Early Bird Registration Rates End Soon
Register Now for Fall Conference!
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HomeTown Health's 26th Annual Fall Conference is happening October 22-24, 2025 at the Lodge & Spa at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia. Sessions will include industry, agency and state updates, as well as legal, artificial intelligence and telehealth impacts. Breakout sessions offer training on swing beds, revenue cycle, rural health clinics, critical access hospital initiatives and more.
View agenda and make your plans today!
Wednesday:
Breakout Sessions: Annual Swing Bed Training, Rural Health Clinic Breakout, Revenue Cycle Breakout,
Critical Access Breakout: Collaborative & Initiatives Thursday:
Hear from Lynette Rhodes (DCH), Honorable Blake Tillery (GA Senate),
Tanya Boone (Sellers Dorsey), Dr. John Doulis (HCA Healthcare) Participate in Town Hall
Friday:
Celebrate Leadership Graduates
Hear from Suleima Salgado (GPT) and Michele Madison (Bradley)
Don't miss the Business Partners Showcase featuring product demonstrations and best practices. And while attending showcase, rub shoulders with some of the brightest minds in the industry, taking advantage of opportunities for cross-sector collaboration with peers, subject matter experts and partners.
Hospital Attendees: Register Here | Business Partners: Register Here |
Make Nominations for Annual Awards Now! |
You're Invited: 12-Week AI-Intensive Cohort
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| HomeTown Members - you are invited to HomeTown's newest offering:
a 12-week Artificial Intelligence intensive cohort launching NEXT WEEK.
Led by AI Adoption Strategist, Tyler Wallace, cohort participants will have weekly training sessions with interactive discussion around the capacity for, governance, adoption strategies and utilization of AI in rural health facilities - specifically centered around the rural facilities within the cohort. The Cohort also includes the Artificial Intelligence Practitioner for Rural Health (AI-PRH) certification for designated staff members. If you're looking to lead your team with confidence, to evaluate your readiness and engagement with AI solutions, see considerations for positive impacts of AI on current staff and efficiencies, and champion your messaging about AI within your facility, this cohort is for you!
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Our 12-week cohort for rural health organizations is launching in mid-September... what does it include?
✔️ AI Safety
✔️ Tech Setup
✔️ Change Management
✔️ Intro to LLM (Microsoft Co-Pilot)
✔️ Prompting
✔️ Use cases for communications, marking, revenue cycle, financial, quality improvement, project management and data
✔️ Agents
✔️ Power Apps
✔️ 12-month AI road map for your organization View informational webinar here. |
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Welcome New Partner: Scale Street |
Boutique AI Strategy & Enablement for Rural Healthcare Services Offered:
• Full-spectrum AI adoption consulting: from governance frameworks and procurement strategies to adoption roadmaps.
• Practical AI training programs: building confidence and fluency at every level of your organization.
• Proven experience with Microsoft AI tools: helping you maximize the value of the platforms you already own. Why Partner With Us?
Scale Street enables rural health leaders to embrace AI without reinventing the wheel. We bring practical, affordable AI solutions that fit the realities of rural healthcare—helping hospitals strengthen operations and better serve their communities.
Contact Tyler Wallace, Ph.D. at 706-206-2530 or visit
www.scalestreet.com |
Webinar from Microsoft:
Unlocking New Rural Health Resiliency Tools: A Special Q&A on Accessing Free Security, Cloud, and AI Resources |
Rural hospitals face unique challenges, but new, no-cost resources are here to help.
Join Microsoft for a special session to learn about the latest free resiliency supports available to rural hospitals through the Microsoft Rural Health Resiliency program. You'll also discover how to access these resources, including: -
Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU):Now available to help your organization stay secure and compliant as Windows 10 reaches end of support. Join us to learn how to obtain these licenses and get your questions answered.
- Cloud Capability Evaluation:New, no-cost evaluations to help your hospital plan a secure, strategic move to the cloud and prepare your organization to leverage AI for innovation and improved care delivery.
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AI Training and Claims Denial Navigator Tool:Boost your hospital’s ability to adopt and use AI innovation to improve care delivery and operations. Hear about new AI training resources available and a new, free solution designed to help rural hospitals recover revenue from denied insurance claims, improving operational efficiency and financial sustainability.
This session will walk you through how to access these resources, what to expect, and how they can support your hospital’s digital transformation journey. Be sure to listen in for the familiar voice of Tyler Wallace, PhD, and AI Adoption Strategist! Register now to secure your spot and be at the forefront of cybersecurity and AI innovation in rural healthcare. |
Webinar from SETRC:
Transforming High Risk OB Care
with Telemedicine |
SETRC will be hosting the September NCTRC webinar. We are excited to have Dr. Anne Patterson and Tanya Mack present on how their high-risk OB telemedicine program has transformed OB care. Date: September 11, 2025 Time: 2:00 pm est.
Access to quality maternal care can mean the difference between life and death — yet too many families face barriers to specialists, timely care, and equitable outcomes. Listen to the story of how over 200,000 Tele-MFM encounters and studies used telehealth technologies to solve patient access issues, fill physician shortages, significantly reduce pregnancy complications, improve reimbursements for OB care, and decrease maternal and infant mortality rates in high-risk OB populations across the country.
Register Here. |
New Series: Opioid Use Disorder &
Oxi-Tox Resources & Training for Healthcare Providers
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This 3-part webinar series will include: - October 17th : Opioid Use Disorder: Provider Education through the REAL TTIME Initiative
- October 31st : Opioid Use Disorder: Addressing Stigma & Language Considerations
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November 14th : Opioid Use Disorder: Additional Treatment Considerations
About REAL TTIME: The Georgia Poison Center is now available to ALL rural healthcare providers to assist with the care for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and to remain in compliance with The Joint Commission’s R3 Requirements for providing care for patient with OUD.
An overdose is a poisoning. Call the Georgia Poison Center and immediately speak to an Addiction Medicine specialist for assistance with acute opioid withdrawal management, initiation of Medication Assisted Therapy (e.g., Suboxone [buprenorphine-naloxone]), and linkage to local Recovery Community Organizations for help with outpatient follow up.
This program is funded through G28RH46273 from HRSA, brought to you in partnership with Emory University School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine & the Georgia Poison Center. Enroll in the three-part webinar series here.
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Georgia Critical Access Hospitals: Online Education Access through Flex |
Georgia Critical Access Hospitals - don't forget to login at HTHU and take advantage of the online training courses made available to you through this year's Flex grant program.
Access includes: - School of Population Health - with more than 50 courses available
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School of Primary Care & Rural Health Clinics - with more than 100 courses available
Find these catalogs when you login at https://lms.hthu.net. |
Upcoming Webinars from Partners
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Free Webinar: Sept. 12th
Integration of a Physician Advisor
into a Rural Hospital
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Fisher-Titus, a non-profit health system in Ohio, successfully transformed their utilization management (UM) and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) processes through the integration of an MCG-trained physician advisor. In this session, Fisher-Titus clinical leaders will describe how they addressed poor provider engagement, outdated denials management processes, and underutilization of MCG Health. Click here to login and enroll now! |
Free Webinar: October 3
2025 Health Policy Update from Capitol Hill: Medicare, Medicaid, AI & Federal Priorities Affecting Hospitals
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This webinar will provide hospital executives with a clear and practical update on recent federal legislative and regulatory actions affecting hospitals and health systems. Drawing on recent meetings with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the session will outline significant provisions of the newly enacted “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act, changes to Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, developments in Medicare Advantage oversight, pharmacy benefit manager reforms, and updates to the No Surprises Act. We will also review the federal government’s AI Action Plan and its potential impact on hospital operations, compliance, and patient care delivery. Participants will gain an informed understanding of current federal policy priorities and their implications for financial, operational, and compliance strategies in 2025 and beyond.
Register Now. |
Free Webinar: November 7th
Optimizing Your Content for AI Search - and - Connecting with Real People:
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You know how important it is for people to easily search online for your facility’s key service lines and providers - and have your hospital show up with good information. In this webinar, learn how AI search is rapidly taking over traditional search engine optimization and how it impacts your hospital. From simply showing up when people search to comparing your services to nearby facilities, AI is a real game-changer; you don’t want to be left behind on this one. Understanding how to embrace it, how to implement it, and importantly, how to still connect with the real people in your service area is critical. We will walk through what AI search is, how it compares to traditional SEO, and how content marketing affects both types of search...all while still being authentic when communicating to the people you serve. Register now.
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Recording Now Available:
Price Transparency Enforcement Is Here: What Every Hospital Must Do Now to Avoid Penalties and Protect Revenue
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If you missed the August 15th live webinar with Sliced Health, the recording is now available in HTHU's Healthcare Solutions Free Training Center.
Click here to enroll an view. |
15% Discount on AI-PRH Certification Available!
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Email Meghan to get discount code for yourself and your team today!
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Questions? Need Assistance? Contact us at hthtech@hometownhealthonline.com
Reach us by phone at 470.655.6950 |
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