Rural Health Clinics Technical Assistance Conference Call Series

Rural Health Resources – What Is Available to the RHC Community

• Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 2:00 PM Eastern (1 hour)
• Speakers (3):
  • State Offices of Rural Health (SORH) – What are they and how they can be a resource for the RHC community.
  • Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (OHRP) – What is it and how can the office be of help to the RHC community.
  • Rural Assistance Center (RAC) – What is RAC and what resources do they have that can benefit RHCs.
• Toll free #: 1-888-732-6202
• Participant Passcode: 506091

Past Calls

Proposed Changes to the Shortage Area Designation Process

• Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 2:00 PM ET (1 hour and 9 minutes)
• Speaker: Captain Andy Jordan, MSPH, Chief,
  Shortage Designation Branch, HRSA
• Slides for this call
• printer-friendly slides for this call (pdf, 2.3 MB)
• Transcript
• Audio (MP3, 7.8 MB)

Selecting an EHR; Now What? (Second session)

• February 5th at 2:00pm ET (1 hour)
• If you have questions about the steps for implementing an Electronic Health Record/Medical Record system, you are encouraged to listen to this presentation
• Slides for this teleconference
• Transcript
• Audio (MP3, 6.3 MB)
  

Selecting an EHR; Now What? (First session)

• January 8th at 2:00pm ET
• If you are thinking about purchasing an Electronic Health Record/Medical Record system, you are encouraged to listen to this presentation.
• Slides for this teleconference
• Transcript
• Audio (MP3, 6.5 MB)

RHC Technical Assistance National Teleconference:
Cost Reporting, The Basics

• Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. ET
• Speaker: Ms. Chris Christoffersen and Mr. Ron Nelson, with Health
  Services Associates.
• Slides for this teleconference
• printer-friendly slides for this teleconference (Acrobat/PDF)

The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) is pleased to announce a new conference call series designed to provide Rural Health Clinic staff with valuable technical assistance and RHC specific information. Over the next year, ORHP, with the assistance of the National Association of Rural Health Clinics (NARHC), will conduct four to six national teleconference calls. Presentations will include RHC billing, quality improvement, best practices, and more.

There is no charge to participate in the Rural Health Clinics Technical Assistance Conference Call Series. Sign up to receive announcements regarding call dates, topics, and speaker's presentations, at ORHP/RHC Conference Call Series. Be sure to include your email address so we can notify you by email of the upcoming calls.

Each call will be one hour in length and will include a 45 minute speaker presentation with 15 minutes for a question and answer session. Participants will be able to ask questions during this 15 minute "open line" or questions can be submitted prior to the call by emailing them to info@narhc.org - please put "Teleconference Question" in the email subject line. All questions and answers will be posted at the ORHP Conference Call Series web site and the NARHC web site, www.narhc.org.

If you have any questions regarding this initiative, please contact the Project Director, Bill Finerfrock at (202) 543-0348 or by email at info@narhc.org.

Sign Up for the NARHC Listserve

The Office of Rural Health Policy and the National Association of Rural Health Clinics have organized email lists, called Listserves, to improve communication between rural health clinics and the rural health community. Individuals who participate in the listserve can ask questions, post comments and provide feedback. Sign up for the listserve.

Transcripts and other materials from earlier calls are compiled below. For additional information about the status of the RHC quality requirement consult the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) or the National Association of Rural Health Clinics.