Rural Healthcare Provider Workshops / Presentations / Courses

Workshops / Presentations / Courses

The resources below may be of value to a wide array of rural healthare
providers, including Clinics, EMS and Hospitals.

Workshops

EMS Advisory Boards and State EMS Medical Director Information

  • Wisconsin Trauma Care System Update - Cecile D’Huyvetter, Statewide Trauma Care System Committee, reports on the current activities of Wisconsin’s Trauma System.  (07/28/2008; EMS; 20 minutes) 
  • State EMS Advisory Board - Cal Lintz, State EMS Advisory Board, provides an overview of current activities within each of the EMS Subcommittees of the Board and priorities for 2009.  (07/28/2008; EMS; 1 hours 10 minutes)
  • State EMS Office Update - Brian Litza, EMS Section Chief, and other members of the State EMS Office discuss several topics, including: the Wisconsin Ambulance Run Data System (WARDS), the King LTS-D, EMS educational changes, licensing update, the status of the administrative rules, national scope of practice issues and the overall status of EMS in Wisconsin.  (07/28/2008; EMS; 1 hour 49 minutes)

EMS Leadership & Management

  • Managing Human Resources - Terry Gonderzik, EMT-P, CVTC Instructor covers topics such as; Understanding the Changing Workforce, Mentoring, Coaching and Communication.  (7/31/09; EMS; 1 hour 15 minutes)

Wisconsin EMS Needs Assessment and Office of Rural Health Resources

  • Wisconsin EMS Needs Assessment and Resources - Nan Turner, Office of Rural Health EMS Consultant, discusses the results of the 2007 Rural EMS Needs Assessment, and proposed activities for 2008-09.  (07/16/2008; EMS; 1 hour 27 minutes)

Grant Writing and Resources

  • How to Succeed in Securing Grants: An Overview.  Boris Frank, Executive Director of the Henry Vilas Park Zoological Society in Madison, speaks on securing grants and other funding, based on over 25 years of working with non-profits in Wisconsin and around the world. (8/26/2009; Clinic-EMS-Hospital; 4 hours, 24 minutes)
  • Lessons Learned from 25 years of Grantsmanship - Tim Size, Executive Director, Rural WI Health Cooperative, shares his thoughts on lessons learned from 25 years of writing and reviewing grant proposals.  (06/05/2008; Clinic-EMS-Hospital; 50 minutes)
  • Program Outcomes and Grant Writing – How to Stand Out in the Crowd - Joel Davidson, Director, Southwest WI Area Health Education Center, talks about how to write for funding, both external and internal to your organization, using the Program Outcomes model instead of the more traditional Program Outputs model.  It focuses on defining what your organization wants to do (Goal), how they will do it (Objectives) and how to analyze and measure the results (Outcomes).  (06/05/2008; Clinic-EMS-Hospital; 58 minutes)
  • Grant Writing Experiences - Mari Freiberg, Executive Director, Scenic Bluffs Community Health Centers, talks about the real world experiences of a small organization looking for grants in a world rich with professional grant writers.  She relates lessons learned for the next times from the failures, along with the lessons learned for the future from the successes.  (06/05/2008; Clinic-EMS-Hospital; 1 hour)
  • Grant Resources Overview - Kevin Jacobson, Rural Communities Program Manager, WI Office of Rural Health, provides an overview of grant seeking and proposal writing resources.  (06/05/2008; Clinic-EMS-Hospital; 1 hour 9 minutes)

Hospital Finance

2009

  • HPSAs and RHCs: An Overview of Current Benefits, Current Requirements, and New Developments - Todd Nova, Attorney at Law, Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, & Anne Dopp, RN, MSN, Primary Care Office Director, Wisconsin Division of Public Health provide an overview of current Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) benefits, the general requirements for obtaining HPSA status, and what to do if you think your area may not qualify for HPSA status.  Also discussed: the status and implications of the pending Proposed Rule that promises to update the requirements for obtaining HPSA stats, and the pending Wisconsin Governor’s Shortage Designation. (8/19/09; Hospitals-Clinics; PPT Presentation; Handouts: A, B, C)
  • CAH Regulatory Update and Current Developments - David Snow, Attorney at Law, Hall, Render, Killian, Health & Lyman, Brian Potter, VP, Finance & Operations, Wisconsin Hospital Association, & Rich Donkle, CPA, Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative provide a regulatory update and overview of Medicare issues being faced by critical access facilities, including: relocation requirements, provider based clinic restrictions, campus expansion issues and cost reimbursement for lab services. (8/19/09; Hospitals; PPT Presentation)

2008

  • IRS Form 990 - Norah Jones, Associate with Quarles & Brady LLP, presents an overview of some of the most significant revisions made to the Form 990.  In particular, this presentation focuses on the revised Form 990’s compensation and governance sections.  (04/24/2008; Hospital; 55 minutes) 
  • Current Trends in Accessing the Capital Markets - Larry Nines, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, provides an update on the current access to capital for Critical Access Hospitals.  He also reviews of recent successful financings and how these successes can be applied to projects.  (04/24/2008; Hospital; 25 minutes) 
  • Charge Master: The Foundation of the Revenue Cycle:  Part 1 of 2  (04/24/2008; Hospital; 57 minutes)  Part 2 of 2 (04/24/2008; Hospital; 47 minutes)  John Bartell, Partner, Bay Area Consulting, Inc., identifies the key components to hospital and clinic charge description masters (CDM) and their impact on the revenue cycle.  Coding, pricing, system mapping and other relevant components of the CDM are discussed, along with current changes by Medicare and their impact on the CDM.

Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Audits

  • RACS are Here, Now What? - JoNell Moore, RN, Principal, Eide Bailly, LLP provides a brief background on Recovery Audit Contractor (RACs), along with their timeline for audits and their scope of work.  The focus of this webinar is on the activities rural hospitals should be doing to prepare and protect themselves for these audits along with the steps to take when the RACs request medical records or an appeal is required. (06/22/09; Hospitals; 1 hour, 19 minutes; Handouts)
  • Reporting Accurate Codes - Sue Roehl, RHIT, CCS, Manager, Eide Bailly LLP reviews the ICD9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, Hot Topics identified by previous RAC reviews, Medical Necessity and Physician documentation requirements, and other coding compliance issues. (07/08/09; Hospitals; 1 hour, 12 minutes; Handouts)

Rural Health Clinics

2009 Meeting for Wisconsin Rural Health Clinics

  1. Topics in RHC Billing, Cost Reporting & Reimbursement - Jeff Bramschreiber, CPA, Wipfli Health Care Practice, Wipfli LLP (11/13/09; Clinic; 1 hour, 7 minutes)
  1. Medicare Advantage Changes in 2010 - Mary Peterson, Director of Compliance and Billing, Mile Bluff Clinic (11/13/09; Clinic; 27 minutes)
  1. Flex Program Update - Kathryn Miller, Rural Hospitals & Clinics Program Manager, Wisconsin Office of Rural Health (11/13/09; Clinic; 39 minutes)
  1. The ARRA Challenges for RHC's - Deb McGrath, MSN, CRNP, Coker Group (11/13/09 webinar replay; Clinic; 1 hour, 7 minutes)

EDQI Learning Session for Rural Hospital Emergency Nurses

HIT Implementation

Rural Emergency Care

CAH Nurses

Presentations

Health Care Performance Improvement Education Series

  • The Right Tool for a Successful Project - Mary Nickel, RN, MSM, Director of Medical Staff Services, Clinical Quality & Risk Management for Saint Clare’s Hospital. (06/2/09; Clinic-EMS-Hospital; 38 minutes)

Rural Issues

  • The State of Rural Health in Wisconsin, Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine  (WARM) Symposium, John Eich, Director, Wisconsin Office of Rural Health.  The presentation provides an overview of rural medical practice in rural Wisconsin, with patient demographics and health outcome data.  (08/2009; Clinic-EMS-Hospital; 32 minutes; Handout)
  • Rural Cancer Health Disparities Interview, Part 1 and Part 2, Interview of Dr Eugene Lengerich, Professor of Public Health Sciences and Director of Community Outreach & Education at Penn State University. He discusses his research on rural cancer health disparities and utilizing community outreach to recruit rural women for mammography screenings.  Interviewed by John Eich, Director of the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health, in their offices.(02/2009; Clinic-EMS-Hospital; Part 1: 9 minutes; Part 2: 9 minutes)
  • Evaluating Community-Based Programs, Sara Karon, Ph.D., Principal Investigator with the UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis, narrates a PowerPoint presentation that provides basic information on program evaluation.  She covers a number of topics, including how you can use evaluation to create stronger programs and steps in conducting a program evaluation.  (2007; Clinic-EMS-Hospital; Must be viewed using Internet Explorer)

Courses

  • Club Scrub - "Grow your own" program to create the next generation of health care workforce.