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FY 2013 GRHA Board of Directors
President
Denise Kornegay
Immediate Past President
Sallie Barker
President Elect
Ann Addison
Vice- President
Shelly Spires
Treasurer
Sheila Freeman
Secretary
Laura Bland Gillman
Board Members
Carla Belcher
Tim Trottier
Mary Mathis
Sue Nieman
Charles Owens
Chris Parker
Chuck Adams
Paula Guy
Monty M. Veazey
Joseph Barrow
Robert J. Briscione
Matt Caseman
Meet our Board of Directors
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GRHA welcomes new student member!
Valamar
Reagon
of
Statesboro,
Georgia
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2013 County Health Rankings
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November Health Observances
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New Annual Conference Dates
January 13 - 15, 2014
Please join GRHA
in Savannah!
Keynote Speakers
Georgia Department of Community Health Commissioner
Clyde L. Reese III, Esq
James A. Hotz, M.D., M.A.C.P.
Dr. Hotz was an inspiration for the novel (and subsequent movie) Doc Hollywood.
1-912-232-9000
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2 ICD-10 Workshops Scheduled
Sign up today!
Cordele
December 2, 2013
South GA Technical College
402 N. Midway Rd.
Cordele, GA 31015
229-271-4040
ICD-10 Bootcamp
January 7-8, 2014
Archbold Memorial Hospital
915 Gordon Ave., Thomasville, GA
Williams Auditorium
Learn more
Registration
The ICD-10 Deadline is October 1, 2014
The compliance deadline for ICD-10 is October 1, 2014. CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner has affirmed the ICD-10 deadline and encourages providers, payers, and vendors across the health care industry to prepare to use the new codes for services provided on or after October 1, 2014.
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2 Free Upcoming GRHA Webinars
Please Join US!
"The Rural Health Workforce and Challenges Ahead"
Nov 25, 2013 at
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EST)
This program will highlight rural health workforce issues and attendees will gain valuable insights into the current supply and the potential strategies to improve Georgia's current ratios.
"Medicare Bad Debt"
Dec 10, 2013 at
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CST (Begins 2:30 pm EST)
This 1 hour session is designed to help clinics understand what should and should not be included on the Medicare bad debt log, when to write off a Medicare bad debt, collection policy - what should and should not be included, and audit documentation.
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Cuts in Hospital Subsidies Threaten Safety-Net Care
Published: November 8, 2013
New York Times
SAVANNAH, Ga. - The uninsured pour into Memorial Health hospital here: the waitress with cancer in her voice box who for two years assumed she just had a sore throat. The unemployed diabetic with a wound stretching the length of her shin. The construction worker who could no longer breathe on his own after weeks of untreated asthma attacks and had to be put on a respirator.
Many of these patients were expected to gain health coverage under the Affordable Care Act through a major expansion of Medicaid, the medical insurance program for the poor. But after the Supreme Court in 2012 gave states the right to opt out, Georgia, like about half the states, almost all of them Republican-led, refused to broaden the program.
Read more
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The Aging of Rural Primary Care Physicians
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National Rural Health Day is November 21st! What are you doing to celebrate?
2013 NOSORH National Rural Health Day Series
As it has in years past, NOSORH will join forces with representatives of various State Offices of Rural Health and its various National Rural Health Day partners to present a series of FREE webinars highlighting the good work being done across the nation to address rural health concerns.
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Mark Your Calendar
National Rural Health Association
Rural Multicultural and Multiracial Health Conference
December 4-5
San Antonio, Texas
Learn more
The Impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on Healthcare Design and Construction
Wednesday, Nov 20, 2013
11:30 AM - 01:30 PM Eastern
Crowne Plaza Hotel - Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia
4355 Ashford Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, GA 30346
Learn more
National Rural Health Day
November 21, 2013
Healthcare Business Specialists Rural Health Clinic Seminar December 5, 2013 Statesboro, Georiga
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