“Blazing New Trails”
2011 Idaho RHC–CAH–Free Medical Clinic
Conference Agenda/Registration
DoubleTree Riverside Boise
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Thursday – November 3rd, 2011
7:15 am / Registration & Breakfast
8:00 am / Welcome: State Office of Rural Health & Primary Care
8:15 am / Opening Plenary: Becky Olson: “Humor, Happiness, and Hope”
9:15 am / Break for room change
9:30 am / CAH Flex Program Overview: Flex Grantee Presentations / RHC Program Update: National Association of Rural Health Clinics / RHC Billing and Coding Basics: North American Healthcare Management Services / Free Medical Clinic: Update - Free Clinics of the Western Region
10:30 am / Break for room change
10:45 am / “Paper to Digital Records in Six Months”: Syringa General Hospital;
HIT, Data Exchange, and Meaningful Use Updates / RHC “Compliance Cliff Notes: A Brief Review of Key Compliance Issues”: Hawley Troxell / RHC Advanced Billing and Coding:
North American Healthcare Management Services / Free Medical Clinic:
Trends over the next decade – Free Clinic Solutions
11:45 pm / Networking lunch (provided)
12:30 pm / Plenary: Wayne Nelson: “A Poetic Look at Rural Idaho Through the Eyes of Snake River Wayne”
1:00pm / CAH Telemedicine Panel: St. Alphonsus RMC, Clearwater Valley Hospital, Bear Lake Memorial / RHC Provider-Based Fiscal Intermediary: Noridian Administrative Services / RHC Independent Fiscal Intermediary: Cahaba Government Benefit Administrators / Free Medical Clinic:
Volunteer Management – Garden City Free Medical Clinic
2:00 pm / Break for room change
2:15 pm / “Leadership and Accountability in the Face of Uncertainty”: The Neenan Company / RHC Survey and Certification: Information and Q & A with Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Bureau of Facility Standards / Free Medical Clinic:
Panel Discussion on Common Challenges
3:15 pm / Break for room change
3:30 pm / Closing Plenary: Dr. Tray Dunaway: “Connecting the Healthcare Dots”
4:45 pm / Adjourn

The last day to register for the conference is October 27, 2011. The last day to register for a room is October 13, 2011.

I will be making a room reservation at the DoubleTree Riverside Boise for the night of 11/2/11.

I request prior approval for a second night of lodging on 11/3/11. Reason for request:

I request prior approval for airfare from to Boise. Estimated airfare: $

Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), State Primary Care Offices Grant, CFDA# 93.130,
State Offices of Rural Health Grant, CFDA# 93.913 and Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant, CFDA #93.241