbara Jordan Conference Center (Kaiser Family Foundation Office)
1330 G Street, NW, Washington, DC (one block west of Metro Center) 

Please register online to attend this event