WVHA Critical Access Hospital and Rural Health Clinic
Leadership and Management Team Seminar
Bridgeport Conference Center
May 19-20, 2022
May 19, 2022:
10:00-10:05
Welcome
10:05-11:30
Keynote Address: The New Future of Rural Healthcare
Eric Shell, CPA, MBA, Chairman, Stroudwater Associates
Description:
For the past 24-months, while rural health systems have been battling Covid-19,
the healthcare industry has continued to evolve at an accelerating pace. Traditional
healthcare providers must adapt to the new market realities or face increasing
threats from new forms of competition. Part of this market reality is a payment
system that is transitioning from volume to value, rewriting the functional
imperatives of rural health systems. This presentation will highlight these threats
and provide rural health systems with a clear plan to leverage their market position
and goodwill obtained during the pandemic, to minimize these threats.
11:30-Noon
Relevance to West Virginia – Group Discussion
12:00-1:00
Break
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
Hospital Breakout
1:00-2:45
CAH Cost Reports for Decision Makers – Workshop Part I
Eric Shell, CPA, MBA, Chairman, Stroudwater Associates
Description:
Workshop session teaches the core components of the Medicare cost report for
developing a better understanding of decision-making information contained within
the report. Decision makers will comfortably grasp questions to ask to ensure their
cost report is accurately prepared. In addition, strategies will be discussed to
evaluate individual department performance from cost report information and
understanding the difference between fully allocated costs and departmental
variable costs, and where to find this essential information. A highly practical
presentation, it has been billed as one that makes cost reporting “fun.”
2:45-3:00
Afternoon Break
3:00-4:45
Medicare Cost Reports for Decision Makers – Workshop Part II
Eric Shell, CPA, MBA, Chairman, Stroudwater Associates
Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Breakout
1:00-2:45
RHC Provider Contracts Best Practices
Opal Greenway, JD, MBA, Director, Stroudwater Associates
Description:
The WV RHC Network spent the past year having a selection of RHCs undergo
contract reviews. During this session we will go over best practices, the changing
landscape of provider compensation for RHCs, and key findings from the RHC
contract reviews from the past year.
2:45-3:00
Afternoon Break
3:00-4:45
APP Recruitment and Utilization in the RHC
Opal Greenway, JD, MBA, Director, Stroudwater Associates
Description:
RHCs have uniquely utilized Advanced Practice Providers to increase access to
healthcare in vulnerable communities. However, there has been significant
diversity in how APPs are used due to differences in state licensure, collaborative
agreement provisions, payer contract rules, billing optimization, and preferences of
physicians. On top of these differences, COVID-19 has increased the shortages of
APPs and made recruitment a far more competitive landscape. This presentation
will go over best practices for both recruitment and utilization of APPs.
May 20, 2022:
Morning Breakout Sessions
Hospital Breakout
8:30-10:00
Medicare Cost Reports for Decision Makers – Workshop Part III
Eric Shell, CPA, MBA, Chairman, Stroudwater Associates
10:00-10:15
Morning Break
10:15-Noon CAH Economics and Financial Improvement Strategies
Eric Shell, CPA, MBA, Chairman, Stroudwater Associates
Description:
Presentation geared towards CAH senior management to help decision makers
better understand rural hospital financial performance and the linkage between
finances and service delivery. Beginning with the premise that all CAH employees
are in the “business” of providing health care services to patients, this presentation
reviews both theories and specific financial tools essential to improving
departmental and organizational performance. Specific areas addressed include the
basic CAH economic framework and how to use it to evaluate the financial impact
of critical decisions made at the senior level.
Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Breakout
8:30-9:00
WV State Office or Rural Health Presentation/Discussion
9:00-10:15
RHC Workflow Optimization: Working in a World of Staffing Shortages
Opal Greenway, JD, MBA, Director, Stroudwater Associates
Description:
Shortages have not been limited to physicians and APPs – clinical and clerical staff
shortages have strained already lean RHCs. This presentation will focus on how to
best evaluate your staff resources and optimize their utilization. It will also discuss
how staff engagement is critical to halt the domino effect that shortages have
created on a burned-out workforce.
10:15-10:30
Morning Break
10:30-Noon
RHC Finance and Operations Management: Driving Success through Data
Management
Opal Greenway, JD, MBA, Director, Stroudwater Associates
Description:
The concluding presentation for RHCs will focus on what management tools are
necessary for ensuring that the best practices from the previous three presentations
can be implemented, monitored and maintained going forward. Management must
have a complete picture of both the essential metrics and how they interact to drive
success.
Noon
ADJOURN
