Program

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Program

For speakers and more details, view brochure.

Tuesday, August 5

8:30 a.m.	Registration Opens
1:00 p.m.	Plenary Session: "Senate Bill 10: The Present and What We Can Expect in the Years to Come"
2:00 p.m.	Afternoon Workshops Session I: Community Dialogue and the Future of Bioethics Session II: Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (FLEX) Program
2:45 – 3:15 p.m.	Exhibits and Refreshment Break
3:15 p.m.	Afternoon Workshops Session I: Examining Ethnic and Racial Disparities Associated with Diabetes, Hospitalization and Lower Extremity Amputation in Texas Session II: Critical Access Hospitals and Medicare Advantage
4:10 p.m.	Afternoon Workshops Session I: Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging Coalition Session I (cont.): Building a Geriatric Health Professions’ Coalition Session II: Workers’ Compensation: New 2008 Hospital Fee Guidelines
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.	Riverboat Cruise on Lady Bird Lake

Wednesday, August 6

7:00 – 8:10 a.m.	Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
7:30 a.m.	Registration Opens
8:10 a.m.	Plenary Session: Federal Update – HRSA Funds
9:00 a.m.	Morning Workshops Session I: Engaging Youth to Build Your Future Health Care Workforce Session II: Transforming Rural Health Care in Texas – A Comprehensive Approach to Advanced Life Support
10:00 a.m.	Morning Workshops Session I: Rural Nursing Preceptorship for BSN Students: Collaboration for Recruitment and Learning Session I (cont.): Transforming RN Education: Accelerated LVN-RN Programs Through Hospital Partnerships Session II: Medicare Reimbursement Update
10:45 – 11:15 a.m.	Exhibits and Refreshment Break
11:15 a.m.	Morning Workshops Session I: State and Federal Legislative Update – Why Is Our Government Doing This to Us? Session II: Joint Commission Standards for Managing Conflict – What Are the Options for Health Care Providers?
Noon	Awards Luncheon
2:15 p.m.	Afternoon Workshops Session I: Capitalizing on the 5 Million Lives Campaign – An Update and Primer for Rural and Community Hospitals Session II: Health Care Reform – Addressing the Underlying Condition Session III: Key to Retention – Positive Workplace
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.	Exhibits and Refreshment Break
3:30 p.m.	Afternoon Workshops Session I: Texas Rural Health Policy Network Session II: Economical Education Program Options for Rural Hospitals
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.	Plenary Session: Rural Realities, Chaos and the Quest for Leadership
5:30-6:30 p.m.	Reception

Thursday, August 7

8:00 a.m.	Registration Opens
7:00 – 8:30 a.m.	Breakfast
8:30 a.m.	Plenary Session: A Practical Approach: What is the Most Effective Way to Tackle Childhood Obesity in Your Rural Community?
9:30 a.m.	Morning Workshops Session I: East Texas Area Health Education Center’s Three-Phase Model of Health Care Professional Recruitment, Retention and Community Development Session II: Labor Law Update – Hospital Labor Law and How to Respond to Unionization Attempts in a Rural Environment
10:30 a.m.	Morning Workshops Session I: Collaborating to Increase Health Awareness in the Brazos Valley Through Enhancement of Academic and Practice Partnerships Session II: How to Get Patient Feedback Without Spending an Arm and a Leg
11:30 a.m.	Conference Adjourns

For speakers and more details, view brochure.

The following list of exhibitors and sponsors is current as of July 7.

Exhibitors

Achieve Mentors, Inc.

American Health Facilities
Development

Amerinet

Availity, L.L.C.

Affiliated Computer Services

Arthur Marshall, Inc.

Bovis Lend Lease

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice

Cooper Medical Buildings

CPSI

Craneware

DMS Imaging

Emergency Consultants, Inc. - ECI

First Choice Power

Franklin & Seidelmann

HealthShare

INNERFACE Architectural

Signage, Inc.

InTouch Health

Jackson & Coker

JE Dunn Construction

Marshall Erdman & Associates, Inc.

Martin, Fletcher

MediTract

Merritt Hawkins & Associates

Miracle Herbal Products

National Rural Health Association

NovaRad Corporation

Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA)

Opus Healthcare Solutions Inc.

PharmaCare Services

Pioneer Health Services

Polycom, Inc.

Practical Products for Living, Inc.

Resource Corporation of
America

Siemens Healthcare

SNB Bank

TANDBERG

Texas A&M Health Science
Center - Rural & Community Health Institute (RCHI)

Texas AHEC

Texas Association of Nurse Anesthetists Inc.

Texas Association of Rural Health Clinics

Texas Hospital Association

Texas Hospital Insurance Exchange

Texas Medicaid Enhanced Care

Texas Rural Health Association

The CFP Group, LLC

The Estopinal Group

TimeLine Recruiting

TMHP

TORCH

University of Texas Online Telecampus

U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development,
Federal Housing Administration

USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness

USDA Rural Development

Vanguard Modular Building Systems

Sponsors

American Medical Practice Advisors, Inc.

Amerinet

Collection Conductor

Concord Medical Group

HealthShare

KGA Architecture

LBL Architects, Inc.

Office of Rural Community
Affairs (ORCA)

Panhandle Area Health Education Center

SpawGlass

Swag Doctor

Sterling Barnett Little, Inc.

Texas Hospital Insurance Exchange

University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Division of Rural Medicine

UT TeleCampus – The University of Texas System