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| | HomeTown Health is proud to bring to you the second installation of our newsletter “HomeTown Happenings”. The summer has been busy and we wanted to share with you all of the accomplishments of our organization. We appreciate your membership and want to keep you up to date on all that Happens within HomeTown Health!
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| Exciting News from HomeTown Health
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| | 27 Hospital Business Office Directors, Supervisors and CFO's earned their stripes at HomeTown Health's Business Office Director Boot Camp!
September 26th, 27th & 28th were exciting days for many of HomeTown Health's Business Office Directors and Supervisors. They learned from seasoned veteran, Elaine Dixon, what the top 10 Business Office priorities should be, how to manage them, monitor and report on a daily, weekly, monthly and annual basis. Measures of Success, Benchmarks, Policies and Standard Procedures were the focus of the 2 1/2 day Boot Camp that was held at Lake Blackshear. The participants also enjoyed great food, fun team building activities and lots of valuable networking time.
Boot Camp Graduates
Adel -- Samantha Allen
Appling -- Elaine Pike
Athens Regional -- Deborah Yarborough
Berrien -- Stephanie Fletcher
Berrien -- Krista Lilly
Candler -- Nicole Brinson
Charlton -- Joseph Crews
Clinch -- Laurie Webb
Dodge -- Deb Lewis
Dodge -- Vicki Fordham
Early -- Carole Johnson
Effingham -- Beverly Kicklighter
Effingham -- Lisa Lopez
Emanuel -- Mark Canady
Evans -- Sandra Greenway
Evans -- Della Jones
Flint River -- Donna Williams
Flint River -- Lynn Mitchell
Grady -- Vivian Harris
Hart -- Deanna Pearson
Irwin -- Sharon Griffin
Lower Oconee --Angie Harris
Mitchell -- Margie Mobley
Monroe -- Jill Vaughan
Smith Northview -- Janice Duff
Tattnall --Buck Lewis
Tattnall -- Mike Brand
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| HomeTown Happens in Hospitals
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| | When HomeTown Health staff are asked “Where is your office?”, we always reply: “We have 52 offices across the state of Georgia”, referencing our member hospitals and the time we spend at each site. The following hospitals were visited by HomeTown Health this summer: Appling, BJC, Berrien, Dorminy, Cobb, Effingham, Emanuel, Evans, Fairview Park, Hart, Irwin, Jefferson, Liberty, Lower Oconee, Miller, Minnie G Boswell, Polk, Putnam, Smith Northview, Sumter, Tattnall, Ty Cobb, Washington, and Wills.
We are also happy to announce our new members since Spring Meeting:
Jefferson Hospital
Murray Medical Center
Washington County Regional Medical Center
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| HomeTown Happens Online
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| | HomeTown Health’s online webinars are used to reach our facilities in order to provide the most current information and training available. Whether we are giving Medicaid/Medicare updates or providing you with demos of best practices given by our business partners, HomeTown Health’s webinars make it easy for you to improve your facilities bottom line.
June 10th - Announcing New Technology to Streamline Scheduling and Reduce Missed Appointments
June 11th - FFS/CMO Update
June 19th - Announcing HomeTown Health's Wikispace - Your One Stop Shop to Solutions for your Facility
June 25th - Medicare Update - RACs + HACs + MACs = Change
July 9th - Medicaid Update & Training Webinar
July 9th - SHIP Consortium Webinar
July 23rd - Medicare Update - RACs + HACs + MACs = Change
July 31st - HTHU Announces the School of Materials Management
August 13th- CMO’s Implementation of the HB1234
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| HomeTown Happens at Meetings
| | HomeTown Health delivers vital and educational information at meetings set up around the state. These meetings are designed to provide guidance to specific areas in your facility and are a way for hospitals to share and exchange ideas. HomeTown Health staff also attends meetings to gather knowledge to give to our members.
June 24th - DON/Case Manager Meeting Macon, GA
July 7th – 9th - HPG Conference – Chicago, IL
July 17th – 19th - Leadership Group Meeting – Lake Oconee
August 7th - Technology Day – Macon, GA
August 26th – 28th - Business Office Director Boot camp – Lake Blackshear
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| HomeTown Happens with Business Partners
| | Business Partners for HomeTown Health offer best practice answers for many of your facility needs. Communication with our partners allows HomeTown to match those needs with solutions. HomeTown Health met with the following business partners this summer to further discuss how to help our membership: MDG, Ntelagent, SSI, BRIM, HPG, GA Telehealth
Welcome Aboard to our newest Business Partners :
• Allegiance Whistleblower Hotline
• Celairo
• Commerce Bank
• CSI Financial Services
• SSI
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| HomeTown Happens in the Legislature
| | Even though the Legislature was not in session over the summer, your facility was still well represented at the state “decision making’ level. The following meetings were attended by HomeTown staff:
June - Department of Community Health Meeting
July - Department of Community Health Meeting
August - Department of Community Health Meeting
August 13th - Department of Community Health Meeting with Myers and Stauffer
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| HomeTown Happens on HTHU
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| | HomeTown Health University was established to keep hospitals up to date in their facility practices. New courses and certifications are being developed regularly.
July - Health Care Solutions Free Training Center (link on www.hthu.net)
August - CMS Form 1500 Version 08/05, School of Patient Financial Services
Coming Soon - Billing Certification, School of Patient Financial Services
Check out our new courses on www.hthu.net! Contact Donna Meeks, Director of Training, at dsmeeks@alltel.net for more information.
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| HomeTown Happens this Fall: Upcoming Events
| | September 15th -16th - Carie Summers Hospital Tour (East Georgia Region)
September 18th - Critical Access Hospital Conference - Dublin
October 2nd – 6th - MDR Cruise
October 15th – 17th - NRHA Conference - Savannah
November 9th – 11th - HomeTown Health’s Fall Meeting “Flirting with Disaster” – Callaway Gardens
Coming Soon - HomeTown Health’s Online Compliance Series - TBA
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Summer 2008
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