THE VALUED VOICE

The Wisconsin Office of Rural Health (WI-ORH), in partnership with WHA, the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative and Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman will host a one day Hospital Finance Workshop August 29 in Wisconsin Dells. Featured sessions will include a presentation by WHA Senior Vice President, Policy & Research Joanne Alig, who will present a federal and state legislative and regulatory update. Todd Nova and David Snow from Hall, Render, Killian, Health & Lyman will review regulatory developments specific to critical access hospitals, including 340B statutes, provider-based sites and how they may affect compliance initiatives.

The Department of Health Services/Medicaid Services will present Wisconsin’s Medicaid rate-setting process and MetaStar will describe the MACRA quality payment program (QPP).

The registration of $30 includes breakfast and lunch. A block of rooms have been reserved at the Kalahari for the evening of August 28. To reserve, call 877-253-5466. Registration and agenda are available at: http://worh.org/events.