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The CAH CFO-Administrator Forum

Our goal is to help CFO’s, CEO’s and financial administrators of Critical Access Hospitals around America connect and work with one another. We believe that by sharing knowledge and ideas, we can create a strong network of small hospitals providing essential care in rural America.

Save the Date | Don’t Always Believe What They Tell You – Seven Myths of Rural Healthcare


May 2, 2023; 11:00 AM CT

What we don’t know can hurt us, but many of the myths we are led to believe can hinder the growth of rural hospitals. While there are plenty of myths out there, this presentation will focus on seven common ones; not only dispelling them, but helping rural organizations navigate their futures as a result.

Join Robert Thorn, MBA, FACHE, Principal, Summit Healthcare Strategy, and Chris Ekrem, Forum Organizer and Former CAH CEO, as they decode Seven common Myths of Rural Healthcare.

By the end of this session some of the key takeaways will include:

  • Why smaller is not always simpler, and how to leverage that to your advantage;
  • Just how much a rural hospital impacts quality of care, life, and how its closure affects its community;
  • How most rural hospitals are missing the big picture when it comes to telehealth; and, other assumptions that may be holding rural hospitals back.

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Robert Thorn, MBA, FACHE

Principal, Summit Healthcare Strategy

Chris Ekrem

Forum Moderator and Former CAH CEO



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Past Events

21
FEB
Shaking the Trees – Advanced Cost Reporting
Caren Puvalowski, CHFP | Rural Healthcare Reimbursement Manager, The Rybar Group, Inc.
6
DEC
Show Me the Money – Maximizing Value From Your
Medicare Cost Report

Clint A. Brill | Senior Manager, Blue & Co., LLC
25
OCT
No Margin, No Mission – Strategies To Improve Hospital Net Income
Daniel E. Clark | Managing Director, Health Care Performance Advisory Services, FORVIS, Kevin Rash, MPT, FACHE | Director, Healthcare Performance Advisory Services,
FORVIS
28
JUL
Strategies for Recruiting/Retaining Top Talent and Provider Relief Fund Reporting
Christopher Tyhurst | Principal, REDW, Claire Hilleary | Senior Manager, Audit & Assurance, REDW, Cristin Heyns-Bousliman, Esq. | Principal and Practice Leader, HR Consulting, REDW, and Carol M. Cochran | Principal, REDW
19
MAY
Reversing the Great Outmigration and Increasing RHC Reimbursement
Michael Hill, MD | President/CEO Rural Health Solutions
24
FEB
Nothing to Fear About Surprise Billing: Surprise Billing and Provider Implications
Amy Graham | Senior Consultant, Stroudwater Associates and Wade Gallon | Consultant, Stroudwater Associates
8
DEC
New Ways to Win Big with Direct to Employer Contracting
Brant Couch | CEO, HealthSure and Scott Pruzan | Managed Care & Direct Contracting, HealthSure
29
OCT
Regulatory Insights: Executing CAH Physician JVs and Other Legal Developments
Colin Luke | Partner, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP and Fletcher Brown | Partner, Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP
19
AUG
CAH RCM Bootcamp
CFOs and CEOs of CAHs in SC, NC, GA, FL, and TN came together on August 19 at our RCM Bootcamp. The group discussed the top five revenue key performance indicators that every CEO and CFO must know. The group went beyond the basics to explore how revenue cycle outcomes impact the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows.
Chris Ekrem, FACHE | Forum Moderator and Former CAH CEO, and Darya Khripkova | Forum Moderator and CAH RCM Expert
9
JUL
Generating New Revenue Streams: Growing Your Top Line to Grow Your Bottom Line, Keep Your Patients Local with Tele-nephrology, and Optimizing Rehabilitation Revenue in CAHs
Mark Buckley, DPT | VP of Clinical Operations, Mid South Rehabilitation, Ron Kubit | CEO, TeleNeph, LLC and Robert Thorn, MBA, FACHE | Director, Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting
14
MAY
Improving RHC Payments: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
Kristin D. Baquero, CPA | Director, CLA and Dan Larsen, CPA | Principal, CLA
12
MAR
CAH Cost Report Strategies
Laura Gillenwater, CPA | Senior Manager, HORNE LLP
4
DEC
How Can We Keep What We Already Have?CARES Act Funds, Reporting & Audits
Richard S. Reid, MPA, FHFMA, CPA | President and CEO, The Rybar Group
25
SEP
Hospital Charges and the Price Transparency Initiative
Kathy Dean, CPMA, COC, CPC-P, CCS-P | VP of Outpatient Services & Chargemaster Analyst, Administrative Consultant Service, LLC
14
AUG
Treat the Disease: Using Theory of Constraints in Rural Healthcare
Michael Curtis, MBA, LNHA | Chief Administrative Officer, McKenzie County Healthcare Systems

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