Rural Health Aligned

9:00 – 10:30 a.m. // Keynote Speaker
“Coming Back Better: One Doctor’s Perspective on Innovations in Physician Recruitment and Retainment”

Errin Weisman, D.O., Physician, Life Coach, and Podcaster
Errin Weisman, DO openly speaks on her experience of professional burnout early in her family medicine career so that no woman feels alone and to prove you can have a joy-filled and sustainable career.

Dr. Weisman wholeheartedly believes to be a healer, you must first fill your own cup. She lives and practices life coaching and medicine in rural Southwestern Indiana, loves her roles as farmer’s wife, athlete and mother of three.

Besides being sassy, she enjoys getting mud on her shoes, teaching her children to catch tadpoles and reading a great fantasy novel.

She is interested in using her medical knowledge beyond the standard outpatient clinical realm through innovative technologies, public speaking, writing and social media as well as utilizing her business skills in organization, team leadership and creative problem solving.

11:00 – 12:00 p.m.
“Healthcare Advocacy in Your Community and Regulatory Hot Topics”

John Kuehn, Sand Creek Strategy
Dr. John Kuehn, DVM specializes in Government Affairs, Public Affairs, and Communications. With deep roots in agriculture, energy, and healthcare, John is a trusted policy and campaign advisor to many of Nebraska’s top political leaders.

For more than a decade, John has worked with clients in the energy, technology, agribusiness, education, animal health, and public health sectors. A former Nebraska State Senator representing District 38 in South Central Nebraska, John is a member of the Nebraska Economic Forecasting Advisory Board and the Nebraska Board of Health, appointed by Governor Pete Ricketts. Prior to his time in the Legislature, John served on the board of Southern Public Power.

John received his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Kansas State University in 2000, and has a career including private practice, government, and academia. John resides on a ranch in central Nebraska.

• Rural Health Advocacy Work Session – John Kuehn (Coop Members Only)
• Coding Engagement: Productivity, Benchmarks, & Standards
• Rebuilding Teams After COVID
• Foundation / Marketing: Reaching & Maintaining Your Audience
• Revenue Cycle: Hot Topics (Discussion Ideas: Healthy Blue / Molina Transition, NSA, Medicare Advantage, Prior Auths, Point of Service Collections, Workers’ Comp Issues)
• Therapy Roundtable: Hot Topics
• Quality Roundtable: Hot Topics
• IT Roundtable : Hot Topics

• Burnout: Doctor Me First – Dr. Weisman
• Chargemaster (C-Suite)
• Crucial Conversations: How to Have Them
• Cybersecurity: Concerns & Being Prepared
• Foundation / Marketing: Running a Successful Campaign
• Somebody’s Watching Me: CERT, RAC, OIG
• Revenue Cycle: Hot Topics (Payor Policies & Updates)
• Cerner Users Focus Group

• 2023 Coding Updates: Tips to Overcome the Challenges
• Chargemaster (PFS/HIM)
• Financial Reporting: Turning Your Financials into a Story
• Revenue Cycle KPI’s
• RHC & CAH Billing Tips & Tricks
• Compliance Roundtable: Hot Topics
• Clinical Roundtable: EVS, Infection Prevention, Nursing
• Foundation / MKT Roundtable: Hot Topics

• 340B Drug Pricing Program
• Are You Ready for Remote?: Lessons Learned & Success Stories (Panel)
• Claims Management Best Practices
• Peer to Leader
• Quiet Quitting/Firing: What is it & How to Overcome it
• HIM Roundtable: Hot Topics

• Burnout: Doctor Me First – Dr. Weisman
• Best Practices in Reducing AR Days
• Cost Reporting 101
• Creating a Just Culture
• How to Bulletproof Your Organization From Payor Audits
• Nebraska Office of Rural Health / Telehealth Updates
  – Margaret Brockman, NE State Office of Rural Health
  – Mary Devany, gpTRAC

• Negotiating Effective Payer Contracts
• What’s Keeping You Up at Night?: Revenue Cycle
• Coding Roundtable: Hot Topics
• Construction Roundtable: Hard Hat Zone
• EHR User Group: Cerner
• EHR User Group: Meditech
• HR Roundtable: Hot Topics