Past Events

Join us to explore how we can optimize resources among Flex, SHIP, and the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Program. We'll delve into the purpose of each program and discuss strategies for effective coordination and communication to best serve our rural communities!

Hosted by The National Rural Health Resource Center, this 5-part webinar series will focus on discovering and addressing quality improvement issues within health care organizations.

Hosted by The National Rural Health Resource Center, this 5-part webinar series will focus on discovering and addressing quality improvement issues within health care organizations.

In the first two sessions, we reviewed best practice strategies for effective revenue cycle leadership and front-end revenue cycle performance improvement. This webinar will focus on middle- and back-end revenue cycle performance best practices. 

Are you providing the best value to your organization? What expectations do C-Suite leaders have of you? Are there new experiences or training you need to maximize potential for the organization and you personally?

Building primary care and attracting new referral sources are fundamental tenets to the growth of any rural health care organization. The solution is a complex one involving strategy, diplomacy, and a deep understanding of your current and potential mix of services and providers.

Health care is consumer-driven, and prospective patients make decisions based on many factors including cost, access, quality, experience, and their connection to us. These patients, or consumers, identify with the messages and overall image you create for your organization; it’s so much more than a logo or your colors, although those are important too.

Learn about the DRCHSD Customizable Communications Toolkit, available for use in health care community outreach and education communications. These materials focus on communicating information and confidence in services, available to immediately download and customize. In addition, the presenters will share a recently developed vaccine communications toolkit.

This session will focus on learning about recruitment and retention strategies used by other hospitals and clinics participating in the DRCHSD program as well as getting to answer any questions you have!

This session examined successful strategies for creating job postings, plan an approach that tells your organization's virtual story through your web presence and social media, as well as discussed free and low-cost marketing resources and how they can aid in recruitment.

The purpose of this webinar is to present an overview of the new action planning template and discuss how to use the tool to support the implementation of the action plan.

View the fourth session in this five-part Value-Based Care (VBC) Webinar Series to hear best practices for transitioning to VBC models.

View the second session in this five-part Value-Based Care (VBC) Webinar Series to hear best practices for dealing with financial risk attributed to VBC models.

View the first session in this five-part Value-Based Care (VBC) Webinar Series to hear best practices for transitioning to VBC models and being successful with payment system transformation and population health.

In the third DRCHSD Patient Experience session, participants will develop an understanding of the "voice of the customer."

In the first DRCHSD Patient Experience session, participants will develop an understanding of HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) and other patient experience surveys.

The third session of the Revenue Cycle Improvement webinar series, Charge Capture Improvement and Best Practices, will provide an overview of charge capture opportunities.

In this second webinar of the 8-part series, Communication Strategies for Community Outreach and Education, learn to elevate your role as a communicator in your organization.

Led by experts from BKD, LLP, attendees will gain an understanding of the complex details surrounding CMS’ price transparency requirements, effective 1/1/21, including strategies and specific actions to take to make sure hospitals are prepared to meet the requirements.

Rural health care delivery is being shaped by changes in payment policies and financing sources, continually evolving quality measures and expectations, and evolving models of care delivery. Success in this transformation requires high-performance rural health organizations. Speaker Dr. MacKinney will share his expertise on Global Budgeting. This innovative approach involves an annual expectation for revenue for all inpatient and hospital outpatient care in advance.