Two learning opportunities for CAH facilities. No registration fees. Webinars are supported by the North Dakota Flex Program.

North Dakota Critical Access Hospital Finance Webinars

Translating Critical Access Hospital Finance - May 15, 2014 • Presenter: Ralph Llewellyn of Eide Bailly• Description: Healthcare finance is complicated. This is a statement for even experienced financial

professionals. Departmental leaders in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) are called upon to provide technical as well as financial leadership in their departments. Unfortunately, they are not provided the tools necessary to understand reimbursement theory and provide financial leadership in their departments. This session will provide a basic level understanding of how healthcare finance and reimbursement works. The session will focus on reimbursement theory of various payors and strategies departmental leaders can adopt to improve financial performance in their departments.

• Target Audience: CAH department leaders and board members.• Two time options: 10:00 to 11:30 am Central Time or 2:30 to 4:00 pm Central Time• Teleconference Information (You must dial in for the audio portion of the webinar):

Phone Number: 1-866-905-2610 • Access Code: 8316991989• Webinar Login (Join at the following link for the visual portion of the webinar): Click on the below link and

enter your email address. centra.eidebailly.com:443/GA/main/00000187e18400000144443f521f8680

Managing Productivity in the Critical Access Hospital - May 22, 2014• Presenter: Ralph Llewellyn of Eide Bailly• Description: Managing productivity in the healthcare setting is an ongoing challenge. Obtaining meaningful

benchmarks can be challenging and cost prohibitive. This session is designed for all departmental leaders and will focus on how to manage the productivity of your organization using both internally and externally developed benchmarks. We will explore the need to analyze processes when implementing change versus just working harder.

• Target Audience: CAH department leaders and board members.• Two time options: 10:00 to 11:30 am Central Time or 2:30 to 4:00 pm Central Time• Teleconference Information (You must dial in for the audio portion of the webinar): Phone Number: 1-866-905-2610 • Access Code: 8316991989• Webinar Login (Join at the following link for the visual portion of the webinar): Click on the below link and

enter your email address. centra.eidebailly.com:443/GA/main/00000187e18400000144443f521f8683

Webinar Tips• The visual and audio portions of the webinar are separate; the sound for the webinar does not come through

on the computer. Dial in using the conference call number for the audio portion; click on the link and enter your email address for the visual portion.

• When you dial the conference call number, you will hear music until the host connects.

• When connecting to the visual portion of the webinar, selecting the “Launch to Desktop” option allows for the best viewing of the webinar.

Hazardous Materials Operations Training for Hospital First Receivers

Healthcare workers risk occupational exposures to chemical, biological, or radiological materials when a hospital receives contaminated patients. In order to protect employees, hospitals benefit from implementing the OSHA hospital best practices.

Sample Course Topics: Hospital First Receiver requirements Review of Incident Command System for HazMat Hazardous Materials & Associated Risks OSHA & EPA Regulations Detection & Response at the Healthcare facility Personal Protective Equipment for HazMat Personal Protective Equipment for Biological Healthcare Response Resources Coordination of a Decon Team Importance of Emergency Operation Plans Treatment suggestions for HazMat victims Clean up and disposal issues

EPIC Group Emergency Planning & Incident Consultants

This program provides didactic and hands-on sessions. Please dress comfortable.

Those attending should have basic understanding of

awareness to Hazardous Materials, and are part of a hospital response Team.

No Registration Fee—Lunch provided Funding Source:

Hospital Preparedness Program US Dept. of Health and Human Services

St. Alexius Medical Center Technology & Education Center

1310 East Main Street—(use main st entrance)

Bismarck, ND Wednesday, June 11, 2014

8:30am—4:30pm (CST)

For more information or to register contact NDHA at; 701-224-9732

Wenck Consultants

301—1st Street NE

Mandan, ND 58554

dhanson@wenck.com

www.wenck.com

Date: June 16, 2014

Time: 10:00-11:30 a.m.

Location: Bismarck— State Capitol Building, Judicial Wing, 2nd Floor, AV Rooms 210-212 You may participate by teleconference by dialing 1.866.867.2740 from any telephone or by videoconference (please contact Ros Norstedt at 701.328.2493 or rnorsted@nd.gov no later than June 9 to indicate your videoconference location).

Purpose: The North Dakota Department of Health is responsible for carrying out the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Title V Block Grant functions. As a recipient of the federal block grant, North Dakota is required to complete a statewide needs assessment every five years and develop a plan of action for addressing MCH priorities. You are being invited as a key partner to participate with us in this important and exciting process! Please join us on June 16 as we begin our journey to set priorities for the next five years (2016-2020). The statewide needs assessment identifies the need for: Preventive and primary care services for pregnant

women, women of reproductive age, and infants up to age one year.

Preventive and primary care services for children. Family-centered, community-based services for children

and youth with special health care needs and their families.

To improve the health of North Dakota’s MCH population through a comprehensive assessment and planning process that is of value to the greater MCH community.

Spring 2014 Conference Hilton Garden Inn ○ Fargo, ND

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Time Agenda Item

6:30pm – 8:00pm Pre-conference Social

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Time Agenda Item

8:00am – 8:30am Registration/Breakfast

8:30am – 8:45am Welcome/Opening Comments

8:45am – 9:30am State of HIT (Healthcare Information Technology) Dr. Paul Kleeberg, HIMSS Chair Elect

9:30am – 10:15am ACO’s/Big Data – Provider Engagement Lorren Pettit, Vice President, Market Research, HIMSS Analytics

10:15am – 11:15am Break/Visit Exhibitors

11:15am – 12:00pm The Affordable Care Act is 4 Years Old – Where Are We Today? Ross Manson, Principal, Eide Bailly

12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch

1:00pm – 1:45pm REACH Data Analytics Portal Ryan Sandefer, REACH HIT Consultant for MN and ND

1:45pm – 3:00pm Special Interest Groups Break Out - Clinical Informatics - Technology

3:00pm – 3:30pm Break/Visit Exhibitors

3:30pm – 4:15pm Panel Discussion: HIT Hot Topics (ICD-10, HIE, MU and more!) hosted by Dr. Paul Kleeberg, HIMSS Chair Elect

4:15pm – 4:45pm Roundtable Discussions – HIT Topics

4:45pm Wrap-Up

Regional Extension Assistance Center for Health Information Technology (REACH)

Meaningful Use Boot Camp— Getting Patients Engaged with Meaningful Use

Patient engagement is one of the factors of meaningful use that cause many

hospitals and providers concern. The need to have patients take action in

order for hosptials and professionals to qualify for meaningful use incentives

is a challenge. It has been clearly demonstrated that an engaged patient is

one that has better outcomes and the facility that engages their patients has

significantly better satisfaction scores. This Boot Camp will focus on

methods that hospitals and professionals can leverage their electronic health

recordss and their processes in order to better involve patients in their care.

Clinic/Hospital Boot Camp in Fargo, ND

Friday, May 30, 2014

8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

(Following ND Health Information Management Systems Society)

Hilton Garden Inn

Iris Room

4351 17th Avenue South

Fargo, ND 58103

Objectives

Know why there is urgency to implement EHRs

Identify reasons why patient engagement is important

Understand how effective patient engagement leads to better health

and better health care

Identify the ways meaningful use fosters patient engagement

Leave with a vision understanding of how to begin engaging and

empowering the lives in your care

Information will be presented through a combination of lecture, small group

work and problem solving. Those who have taken this course before value

the exercises because they help them begin to think about how to optimize

workflows in their facility in order to achieve meaningful use and share ideas

with others in the same care setting.

Register online by Friday, May 23, 2014

Presenter Paul Kleeberg, MD, FAAFP, FHIMSS, Chief Medical Informatics Office, REACH

Clinical Director, Stratis Health/REACH

Cost $20 for clinics and hospitals registered with REACH, $150 for non-REACH clients.

Price includes continental breakfast.

**There will be a $15 service charge for registration cancellations

one week prior to the event.

Who Should Attend?

Hospital and clinic

EHR/meaningful use teams, ,

administrators and managers and

clinical staff.

Boot Camps are intended for

ambulatory and inpatient settings.

Past Participants Said…

“ Great to have group interaction learning.”

“ Great information for clinic/hospital settings.”

“ Learning what others are doing is helpful in meeting meaningful use.”

“ Once again, excellent presentation.” “ Very informative and well presented.” “ Once again, excellent presentation.”

REACH

REACH is a nonprofit federal HIT

Regional Extension Center

dedicated to helping providers in

clinics and small hospitals in North

Dakota and Minnesota to implement

and effectively use EHRs.

Our mission is to assure that each of our clients achieves meaningful use.

877-331-8783, ext. 222 info@khaREACH.org www.khaREACH.org

REACH – Advancing health information technology for North Dakota and Minnesota.

A program of Key Health Alliance, a partnership of Stratis Health, National Rural Health Resource Center, and The College of St. Scholastica, which collaborates with North Dakota Health Care Review and the Center for Rural Health, at The University of North Dakota, School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Federally funded through the Office of the National Coordinator for HIT, Department of Health and Human Services (grant number EP-HIT-09-003).