This August marks the 16th year for the Mid-South Critical Access Hospital Conference. Nearly 200 CAH C-suite executives and management teams, along with community leaders and agencies focused on rural issues will convene at this premier event to discuss healthcare for rural populations. There will be multiple peer networking opportunities and numerous qualified educational credits through the American College of Healthcare Executives, as well as continuing education for nursing, nursing home administrators and contact hours for professionals. Learn about the Crescent City at www.neworleansonline.com or www.neworleanscvb.com/visit.

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Wednesday, August 15, 2018

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Vendor Registration and Booth Setup

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Registration

1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Welcome

1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Rural Recruitment and Retention Playbook: Practical Ways to Attract and Keep Physicians Dane Altman, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Jackson Physician Search

For rural hospitals and clinics, delivering on the promise of a rewarding clinical practice and balanced lifestyle seems like an insurmountable challenge. Concepts like transparency, autonomy, engagement and sustainability are just buzzwords without the operational structure and commitment to support them. For organizations delivering care in rural communities, the answer is to develop and implement the right strategy and operational practices that start with recruitment and extend well beyond start-up. This session will explore actionable tactics that support physicians in their rural practice, and in turn, increase the success of recruiting new doctors and families to their communities.

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Break/Visit Sponsors

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Disruptive Innovations in Rural Healthcare John Supplitt, Senior Director of the Section for Small or Rural Hospitals, American Hospital Association

The presenter will review the disruptors transforming healthcare delivery and payment, the demographics and characteristics of rural communities and the change in payment and scope of practice of rural hospitals. Supplitt will share examples of how innovative leaders have resolved to advance the health of their communities and how hospitals can plan for their futures.

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Moving the Needle on Population Health in Rural Settings Julia Resnick, Senior Program Manager, American Hospital Association

Population health continues to develop as a strategy for improving health and well-being by connecting clinical and community-based approaches. The speakers will share foundational principles and a conceptual framework for how health care organizations can advance their population health work. Examples will be provided to demonstrate how Critical Access Hospitals can engage in this important work.

5:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Evaluations and Adjourn

5:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Reception and Networking with Sponsors/Exhibitors

6:30 p.m. Dinner on Your Own

Thursday, August 16, 2018

7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. Breakfast and Networking with Sponsors/Exhibitors

8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Welcome

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Landscape of Rural Health Policy Brock Slabach, Senior Vice President for Member Services, National Rural Health Association

Rural care providers have seen major changes during the last decade in the landscape of healthcare delivery in America. These changes present challenges and opportunities. This session will focus on the potential impact of federal policy on rural care providers and their communities with emphasis on value-based purchasing and population health.

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. An Ethical Case for Excellence in Healthcare Delivery Benjamin Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, Kearny County Hospital

As the U.S. grapples with the implementation of legislation that could afford all citizens access to healthcare coverage, rural communities face additional challenges. First, insurers are still paying generously through the CAH program for high-cost inpatient and emergency services with very little focus on incentivizing population heath. To make matters more difficult, rural healthcare delivery systems often lack the basic primary care and community-based infrastructure to properly manage the health of their populations. In this presentation, the speaker will share the story of the rapid growth and transformation of Kearny County Hospital, a frontier healthcare delivery system in one of the United States’ most culturally-diverse and medically-underserved areas. He addresses the fatalism that has become common in rural/frontier communities, while introducing a simple and applicable change management tool to drive their success.

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Networking Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Fast Track Succession Planning: Reducing Your Risk in 90 Days Devin Lemoine, President, Success Labs

The healthcare industry is facing intense talent shortages, an aging patient base that requires greater care, and evolving government regulations. This rapidly-changing business environment and demographics mean that healthcare is behind the eight ball and must fast track processes to build bench strength and leader quality. Find out what your organization can do right away (in 90 days) to get on track by identifying organizational risks and needs for the future, creating a plan to reduce risk and creating a people strategy for ongoing success.

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch and Guest Speaker; Proffering: Patient and Clinician Communication Success Ariel Bumbala, Director, Louisiana Commission for the Deaf

There is a gap between clinicians and patients when language barriers prevent patients from participating in their plan of health. Learn how to eliminate this common gap within your organization with appropriate resources and tools needed to clearly communicate patients’ informed choices in deciding a plan of care.

Thursday, August 16, 2018 Continued

1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Small Rural Hospital Transition Project: Outcomes and Application Process

Bethany Adams, Senior Program Manager, Small Rural Hospital Transition Project, National Rural Health Resource Center; Ashley Anthony, CEO, Delta Memorial Hospital

The speakers will provide an overview of the Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project to encourage interested hospitals to apply for onsite consultation projects that help to improve financial, operational and quality performance, as well as to assist them in positioning for population health of the future. The objective is to build awareness of benefits of participation and the application process. The presentation shares the Delta Memorial Hospital’s experience in the SRHT Project, as well as anticipated outcomes and available resources.

1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Workplace Violence: Patient to Staff Aggression Monica Cooke, Founder, Quality Plus Solutions LLC

In this session, the speaker will review the current status of healthcare violence and discuss practical strategies that can assist organizations in promoting a “zero tolerance” culture that can work to reduce patient aggression towards staff.

3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Networking Break – French Market Beignets with the Vendors

3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Opioid Epidemic Executive Panel Discussion: What’s Working, What’s Not Moderator: Monica Cooke, Founder, Quality Plus Solutions LLC; Panelist: Dr. Monty Burks, Director of Faith-based Initiatives, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; Dr. Amy Giarrusso, Internal Medicine Specialist, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, and David Roberts, Emergency Room Director, Choctaw County General Hospital.

Every day, hospitals witness the devastating effects of the opioid epidemic on the patients, families and communities they serve. Prescription opioids can be a safe and necessary element of pain management for those who have experienced trauma or are suffering from cancer, sickle cell disease or other diseases that cause debilitating pain. On the other hand, opioids carry significant risk for misuse, addiction, overdose and death, and must be used judiciously. Hear three different perspectives of how this epidemic is challenging the healthcare industry and being tackled.

5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Wrap-up, Evaluations and Adjourn

5:30 p.m. Dinner on Your Own

Friday, August 17, 2018

7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast and Networking

8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Welcome

8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Telehealth: Present State and Future Directions: Practical Approaches to Hospital Based Care Models

Dr. Thomas Kim

Healthcare in America currently enjoys a great deal of uncertainty. At present, our system of care is best characterized as spending more and more only to receive less and less. It is within this context that interest in telehealth rises among healthcare stakeholders seeking to do more with less. The presentation will begin with a primer on what telehealth is and is not. This will be followed by a brief regulatory/legislative overview to clarify some misconceptions that ultimately distract from telehealth’s true value proposition. The presentation will close with an exploration of practical approaches for hospital-based health systems seeking to implement telehealth solutions.

9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Innovations in CAHs: CEO Executive Panel Discussion Moderator: Ken Alexander, VP of Member Services & Quality

Improvement, LHA; Panel: Stephanie Boynton, VP/CEO, Erlanger Bledsoe and SVED; Mary Ellen Pratt, CEO, St. James Parish Hospital; Lisa Patton, Director of Pharmacy Services, Mercy Health-Marcum & Wallace Hospital Innovation in healthcare is synonymous with survival. Organizations that innovate and evolve with the changing landscape of care delivery, reimbursement and physician alignment give themselves an advantage over those hospitals and organizations that continue with the status quo. In this panel-based presentation, healthcare leaders from three organizations in Arkansas, Kentucky and Louisiana will discuss their innovative ideas and success stories regarding outpatient and ambulatory care delivery, using government-sponsored programs, such as 340B, to improve access and quality by expanding pharmaceutical services. They will also discuss how to optimize physician alignment, engagement and performance compensation to improve care delivery in a rural hospital setting.

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Networking Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Connecting the Workplace and Life Through F.U.N.! Paul Long

Two grown men, cat wrestling singlets and a social experiment. Paul Long leveraged his concept of Fundamism to become the Kansas City Royals’ 2016 Fan of the Year while inspiring his employees, organization and an entire city! Paul’s philosophy of Fundamism, a deliberate approach to happiness in the workplace, can be applied by anyone and is certain to move your team in the direction you desire. Based on the core principle of F.U.N., this experience will allow your team to explore their Foundation, Understanding of Others and help identify Next Steps in maximizing their overall effectiveness at work and in life. Laugh, learn and actively engage with your team while Paul coaches you through principles that help improve employee engagement, maximize productivity, provide memorable customer experiences and create a more F.U.N. work environment! This experience will provoke thought while leaving audiences with a strong understanding of specific actions to help improve their personal work environment.

12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m. Evaluations and Adjourn

SPEAKERS

Bethany Adams, MHA, FACHE, MT, serves as the National Rural Health Resource Center’s Senior Program Manager for the Delta Region Community Health System Development Program and Small Rural Hospital Transition Project. Previously, she managed the Rural Hospital Performance Improvement project and the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program. Prior to that position, she worked for the Kentucky State Office of Rural Health as a Program Coordinator where she assisted

with the development and implementation of the Kentucky Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, as well as served as the Assistant Program Manager for the Kentucky Rural Health Works Program. Adams holds a Master of Health Administration from the University of Kentucky and is a fellow with the ACHE. She holds a Bachelor of Health Science in Clinical Laboratory Science and a BS in Biology. She is certified as a Medical Technologist through the American Society of Clinical Pathologists and holds a current Florida license in clinical laboratory.

Dane Altman is the Senior VP of Business Development with Jackson Physician Search. He began his healthcare staffing and consulting career in 1979, as one of the early pioneers of the physician recruiting industry. He has helped Jackson Physician Search continue to innovate in the recruitment of physicians and advanced practice providers, building their reputation for transparency and successful track record of filling searches through their proven recruitment strategy and search technology. He is

highly regarded in the industry, speaking on healthcare staffing, business development, physician recruitment market trends, leadership and digital recruitment advertising. He has consulted with hundreds of hospitals and communities about their physician staffing needs and enjoys bringing physicians to those with a recruiting need. Based in the Dallas office of Jackson Physician Search, Altman is responsible for the client relationships throughout the Midsouth and Western United States. He is a graduate of Harding University and resides in Plano, Texas.

Benjamin D. Anderson, MBA, MHCDS, is CEO of Kearny County Hospital. Improving the health status of residents in rural Kansas has been the mission for Anderson. Since June 2013, he has led Kearny County Hospital, a critical-access facility in the small town of Lakin, Kansas, where he is committed to helping underserved and struggling populations. In 2014, he was named one of Modern Healthcare’s Up & Comers, recognizing young executives who have made significant contributions in

the areas of healthcare administration, management and policy. He is a graduate of the Master of Health Care Delivery Science program through the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

Ashley Anthony is the CEO of Delta Memorial Hospital, a 25-bed CAH located in Dumas, Arkansas. She has served in various positions at DMH for more than 11 years. Her vision for DMH is to create a model of excellence in quality healthcare delivery and develop innovative programs and services to benefit patients and enhance the overall quality of life in Dumas and surrounding communities. She graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2005

and has worked in all areas of the hospital nursing setting to include case management, quality and administration. Previously, she has held the position of Quality Specialist for Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care where she served providers in the Delta Region. She also serves on the Board for the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership and the Board for the Arkansas Medicaid Quality Improvement program.

Stephanie Boynton is the CEO of Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital and Sequatchie Valley and Administrator of Bledsoe County Nursing Home. Boynton has more than 19 years of experience in critical access hospitals and rural healthcare. She joined Erlanger in 2001 as Director of Operations. Prior to joining Erlanger, she served as the CFO of Bledsoe Community Medical Center. She received a BS in Business Administration from Tennessee Technology University concentrated in Finance in 1995. She

is a member of the ACHE and the Rural Health Association of Tennessee. She also serves on the Government Relations Committee for Tennessee Healthcare Association and the Long-Term Care Committee for Med Assets. Additionally, she serves as Secretary for the Bledsoe County Nursing Home Board of Directors and Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital Advisory Board of Directors.

Ariel Bumbala is the Director of the Louisiana Commission for the Deaf with the Office of Public Health. She has a BA in legal studies from the University of Central Florida and a master’s degree in Organizational Management and Leadership. She has been instrumental in her work with disabled consumers nationally and most notably in developing and implementing interpreter programs in a variety of settings, including legal programs and healthcare organizations. Her background of being

late-deafened gives her a unique skillset, focused on effectively building bridges between the hearing and deaf that foster success in all situations wherever those two cultures should cross paths.

SPEAKERS

Monty Burks, PhD, CPRS, serves as the Director of Faith-Based Initiatives for the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, where his role is engaging and connecting Tennessee’s faith communities with the goal of expanding addiction recovery support services across the state. He also oversees the Tennessee Lifeline Peer Project, a state program aimed at reducing the stigma associated with people who suffer from addiction and the Enhanced

Lifeline Project, which functions as a contact point for individuals whom have overdosed in ER/EDs to get treatment and recovery support services. Burks earned his master’s degree in criminal justice from Middle Tennessee State University and his doctorate in theology from Heritage. He has more than 17 years’ experience working with the criminal justice system in various roles, including adjunct criminal justice professor at Motlow State Community College, Criminal Justice Research Analyst at Middle Tennessee State University, and Criminal Justice Program coordinator at Tennessee State University, where he still serves as an adjunct professor of criminal justice.

Monica Cooke, BSN, MA, RNC, CPHQ, CPHRM, DFASHRM, is a nationally-recognized expert and leader in the field of behavioral health patient safety, risk management and quality improvement. She has more than 40 years of experience in the field of behavioral health and substance abuse in clinical, administrative and executive quality/risk positions. In 2006, she founded Quality Plus Solutions LLC, a behavioral health risk and quality management consulting firm. Her passion is to partner with

organizations to identify risk/quality improvement opportunities with behavioral health patients and to provide support for the mitigation of workplace violence throughout the continuums of care. She provides on-site risk assessments and risk and quality support for behavioral health organizations, acute care hospitals, long term care and outpatient settings. She provides legal nurse expert services, and as a Certified Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse, she continues to practice twice a month as an RN in a detox and rehab treatment setting.

Amy Giarrusso, MD, is an internal medicine specialist practicing at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 2003 and specializes in internal medicine and pediatrics. Giarrusso has been practicing for 15 years and in her current role as director of the complex patients program, she uses a multidisciplinary approach to individualized case management for high emergency room

utilizers. She serves as the physician champion for the FMOLHS opioid stewardship committee.

Thomas Kim, MD, MPH, lives and works in Austin, Texas where he serves as CMO for Med2You, a Physician Evangelist for Medici’s mobile app platform, and Principal for AGMP Telehealth. Dr. Kim has devoted his professional life to realizing a value-based approach to healthcare through telehealth. His experiences include caring for a wide range of clinical populations, program development, research, policy advocacy and consulting services. He received his BA in Philosophy from

Georgetown University and an MD/MPH from Tulane University. Dr. Kim continued at Tulane with a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry and General Medicine Fellowship in Health Services Research.

Devin Lemoine is president of Success Labs, a strategic organizational and leadership development company that uses innovative techniques and coaching to position people to grow and companies to succeed. She leads a team of five highly-experienced consultants with expertise in organizational development and competency-based systems. For more than 15 years, she has partnered with companies to successfully grow their teams and talent during times of growth, change and transition.

Her experience includes creating custom leadership development and succession planning processes. Additionally, her work includes facilitating and managing strategic planning for companies in a variety of industries including healthcare, manufacturing, communications, service based and not-for profits.

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SPEAKERS

Paul J. Long has challenged the traditional corporate landscape in sales and service by leveraging his experience and his ability to connect with others to engage audiences around the globe. With his fun-loving attitude, infectious spirit and philosophy of “fundamism,” Long has provided memorable experiences for countless workshops, trade shows and keynotes. His shenanigans have been featured on ESPN, in the

Washington Post and in the Wall Street Journal, among others. While working for a conservative call center in the highly-conservative industry of insurance, he had a conversation with a manager and several employees. “Are you always this upbeat and optimistic?” asked one of the call center employees. “Give it time,” retorted the manager, “this place will get to him.” From that day, Long decided not to allow experiences to shape others but rather motivate and engage them to create memorable experiences for themselves.

Lisa Patton, PharmD, is the Director of Pharmacy Services at Mercy Health-Marcum & Wallace Hospital. Under her leadership outpatient infusions have more than doubled from 2015 to 2017. In 2016, she helped to secure a three-year, $600,000 quality grant from HRSA to implement an MTM program benefitting the hospital as well as Mercy and other network-affiliated primary care clinics in the hospital’s catchment area. She has also grown the 340B program by adding a mixed-use program and signing on an additional contract pharmacy with four others close to completion.

Mary Ellen Pratt is CEO of St. James Parish Hospital. She earned a MHA from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. She then became an Assistant Administrator at Tulane University Hospital and Clinic and later an Assistant Administrator at Thibodaux Regional Medical Center. In 2004, she served as the Administrator of University Hospital and Clinics-Holmes County. She serves as the Past Chair of the AHA Small and Rural Hospital Governing Council and a member of HRSA’s Office of Rural Health

Policy Rural Health Issues Group. She is on the Board of the LHA and serves on the Quality Committee and Finance Committee. She has been appointed to the Medicaid Hospital Payment Reform Committee for the Louisiana Department of Health, the HIT Advisory Council for the Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum and the Rural Health System and Technical Assistance Advisory Committee. She was named in Becker’s “50 Rural Hospital CEOs to Know” in 2015, 2016 and 2017, and she is currently a Fellow of the ACHE and the NRHA.

Julia Resnick, MPH, is the Senior Program Manager with the American Hospital Association and currently supports the population health team. She leads the Association for Community Health Improvement, a professional membership group for population health professionals, and works on a numerous population health projects including RWJF Culture of Health. She is working on new projects that include evaluating the impact on hospital housing programs and the LEAD Health Challenge. Prior projects that Resnick has worked on at HRET include Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellent, the Health Care Transformation Fellowship, hospitals

against violence, and patient-centered approaches to community health needs assessments.

David Roberts, RN, BSN, is currently the Director for Emergency Services at Choctaw General Hospital in Alabama. He has 12 years of experience in emergency and trauma medicine and actively serves as a board member of the Choctaw County Emergency Medical Services. Roberts earned an Associate of Science in Nursing from The University of West Alabama and Bachelors of Science in Nursing from The University of Alabama.

Brock Slabach, MPH, FACHE, is the Sr. Vice President for Member Services at the National Rural Health Association. He was a rural hospital administrator for more than 21 years and has served on the board of the NRHA and the regional policy board of the American Hospital Association. He serves on the CMS Star Rating Technical Expert Panel, a member of the National Quality Forum’s Measures Application Partnership Hospital and Rural Health Workgroup and serves on the Board of Directors of the National Rural Accountable Care Consortium and Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program. He is the 2015 recipient of the Calico

Quality Leadership Award of the National Rural Health Resource Center and received the American Society of Healthcare Pharmacists Board of Directors’ Award of Honor for 2018. He earned a Master of Public Health in health administration from the University of Oklahoma and is a fellow in the ACHE.

John Supplitt is Senior Director of the Section for Small or Rural Hospitals of the American Hospital Association. Since 1993, he has worked with and on behalf of the AHA’s 2000 small or rural hospital including 975 CAH members to identify, develop and advance their unique healthcare interests, issues and perspectives. He manages the Section’s member services, governance and communications. He has served on several national panels and advisory groups for development of national rural health policy, program development and demonstrations, and grant review and evaluation. He has an MPA from New York

University and an MBA from Loyola University, Chicago. His BS is from Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

CONFERENCE LOCATION New Orleans Marriott at the Convention Center, 859 Convention Center Boulevard. New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone 504-613-2888; Fax 504-613-2890

HOTEL REGISTRATION A block of sleeping rooms has been set up for this event at the group rate of $119 plus taxes. Group rate reservation link: https://book.passkey.com/go/Lhamc2018. Guests have until Tuesday, July 24 to make hotel reservations. Hotel room rates are subject to applicable state and local taxes (currently 15.75% plus $2.00 per room night occupied) in effect at the time of checkout. Marriott rewards are offered by this hotel location.

GENERAL INFORMATION Parking: Valet parking is available at the hotel at the conference rate of $10/day use or $25/overnight guest.

Cancellation/Refund Policy: We realize that problems can occur that may necessitate registration cancellations. Cancellations received in writing by August 1 will be charged a cancellation fee of $50. Cancellations requested after August 1, and no shows are non-refundable.

Special Needs and Dietary Restrictions: We will try to accommodate any special needs you might have. Should you have special dietary or allergy restrictions, please indicate those on the registration form.

Americans With Disabilities Act: The LHA Management Corporation will make every effort to provide reasonable accommodations for physically-challenged attendees who require special services. When registering, please attach a written description of needs to the application.

Attire: New Orleans is hot and muggy in August! The meeting dress code is business/business casual. We recommend you dress in layers or pack a sweater or jacket, as meeting rooms are often chilly and the temperature is not always easily controlled.

Airport: The airport in New Orleans is the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY).

Airport Shuttle is the official ground transportation provider for the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Transportation is offered to and from Downtown & Uptown New Orleans Hotels, the French Quarter, and the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. For Departure Reservations, call 504-522-3500 no later than 24 hours prior to your flight. Your advance reservation will ensure your timely departure to the Airport. Rates are $44 round trip per person and $24 one way per person. The first three bags are free. If Wheelchair Accessible Service is needed, call the Reservations department at 866-596-2699 for assistance. If purchasing your ticket at the Airport, proceed to the baggage claim area on the ground level. After you have retrieved your luggage, proceed to the Airport Shuttle Ticket Desk, located across from baggage claim areas 3, 6 and 12. Service is available on a continuous basis with vans departing approximately every 30 minutes. For Departure Reservations, call 504-522-3500 no later than 24 hours prior to your flight. Seating availability is first come, first served. You must check in at the reservation desk in baggage claim to be placed on the appropriate shuttle.

Questions: Contact Merle Francis at 225-928-0026 or mfrancis@lhaonline.org.

On behalf of the Mid-South Critical Access Hospital Conference Planning Team, we look forward to seeing you in August.

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CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS

Target Audience: Nearly 200 Critical Access Hospital C-suite executives and management teams, along with community leaders and agencies focused on rural issues will convene at this premier event to discuss healthcare for rural populations. There will be multiple peer networking opportunities and numerous qualified educational credits through the American College of Healthcare Executives, as well as continuing education for nursing, nursing home administrators and contact hours for professionals. American College of Health Executives (ACHE) Qualified Education: The Louisiana Hospital Association is authorized to award American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Qualified Education credits toward advancement, or recertification in the ACHE. Participants who wish to have it considered for ACHE Qualified Education credit should list their attendance when they apply to the ACHE for advancement or recertification. Participants are responsible for maintaining a record of their ACHE Qualified Education and all qualified education credits are self-reported. Louisiana State Board of Nursing (LSBN) The Louisiana Hospital Association is approved by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing – CE Provider #39. The Louisiana State Board of Nursing approval of an individual nursing education provider does not constitute endorsement of program content. Participants must sign in, attend the entire session and complete the evaluation. No partial credit will be given. The Louisiana State Board of Nursing, through the providership of Louisiana Hospital Association Management Corporation (LHAMC), has approved the Mid-South Critical Access Hospital Annual Conference for nursing continuing education credit contact hours as follows. Note: The Board of Nursing, in many states, will accept nursing continuing education activities approved by all State Boards of Nursing PROVIDED the appropriate documentation and contact hour assignment have been made and meet all other guidelines as set forth by each state’s board of nursing. Nursing Facility Administrators: will receive hours of continuing education as noted below, granted by the Louisiana Board of Examiners for Nursing Facility Administrators– CE Provider #101. Content Overview & Learner Outcomes/Objectives August 15 – 3.25 hours of CEU Participants must attend the entire session and complete the evaluation. No partial credit will be given. Rural Recruitment and Retention Playbook: Practical Ways to Attract and Keep Physicians 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

• Articulate how transparency, autonomy and sustainability translate into actionable practices;

• Identify best practices for recruitment into rural communities; and

• Determine how to adapt best practices to address their unique challenges.

Disruptive Innovations in Rural Healthcare 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

• Help rural hospitals plan for their futures;

• Share examples of how hospitals have adapted to value-based purchasing and population health;

• Describe how disruptors are transforming care delivery and payment; and

• Show the magnitude of the challenge confronting rural health care providers through data on rural morbidity, mortality, and lifestyle.

Moving the Needle on Population Health in Rural Settings 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

• Define key terms in population health;

• Identify foundational principles to population health in a critical access hospital setting; and

• Review examples of successful engagement strategies of population health integration into the critical access hospital setting.

August 16 – 7.5 hours of CEU Participants must attend the entire session and complete the evaluation. No partial credit will be given. Landscape of Rural Health Policy 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.

• Describe the current state of rural health in America;

• Outline challenges and opportunities for rural providers of care; and

• Describe innovations in rural health with focus on care for the health of populations with emphasis on the Pennsylvania Global Budget Model.

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS An Ethical Case for Excellence in Healthcare Delivery 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

• Learn tools for measuring health outcomes in rural/frontier areas;

• Develop a unique approach to recruiting and retaining medical providers to rural/frontier U.S. communities; and

• Evaluate the application of a tool for assessing and managing the change necessary to provide value-based care in rural/frontier areas.

Fast Track Succession Planning: Reducing Your Risk in 90 Days 10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

• Identify organizational risks for leadership turnover;

• Develop predictability for future leadership needs within the organization;

• Outline desired leadership qualities within your organization; and

• Prepare a people strategy plan for success.

Proffering: Patient and Clinician Communication Success 12:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m.

• Understand organization implications of the Title III Accessibility Law; and

• Identify ways to develop appropriate rapport with deaf and hard of hearing patients.

Small Rural Hospital Transition Project: Outcomes and Application Process 1:00 p.m.- 1:45 p.m.

• Review the outcomes and benefits of participation from the Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) project;

• Identify successful strategies to transition to value strategies;

• Create a roadmap to position your organization for population health;

• Define the consultation process for the SRHT project; and

• Identify application process for the next cycle scheduled to begin in late September. Workplace Violence: Patient to Staff Aggression 1:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m. Identify the types of healthcare violence. Discuss the reasons for the persistent tolerance for aggression in health care Discuss the impact of violence on the organization.

Describe the strategies that can work to reduce and/or prevent healthcare violence.

Opioid Epidemic Executive Panel Discussion: What’s Working, What’s Not 3:45 p.m.- 5:15 p.m.

• Illustrate how the Tennessee Community Faith Based Initiative and the Lifeline Peer Project connect the continuum of care across the state to create access points to treatment and recovery support;

• Recognize the benefits of building strong partnerships with the faith community as well as helping the faith community increase its capacity to combat addiction; and

• Discover strategies for community sharing resources to combat this crisis.

August 17 – 3.0 hours of CEU Participants must attend the entire session and complete the evaluation. No partial credit will be given.

telehealth: Present State and Future Directions Practical Approaches to Hospital Based Care Models 8:45 a.m.- 9:45 a.m.

• Establish a shared understanding of what telehealth is and is not;

• Develop a fuller understanding of regulatory and legislative approaches that govern

• telehealth care;

• Consider a more practical, functional, and actionable approach to telehealth care; and

• Explore meaningful applications of telehealth for Critical Access Hospital systems.

Innovations in Critical Access Hospitals 9:45 a.m.- 10:45 a.m.

• Identify ways to introduce outpatient and ambulatory care in a rural environment;

• Learn how to improve population health in underserved markets;

• Discover strategies utilizing 340B and grant funding to improve patient access and quality of care in a rural community by expanding pharmaceutical services;

• Examine the benefits of pharmacist assisted annual wellness visits in a critical access hospital setting; and

• Illustrate how physician alignment, engagement and performance compensation are improving the overall patient care in a rural hospital setting.

Connecting the Workplace and Life Through F.U.N.! 10:45 a.m.- 11:45 a.m.

• Outline core behaviors that aid in creating a purpose driven life;

• Exploration of social styles and how to maximize communication effectiveness;

• How to have more F.U.N. in the workplace and in life; and

• Identify next steps in creating a fulfillment implementation strategy.

Early Bird Registration Deadline: July 30, 2018

Mid-South CAH Conference ● August 15-17, 2018

REGISTRATION FORM

Register Online at: http://www.lhaonline.org/event/2018MidsouthCAH

Note: The Early Bird discounted registration fee of $100 applies to all registrations postmarked on or before July 30, 2018. For registrations postmarked after July 30, 2018, the general registration fee of $125 will apply. Please print or type all information. This information will be used to prepare your convention name badge. USE ONLY ONE FORM FOR EACH REGISTRANT. Copies may be made.

Name__________________________________ First Name for Badge______________________________

Title_________________________________ Hospital/Organization ________________________________

Address________________________________________________________________________________

City_______________________________________ State___________________ Zip__________________

Telephone: ___________________ Fax: ________________________ Spouse:______________________

Email Address: __________________________________________________________________________

A. Required Registration for All Attendees ● Individual Registration

$100 Early Bird Registration (Prior to July 30) $125 (After July 30) $50 Spouse Registration

Total Section A: $___________

B. Meals are included, but we need an accurate count. Please indicate meal function(s) you will attend:

Reception, August 15 Breakfast, August 17

Breakfast, August 16 Indicate if vegetarian meals are required.

Lunch, August 16 Indicate if gluten-free meals are required.

C. Indicate Method of Payment:

Check Enclosed Secure Credit Card Payment Via Fax to (225) 923-1004 Make check payable and mail to: LHA Management Corporation 9521 Brookline Avenue Baton Rouge, LA 70809, Phone: 225-928-0026

Credit Card #: ___________________________________________________________________________

CVV (3 or 4 Digit Code): _________ Billing Zip Code: _____________ Exp. Date: _____________________

Name on Card (Please Print): ______________________________________________________________

Signature: _____________________________________________________________________________

Email Address for Receipt Confirmation: ______________________________________________________

LHA Code #M18480

http://www.lhaonline.org/event/2018MidsouthCAH