Attention Students & Recent Grads…

Annual Rural Health Educational Conference Scholarship Application

The Illinois Rural Health Association is offering 10 scholarships for students to attend our upcoming Annual Educational Conference being held Aug. 9-10that the Hilton Garden Inn in Champaign. A Conference schedule is included at the end of the application. Scholarships include Aug. 9th overnight hotel accommodation, a $25 gas card and conference registration fees, which include all meals.

Criteria – Students currently enrolled in or who have graduated within the past 12 months from a health professions program (medical billing and coding, medical school, nursing, physician assistant, allied health or related fields such as rehabilitation, health education or social work) and have an interest in service to rural health and who otherwise would have to pay for the conference out of pocket (without reimbursement from employer).

Please contact IRHA Executive Director Margaret Vaughn 217-280-0206 with questions. Visit us online at APPLICATION DEADLINE is FRIDAY, JULY 14th. Please submit applications to

Application Form

Student Applicant Name:

Program of Study: Graduation Date:

Home Address:

County:

Educational Institute: GPA:

Email:Phone:

Please describe in 350 words or less, explain your interest in rural health, future career goals and why you would make a good choice to attend the Conference.

Illinois Rural Health Association

2017 Annual Educational Conference Schedule

Hilton Garden Inn • Champaign, IL • Aug. 9-10th, 2017

Wednesday, August 9th

8:00 - 11:00 a.m. – Exhibiter Set-Up

11:00 a.m.–Exhibit Time, Box Lunch & Registration

12:30 p.m. – Opening Session- Annual Meeting & Overview of Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Emergency Health Professional Volunteer Program

1:00 - 1:50 p.m. – National Rural Health Association Federal Update

2:10 - 3:00 p.m. – A SESSIONS

  • Transforming Family Practice
  • Free Vaccines for Medicaid Title XXI State Funded Children
  • MACRA & MIPS for Rural Health Clinics

3:00 - 3:15 p.m. – Break & Exhibit Time

3:15 - 4:05 p.m. – B SESSIONS

  • Clinical & Financial Implications of Outpatient Clinical Pharmacy
  • Decontamination: Limiting Exposure Protecting First Responders Emergency Department Staff
  • Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Annual Advisory Committee Meeting

4:05 to 4:20 p.m. – Break and Exhibit Time

4:20 - 5:10 p.m. C SESSIONS

  • Unique Challenges of HIPAA in Rural Settings
  • Becoming a Trauma Information Organization
  • Preparing for Boomers & Beyond in Rural Communities

6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Networking Reception – Brixx Pizza2043 S. Neil, Champaign

Complimentary food cocktails sponsored by the Compliance Team &Gibson Hospital & Health System

8:00 - 10:00 p.m.Retro Bowling Party– Old Orchard Lanes 901 N. Dunlap, Savoy

Complimentary bowling, cocktails snacks sponsored by Gibson Hospital & Health System

THURSDAY, AUGUST 10th

8:00 a.m. – Breakfast Exhibit Time

9:00 - 9:50 a.m. – D SESSIONS

  • Are you a High Value Hospital?
  • Panel Discussion on Opioids
  • An Illinois Patient Center Medical Home Experience

10:00 - 10:50 a.m. – ESESSIONS

  • Emergency Preparedness Rules Update
  • State & Federal (MACRA & MIPS) Regulatory Update on Telehealth
  • RHC Policy Procedure Development

11:00 - 11:50 a.m. – F SESSIONS

  • Balancing Policy & Procedure Methods in the RHC
  • Rural Health Telecom & Telepsychiatry Combined Panel Discussion
  • IDPH Emergency Procedures& Resources

Noon - 1:30 – Healthcare Awards Luncheon

1:30 - 2:15 –Closing General Session – CMS Emergency Rule: Training & Exercise Plan Hands-On Workshop