HomeTown Happenings | 2018 Issue I 1

Upcoming Events

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SHIP FY 2018 - 2019

2018 Spring Conference Are you registered for all of the upcoming events HTH and HTHU are offering? Be sure to review all of the upcoming events by visiting the Events page on our webpage at hometownhealthonline.com. Remember to share the upcoming dates with your team. Get connected! Please contact a HomeTown Health team member if you are interested in joining the “HomeTownJ” listserve.

SHIP

Did you miss the SHIP Grant Kickoff webinars for Iowa on May 30, 2018, and for Georgia/Florida on June 1, 2018?

You can view the recordings on the program dashboard. The Hospital Transformation Consortium is built around the “Triple Aim” of improving the U.S. health care system through the improvement of the experience of care, reducing per capita costs of health care, and improving the health of populations. We are excited to announce that the two primary focus areas for the SHIP FY 18-19 include financial stability and population health. The kickoff webinar re-cording will share more about the upcoming program and how your team can get involved. Who on your team could benefit from the program? Share the educational responsibilities with your team and include team members like, but not limited to: board members, senior leadership, mid-level managers, physicians, advanced practice practitioners, financial leaders, revenue cycle, BO team, hospital educators, marketing, case managers, care managers, quality directors, nursing staff, other medical providers, IT managers, community partners (other care providers, Public Health), and all staff and volunteers that come into contact with a patient.

New educational opportunities are coming your way from HomeTown Health and HomeTown Health University, brought to you by your HomeTown Health team and our growing business partnerships. As we kickoff the upcoming program year, be sure to monitor your emails for notifications regarding program information and registrations.

Hospital Transformation Consortium

2018 Florida Conference What we covered in Savannah! A special thank you to all that were able to join us this year at the 2018 HomeTown Health Spring Conference in Savannah, Georgia!

If you were not able to join us at the Spring Conference, you may not have seen all the wonderful topics this year’s agenda included, like presentations and discussions regarding:

National Industry Update

2018 Legislative Session Overview

Cross Collaboration Through Telehealth

Sexual Harassment: #metoo

Georgia Medicaid Update

Behavioral Health Tools

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia Update

And More! View the complete agenda here

What did you miss during the Spring Conference Breakout Sessions?

Rural Swing Bed Management Program Trainer, Kerry Dunning, working with financial leaders to review the upcoming changes impacting prospective payment system hospitals and critical access hospitals.

HCCS trainers identified trends and patterns of coding quality, as well as identified clinical documentation opportunities. The remainder of the session was a Revenue Cycle roundtable moderated by Sandy Sage and facilitated by the experts!

The Georgia State Office of Rural Health led a discussion and public update on the status of the Rural Hospital Stabilization Project throughout the Project Phases.

Join us in Orlando!

The 2018 Leadership class is off to a great start! The 12 participants have already had the opportunity to attend CEO Day at the Capitol, Spring Conference in Savannah, the Healthcare Human Resources Virtual Conference, and three of the six Harvard ManageMentor Program Discussions. As they gear-up for the Leadership Retreat, the Leadership in Hospital Finance Meeting, other program discussions, and their graduation during Fall Conference, we wish them the best of luck and all the encouragement for a successful year!

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We’re taking the Rural Health Artistry to Orlando this year!

Our 6th Annual HomeTown Health Florida Rural Hospital Conference will take place on June 21st-22nd at the Holiday Inn Orlando-Disney Springs Area, Lake Buena Vista, Florida. We’re excited to share:

Join us on Thursday, June 21st, for breakout sessions and one-on-ones you won’t want to miss! Meet with our experts individually to discuss hospital specific issues or areas for improvement like:

Medicare DDE System Best Practices

Revenue Cycle Clean-up

Swing Bed Management Tips

Then, join the breakout sessions for expert training and peer interaction.

You can view the complete agenda here.

Our main session on Friday, June 22nd, will cover topics including, but not limited to:

National Industry Update

Health IT Benefits for Rural Providers

Tools for Therapy in Swing Beds

Managing Your Denials

Legal Updates and More…

You will not want to miss this networking opportunity and educational experience! Registration information can be found here. Please also contact Susan Wiese at susan.wiese@hometownhealthonline.com with any planning questions you might have. Plan to join the main session for:

Class of 2018

Leadership Update

5 Participant

Hours

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A Rural Hospital Resource from HomeTown Health, LLC

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What’s New with HTHU? On-Demand Courses and More Be sure to browse through the new courses

for 2018 and 2019. Some of those include,

but are not limited to:

Microsoft 2013 courses

Customer Service courses

Cost Report Training

Hospital Office Education

Facility Compliance

Financial Counseling

Price Transparency/Chargemaster

Revenue Cycle

HIPAA & Security

HIT for Value

Telehealth Transformation

ICAHN Clinical Webinar Series

Population Health

Annual Education, Healthcare

Compliance, Care Management,

CAHPS and more!

Annual Education Standard or Customized

Let us help you improve your facility’s

annual education efficiency! Ask us about

our standard and customizable annual

education packages through hthu.net.

Check out our School of Quality &

Compliance for program ideas!

Healthcare Hospitality Specialist June 14th Patient Access Specialist July 19th

Billing Specialist August 16th

Financial Counselor September 13th

2018 Recertifications PFS/Business Office Staff Have you registered for education?

Click the linked titles below for more

information and easy registration! HTC

information can be found on your

program dashboard.

Monthly Medicare Call:

June 13th @ 2:00pm Eastern

2018 CHHS Recertification:

June 14th @ 12:30pm Eastern

HTC: Population Health Leadership:

June 19th @ 11am Eastern

HTH Quarterly Rural Health Clinic

Billing & Compliance Update:

June 20th @ 2pm Eastern

6th Annual Florida Conference:

June 21st - 22nd: Orlando, Florida

Quarterly Coding Webinar:

June 26th @ 11:00am Eastern

Florida Rural Hospital Webinar Series:

June 27th @ 11:00am Eastern

HTC: Population Health Care

Management Series:

June 28th @ 2:00pm Eastern

Monthly Georgia Medicaid Call:

July 5th @ 10:00am Eastern

HTC: Population Health & Telehealth:

July 6th @ 11:00am Eastern

HTC: Population Health Finance &

Operations Series:

July 10th @ 11:00am Eastern

Monthly Medicare Call:

July 11th @ 10:00am Eastern

HTH Quarterly Compliance Officer

Update:

July 17th @ 10:00am Eastern

June Educational Opportunities

Coming Soon 2018 PAS Recertification:

July 19th @ 12:30pm Eastern

HTC: Population Health - Provider

Quality Series:

July 19th @ 2:00pm Eastern

Iowa Transformation Consortium:

Quarterly Medicaid, MCO, and

Reimbursement Update Series:

July 24th @ 11:00am Eastern

Iowa RHLOP Financial Improvement

Webinar Series - A Journey in Financial

Improvement:

July 24th @ 2:00pm Eastern

Florida Rural Hospital Webinar:

July 25th @ 11:00am Eastern

Hospital Transformation Consortium:

Financial Stability Webinar Series:

July 26th @ 2:00pm Eastern

Monthly Georgia Medicaid Call:

August 1st @ 10:00am Eastern

HTC: Population Health Wellness and

Disease Management Series:

August 7th @ 11:00am Eastern

Monthly Medicare Call:

August 8th @ 10:00am Eastern

2018 BSC Recertification:

August 16th @ 12:30pm Eastern

HTC: Population Health HIT & Data

Series:

August 16th @ 2:00pm Eastern

2018 CAH Reimbursement & Billing

Training Series:

August 21st @ 1:00pm Eastern

Florida Rural Hospital Webinar:

August 22nd @ 11:00am Eastern

HTC: Financial Stability - Quarterly

Physician CDI Series:

August 28th @ 12:30pm Eastern

BCBS- Anthem Webinar:

August 31st @ 10:00 am Eastern

July Educational Opportunities

August Educational Opportunities

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Turnover Report

Resources to Stay Connected

Ask the Industry Experts Review the educational opportunities schedule for

the upcoming business partner webinars within

the Healthcare Solutions Series. We look forward

to September education from:

SigmaMed IT Solutions: “Transforming

Workflow: Four Simple Steps to Secure

Your Patient Base and Cash Flow”

September 7th @ 10:00am Eastern

Secure Records Solutions: “Secure

Records Solutions Webinar”

September 21st @ 10:00am Eastern

Please contact Meghan Williams, Customer

Relations if you have any questions about these

upcoming webinars.

Healthcare Solutions

As turnover in Georgia and Florida rural hospitals occurs, HomeTown Health will continuously assist in keeping you current and connected.

For more information on hospital turnover, please review Becker’s Hospital Review Executive Moves page

Interested in Georgia healthcare breaking news? Check out Georgia Health News

Interested in Florida healthcare breaking news? Check out Health News Florida

The Georgia and Florida interactive maps are wonderful tools to utilize when planning facility visits or reviewing hospital demographics.

Click for Georgia Click for Florida

HTH Navigation HomeTown Health Interactive Maps:

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Save the Date

Look who joined in 2018!

HomeTown Health is happy to welcome our

newest Spring 2018 Business Partners.

Yon Drake

Secure Records Solutions

SigmaMed Solutions

O’Brien and Feiler

Southeastern Medical Waste

Revenue Cycle Associates

ICAHN

CMS Imaging Inc.

Click here for a full list of Business

Partners and HomeTown Health’s Business

Partner Program. Please contact our

Business Partner Director Sherri Ackerman with

any additional questions you may have.

Business Partner Highlight

Schedule your session today!

Join Medicare expert, Dale Gibson, for three

1-hour training sessions for only $1200 per

hospital! Watch him work your claims and learn

some expert tricks for cleaning up your Medicare

claims! Contact a HomeTown Health team

member for scheduling!

DDE Training

Remember to review the policy!

It has been brought to our attention that many

member hospitals can benefit from this Medicare

reminder, so our team of experts requested the

following be shared: one-day stays with both

Medicare and Managed Care claims are

appearing frequently. Medicare policy is that for

a patient to be considered inpatient, then the stay

should exceed two midnights. There are few

exceptions to this rule. Death and inpatient

claims, where a procedure is performed that is on

the inpatient only list, being two. Other than that,

very few one-day stays will be paid by Medicare

or Medicare Managed Care. So remember, as it

has been explained before, “To be a one-day stay

the patient would have to be admitted and the

hospital administered a treatment that created a

miracle; that within 24-hours the patient

condition improved enough to go home.” Please

use this example as a simple reminder.

Medicare: two-day rule

Southwest Georgia HomeTown Health is gearing up for the 2018

Summer Policy Maker Tours for the House Rural

Development Council (RDC). These tours consist

of seven hospital visits and a visit with the

Georgia State Office of Rural Health. HomeTown

Health will be accompanied by individuals like,

but not limited to: Appropriation Committee

Chairman, House Budget Director, as well as

House Legislative Counsel Office members.

Please be looking for more information on those

visits via the HomeTownJ listserve.

Summer Policy Maker

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Staff Contacts

Jimmy Lewis

Chief Executive Officer561.565

770-363-7453

jimmy.lewis@hometownhealthonline.com

For more information on HomeTown Health Business Partners, Members, and Events,

visit our website at www.hometownhealthonline.com or contact:

Kristy Thomson

Chief Operating Officer

561-339-5081

kristy.thomson@hometownhealthonline.com

Susannah Cowart

Director of Customer Relations

229-881-4445

susannah.cowart@hometownhealthonline.com

Dale Margaret Gibson

Behavioral Health Analyst

850-619-3034

dalemargaret.gibson@hometownhealthonline.com

For more information on education and programs of study, visit our online

university at www.hthu.net or contact:

Jennie Price

Director of Business Development

404-673-2412

jennie.price@hometownhealthonline.com

Stephanie Love

Client Data Specialist

912-580-7933

stephanie.love@hometownhealthonline.com

Annie Lee Sallee

Revenue Cycle Education Specialist

843-367-7814

annielee.sallee@hometownhealthonline.com

Meghan Williams

Customer Relations Coordinator

229-308-4996

meghan.williams@hometownhealthonline.com

Sandy Sage

Revenue Analyst

478-290-4155

sandy.sage@hometownhealthonline.com

Sherri Ackerman

Business Partner Director

770-402-3105

sherri.ackerman@hometownhealthonline.com

Evelyn Leadbetter

Network Services Manager

706-344-9634

evelyn.leadbetter@hometownhealthonline.com

Amy Bush

Financial Services Specialist

229-947-3160

amy.bush@hometownhealthonline.com

Susan Wiese

Director of Communications & Events

706-491-1132

susan.wiese@hometownhealthonline.com