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NCHN Reminders
HCAHPS Webinar Series: Another series starts March 18th
For those of you who have purchased the series already, you can offer this next series to network members and staff at no additional cost. Members who haven't yet purchased the series have another opportunity to offer it to their staff and members for one low fee. Details below! |
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Leadership Corner
RWHC's Leadership Insights: "Sacred Cows"
We see them in others: the boss’s pet project that no one dares to question. Your co-worker who reports to a relative and isn’t held accountable because of the stress it would cause at family gatherings. A colleague with an “under the gun” style of work puts everyone else in a tailspin, but insists their creativity cannot be encumbered by others’ time frames.
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Announcements from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Tom Morris recently sent these announcements from ORHP, including opportunities that he thought would be of particular interest to rural communities and organizations. The first is Healthy Start. There have never been many rural grantees in this program and the way they've redone the guidance there are some new opportunities. HRSA put it out in December but didn't get enough interest so it has been reposted. This is particularly a great opportunity for communities in the Southeast. Also, further down the list, there is news about the webinar from CMS on the budget neutrality requirements with the Frontier Community Health Integration Demonstration so getting that to the eligible states (NV, ND, MT, WY and AK) would really help. Additionally, there is information about the opening of the State Loan Repayment Program.
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NCHN Calendar
Evidence-Based Outcomes Task Force Call
March 10, 2014 @ 4:00 PM ET
2014 Conference Planning Committee Call
March 11, 2014 @ 3:00 PM ET
Membership Task Force Call
March 14, 2014 @ 3:00 PM ET
Quarterly Information Call
March 17, 2014 @ 2:00 PM ET
Executive Committee Call
March 18, 2014 @ 11:00 AM ET
Program Development Committee Call
March 26, 2014 @ 11:00 AM ET
Leadership Learning Community Call
March 27, 2014 @ 12:00 PM ET
March Coffee/Tea Chat
March 28, 2014 @ 11:00 AM ET
20th NCHN Annual Educational Conference
June 18-20, 2014
- St. Louis, MO
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NCHN News
Another HCAHPS Webinar Series Starting March 18th!
Excellent educational opportunity to offer your network members
NCHN is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity to our membership. Through our partnership with Custom Learning Systems, LLC we are offering to NCHN members, “HCAHPS Breakthrough™ – Webinar Series” a dynamic, high impact, innovative, practical education series designed to achieve breakthrough sustainable improvements in your HCAHPS patient experience survey scores. Webinar/HOPE Plan authors, Brian Lee, CSP, and David Dworski, MA, will personally lead the webinar series, bringing a half century of training experience, enthusiasm, participant engagement know how and a remarkable blend of combined HCAHPS expertise.
NCHN members can purchase access to the series for the low rate of $295 and make it available to all of their members at no additional cost! This is a significant savings off Custom Learning Systems’ published price.
Webinar/HOPE Plan authors, Brian Lee, CSP, and David Dworski, MA, will personally lead the webinar series, bringing a half century of training experience, enthusiasm, participant engagement know how and a remarkable blend of combined HCAHPS expertise. Webinar authors, Brian Lee, CSP (Custom Learning Systems’ founder) and David Dworski, MA, will personally lead the webinar series, bringing a half century of training experience, enthusiasm, participant engagement know how, and a remarkable blend of combined HCAHPS expertise. For more information on Brian and David, please visit their website.
» View the webinar details and schedule here
» Find more information and place your order here
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Funding Announcements
MultiPlan to Award $30,000 in Grants to Rural Hospitals
MultiPlan, Inc., the nation’s oldest and largest independent PPO network, is accepting applications for its 2014 Rural Health Outreach Grant. The program, now in its 19th year, awards hospitals serving rural areas financial grants to help them introduce or expand services, education, screenings and other endeavors aimed at improving the health of people in their communities.
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HRSA grant aims to reach underserved areas
The aim is to address special educational needs of diverse public health professionals who provide MCH services in isolated, underserved, rural or frontier areas.
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National Headlines
Study: Rural physicians more likely to partake in quality improvement efforts, discuss costs of care with patients » READ
Gap in Life Expectancy Between Rural and Urban Residents Is Growing » READ
SAMHSA Report Provides Information on Mental Illness Levels in Each State and the District of Columbia » READ
For Rural Volunteers, It’s Fire and Ice » READ
Federally funded health centers brace for financial loss » READ
Senate bill introduced to remove 96-hour certification requirement for CAHs » READ
Rural lawmakers struggle to make themselves heard » READ
Rural children are more likely to be obese, but rural communities have several strategies to fight the problem » READ
Study: Rural dental therapists help more patients » READ
For Small Health Systems, Big Decisions Can Mean Life or Death » READ
ACA News
Time for Congress to Fix Medicare Hospital Rural Floor Payment ‘Boondoggle’ » READ
Obama budget will seek record funding for new doctors » READ
Obamacare rollout a challenge in rural areas » READ
HIT News
FCC Looking for More Providers to Subsidize » READ
Health IT transforming rural care » READ
Sebelius: US healthcare delivery system stuck in 20th century » READ
Health IT oversight guidance expected from federal agencies by end of March » READ
Telemedicine: Doctor Visits via Video Calls » READ
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