Call for Speaker Proposals – NOSORH Annual Meeting

March 11, 2024

Call for Speaker Proposals – NOSORH Annual Meeting

The National Organization or State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) is now accepting speaker proposals for the 2024 NOSORH Annual Meeting.

The NOSORH Annual Meeting will be held in Niagara Falls, New York, September 11 – 12, 2024.

NOSORH encourages a diverse range of speakers to submit proposals that focus on, but are not limited to, these key rural health topics:

  • Innovations and Success Stories in State Offices of Rural Health (SORH)
  • Advancing Health Equity and Inclusivity
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • Behavioral Health and Rural Health Integration
  • Workforce Development and Sustainability
  • Strengthening Rural Health Systems and Infrastructure
  • SORH Leadership Strategies
  • Emergency Management and Community Resilience
  • Economic Development and Health
  • Social Determinants and Community-Based Solutions
  • Emerging Models and Technologies in Rural Health
  • Intersectoral Collaborations

Speaker Benefits and Logistics

  • Approved travel expenses for one speaker will be fully reimbursed
  • Lodging and per diem will be covered during the designated period
  • Receipts for all expenditures over $25 are required, excluding food and beverages

See full details on speaker benefits and logistics

Submit a Proposal

NRHA Now Accepting RHC, CAH Event Presentation Proposals

March 5, 2024

NRHA Now Accepting RHC, CAH Event Presentation Proposals

The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) is now accepting presentation proposals for the Rural Health Clinic and Critical Access Hospital Conference.

Conference Goals:

  • Share effective practices, policies and information
  • Provide insights and best practices addressing:
  • Access
  • Quality
  • Patient safety issues

Five interest tracks are available for CAH Conference submissions:

  • Innovation
  • Financial
  • Leadership
  • Quality
  • Best practices

This year’s events will be held Sept 24 – 27 in Kansas City, MO, NRHA’s hometown.

The deadline for submissions is May 31.

Learn More about NRHA RHC and CAH Conference

Submit Presentation Proposal

Registration is Open for the 2024 Missouri Immunization Conference, “Building Immunity in Missouri Communities”

February 5, 2024

Registration is Open for the 2024 Missouri Immunization Conference, “Building Immunity in Missouri Communities”

Don’t miss this enlightening and transformative experience as the Missouri Immunization Coalition (MIC) gears up to host its much-anticipated annual Missouri Immunization Conference.

The purpose of the conference is to provide immunization education to increase immunization rates and protect all Missourians.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will self-report increased knowledge about:

  • Evidence-based strategies designed to address vaccine hesitancy, and combat misinformation
  • How state legislative actions play a role in Missouri’s immunization rates
  • Increasing number of vaccine exemptions and the potential community health implications

And, increased confidence in:

  • their ability to provide effective education by delivering a strong recommendation to patients when discussing vaccines
  • their ability to advocate for and effectively educate patients on vaccine preventable diseases

Target Audience

Public Health Professionals             Nurses                                                 Physicians

School Nurses                               Hospital & ambulatory staff                    Pharmacists

Advanced Practice Providers           Social Workers                                      Psychologists

Community Health Workers            Nursing Home Administrators                 LPHA/FQHC staff

Long-term care staff                      Health Professions Students                   Policy makers

When: April 25 – 26, Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia

Attendee Pricing:

  • $100 MIC members
  • $150 Non-MIC members
  • $25 Students eager to contribute to the future of healthcare

Exhibitor Pricing

  • $600 for-profit organizations
  • 300 nonprofit organizations

Register Here

Scholarships Now Available for NRHA’s New Orleans Events

February 1, 2024

Scholarships Now Available for NRHA’s New Orleans Events

Registration is open for the National Rural Health Administration’s (NRHA’s) Annual Rural Health Conference, in New Orleans, May 6 – 10 and scholarships are available for those who would otherwise not be able to attend.

Scholarship Information:

  • Total individual scholarship award will be $1,500 to help offset the cost of:
    • Registration fees
    • Hotel accommodations
    • Travel expenses
      • Scholars are expected to provide their own funds to pay for any remaining expenses
  • Scholarship recipients will be notified of their award upon receipt and review of the application
    • Scholars will receive their award once they arrive at the conference
  • Scholarships funds are available for students and community members with a critical need for financial support with conference expenses
  • Scholarships will be awarded to people who meet the eligibility criteria and who are unable to attend without such support

Join hundreds of rural health leaders to help raise the standard for rural health with more than 80 innovative, practical, and cost-saving sessions and much more.

NRHA’s Annual Conference runs concurrently with:

Don’t forget to nominate your rural health heroes for NRHA’s 2024 Rural Health Awards and submit health equity research posters through February 8.

Learn More

Apply for Scholarship

Nominate Your Rural Health Heroes for 2024 NRHA Awards

January 26, 2024

Nominate Your Rural Health Heroes for 2024 NRHA Awards

Nominations are now open the National Rural Health Administration’s (NRHA’s) Rural Health Awards.

Each year NRHA honors outstanding individuals and organizations who have dedicated their time and talents to improving the health and well-being of others.

Previous Rural Health Award recipients have stretched the boundaries of possibility by forging innovative programs and services, making rural life healthier and more compassionate.

Nominate your favorite rural health individual, organization, program or student for these prestigious awards soon.

  • No more than three nominations per individual or organization accepted
    • If more than three nominations, only the first three considered
    • No letters of recommendation or other materials accepted, this ensures an equal platform
  • Submissions accepted online only
  • Deadline is Tuesday, February 20
    • No late submissions
    • No exceptions

Winners will be honored during NRHA’s Annual Rural Health Conference in New Orleans.

If you have questions about he Rural Health Awards, contact Donna Douglas at ddouglas@ruralhealth.us

Learn More about NRHA’s Annual Rural Health Conference

Click Here to Nominate your favorite Rural Health Hero

NRHA Annual Conference Registration is Now Open

January 26, 2024

NRHA Annual Conference Registration is Now Open

Registration is now open for the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) Annual Rural Health Conference, May 6-10 in New Orleans.

Join NRHA and hundreds of rural health leaders to help raise the standard for rural health with more than 80 innovative, practical, and cost-saving sessions and much more.

NRHA’s Annual Conference runs concurrently with the 9th Rural Hospital Innovation Summit, and the expanded Health Equity Conference, May 6-7 and Rural Medical Education Conference May 7 occur immediately beforehand.

Act soon to nominate your rural health heroes for NRHA’s 2024 Rural Health Awards to be presented at the event.

Click Here to learn more about the NRHA 2024 Rural Health Awards

Click Here to learn more and Register for the Conference

You’re Invited! – Advancing Community Paramedicine in Kansas: Policy Options & Considerations, January 30

January 26, 2024

You’re Invited! – Advancing Community Paramedicine in Kansas: Policy Options & Considerations, January 30

This event will focus on policy considerations and opportunities related to community paramedicine.

Community paramedicine is an emerging model of care that allows and enables paramedics, EMTs and other clinicians to deliver non-emergent public health, primary and preventive services to populations in the community.

These services extend beyond the roles of traditional transportation and emergency care and generally seek to increase access to care, improve patient outcomes, and avoid duplication of existing services.

The event will feature an expert panel, including individuals with experience implementing and delivering community paramedicine services, national policy experts in the field of mobile integrated health, and Kansas policymakers.

Attend in-person or virtually!

Where: Kansas Health Institute, 212 SW 8th Avenue, Topeka, KS

When: Tuesday, January 30, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.

Register for to attend In-Person

Register to Attend Virtually

Upcoming Virtual Conference – 2024 Rural Hospital and Clinic Virtual Performance Improvement Conference

January 22, 2024

Upcoming Virtual Conference – 2024  Rural Hospital and Clinic Virtual Performance Improvement Conference

On January 31, join the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) and Wintergreen for the second annual Hospital Performance Improvement Virtual Conference.

Conference Content and Presenters:

  • Harsh Realities of Rural Operations – Jonathan Pantenburg, Wintergreen
    • Encompasses strategies related to:
      • Staffing and provider shortages
      • Revenue cycle
      • Growth
      • Reimbursement
      • Stiffening competition
  • Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP): Updates and Priorities – Meredith Anderson
  • Eliminate the Ego in Rural Recruitment – Nicole Barbano, Hunter Ambrose Intl
    • Uncover the impact of ego on rural healthcare recruitment and learn to build agile, ego-free strategies with enhanced accountability
  • Benefits: Strategic Asset, Not Cost – Rob Bloom, Wintergreen
    • Learn how to rethink benefit programs to address a healthcare organization’s most important asset, greatest vulnerability and biggest expense: It’s people
  • Capitalize on the RHC Value Chain – Kristen Ogden, The Compliance Team
    • As payers seek value-based, outcomes-based models, RHCs are positioned for growth and increased relevance – but only if their operations and team are exceptional
  • Harness Technology to Drive Revenue, Compliance and Safety – Bryan Knowles, VersaBadge
    • Learn how to leverage technology to improve:
    • Reimbursement
    • Compliance
    • Safety and performance using practical, cost-effective tools designed specifically for CAHs and RHCs
  • How to Modernize Rural Healthcare – Alan Richman, InnoVative Capital
    • This presentation demystifies perceived barriers for rural hospitals to fund projects that drive strategic, operational and technology-based innovation
  • Wait…We Can Get Paid for That? – Jonathan Pantenburg, Wintergreen
    • Will review the five novel reimbursement opportunities stimulated by:
    • Recent industry changes
    • Market dynamics and/or regulatory updates that can be implemented by your hospital or clinic in Calendar Year (CY) 2024

When: Wednesday, January 31, 11:00 AM ET

Cost: No Cost

Register Here

2024 CityMatCH Leadership & MCH Epidemiology Conference Now Calling for Abstract, Workshop & Symposia Submissions

January 9, 2024

2024 CityMatCH Leadership & MCH Epidemiology Conference Now Calling for Abstract, Workshop & Symposia Submissions

Conference submissions are now LIVE!

Would you like to share your work with fellow maternal and child health professionals? Would you like to teach a new skill to other MCH leaders?

Join the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for the 2024 CityMatCH Leadership & MCH Epidemiology Conference and Reach New Heights by Strengthening MCH Across Generations.

If you would like to present your work to peers in the field, HRSA is accepting submissions for abstracts, workshops, symposia, and facilitated discussions via the online submission system between now and March 4, 2024.

Submissions that are welcome and encouraged:

  • Parent and child health topics, including but not limited to:
    • Data use
    • Equity
    • Policy & advocacy
    • Intersectionality
    • Ongoing MCH issues
    • Community based doula and birth workers

Who should submit a presentation:

  • Professionals from local health departments
  • Health systems
  • Academic institutions
  • Community members
  • Community-based organizations
  • Students

See More about CityMatCH

See More about 2024 CityMatCH Leadership & MCH Epidemiology Conference

Click here for descriptions of each type of submission, timeline for submissions, and sample topics.

If you have any questions please contact citymatchconference@unmc.edu

2024 Rural Hospital Performance Improvement Virtual Conferences

January 8, 2024

2024 Rural Hospital Performance Improvement Virtual Conferences

Wintergreen, partnership with the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) invites you to the second annual Hospital Performance Improvement Virtual Conferences.

The two regional, three-hour sessions are designed specifically for rural hospitals and clinics.

Each session will highlight the following topics via hospital and clinic case studies:

  • Rural Hospital Strategic and Operational Priorities
  • Innovations and New Opportunities to Generate Revenue
  • Recruitment and Retention Strategies
  • Rural Health Clinic Best Practices and Future Direction

When:

  • NOSORH Regions A, B AND C
    • January 31, 11:00 a.m. ET
    • Register Here
  • NOSORH Regions D & E
    • February 1, 10:00 a.m. PT
    • Register Here