Twice each year, PYA’s Center for Rural Health Advancement presents a deep dive into the most challenging regulatory and reimbursement issues facing rural health providers and the communities they serve. 

Attendees learned more about the unique issues facing rural health providers during PYA’s webinar, “Let’s Get Rural: Managing Regulatory and Reimbursement Challenges,” presented on June 13, 2024.

During this webinar, PYA’s Martie Ross and Kathy Reep provided practical insights and advice for rural health leaders. They hosted a lively discussion of more than a dozen hot topics in rural health:

• Surviving Medicare Advantage
• Tips for Negotiating Commercial Contracts
• Ways to Stem Patient Outmigration
• Update on the Rural Emergency Hospital Program
• Status of Rural IPPS Hospital Medicare Add-On Payments
• Current Status and Future of Telehealth Reimbursement
• Compliance with Price Transparency Requirements
• Regulatory Requirements on the Horizon
• Rural Health Clinic Opportunities
• CAH Cost Report Considerations
• Defending Swing Bed Reimbursement
• Changes to Conditions of Participation
• What’s Happening in D.C.

Attendees of the live webinar were eligible for 1.5 CPE* credits in Specialized Knowledge.

This webinar was part of PYA’s Let’s Get Rural series, which reflects PYA’s commitment to helping rural health providers preserve access to high-quality services for their communities. Watch for another Let’s Get Rural webinar soon, and learn more about PYA’s Center for Rural Health Advancement.

If you would like assistance with the unique needs of rural healthcare, including regulatory impacts, reimbursement opportunities, or any matter involving compliance, valuation, or strategy and transactions, our executives would be happy to assist. Contact them via email or by calling (800) 270-9629