June 26, 2019
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UPCOMING EVENTS & EDUCATION Medicare Webinar July 10, 2019 10:00am Eastern/ 9:00am Central Florida Rural Hospital Webinar July 24, 2019 11:00am Eastern/ 10:00am Central
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Agenda ▪ Introductions & Announcements Susannah Cowart, Customer Relations Director HomeTown Health, LLC ▪ Quality Payment Program Update Tara McAdoo, MSM, Director of Physician Office Quality Healthcare Services Advisory Group ▪ Reimbursement Update Dale Gibson Consulting, Medicare Specialist ▪ Florida Updates Evelyn Leadbetter, Network Services Manager HomeTown Health, LLC ▪ Review & Closing Susannah Cowart, Customer Relations Director HomeTown Health, LLC
Tara McAdoo Tara McAdoo, MSM is a Director at HSAG where she leads Florida initiatives that impact the medical practices, acute care and critical access hospitals. She has lead quality improvement initiatives in Oregon, Georgia, and North Carolina QIO and has 16 years of practice administration, electronic health record technology implementation /training, and PQRS quality data reporting support. Throughout her career she has fostered great awareness to the needs of the physician and other providers in primary care and specialty practices. Her consultative expertise involves streamlining practice operations workflows, HIT optimization, building and sustaining community partnerships, implementing strategies to improving care delivery, coordination, and chronic disease prevention through awareness campaigns and education.
Dale Gibson Dale Gibson started his own Medicare consulting business in 1997, and is now well-known among HomeTown Health’s network as the “Medicare Expert”. Dale began his healthcare care in 1980 as a Business Office Manager for a large hospital in Fort Walton Beach, FL that was part of Humana. He briefly worked for HHL in Miami Florida in 1989, before returning to Humana as a Corporate Consultant for Business Offices. In 1993, he became a Medicare Consultant through a merger with HCA. Dale completed his B.S. from Troy State University. He resides in Pensacola, Florida.
Evelyn Leadbetter Evelyn Leadbetter, MPA , joined the HomeTown Health team in December, 2014. Evelyn completed her Bachelors in Business Administration at the University of North Georgia in her hometown of Dahlonega, Georgia, as well as her Masters in Public Administration and Disaster Management at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Her experience in healthcare, emergency preparedness, technical support and community service has enabled her to better serve as the Network Services Manager for HomeTown Health and HomeTown Health University.
Kristy Thomson Kristy Thomson, M.S., Chief Operating Officer of HomeTown Health, joined the HomeTown Health Team in 2006 and served for 9 years as the Director of Education, where she directed the education services offered to HomeTown members and over 12,000 students at HomeTown Health University, www.hthu.net. In this role, Kristy was responsible for course curriculum, instructors and technical set up, as well as directing live and online education services offered to HomeTown’s network of rural hospitals and their affiliated clinics and physician practices along with HomeTown’s supporting best practice business partners. She was responsible for compliance with the IACET/ANSI continuing education and training standards along with other accreditation standards such as NAB and ACHE. She also assisted in preparation, review and administration of state and federal grants. Among other community and industry related commitments, she currently serves as IACET Awards Committee Member, Georgia Medicaid RAC Provider Relations Committee Member, Medicaid Simplication Committee Member, and Habersham Medical Center Rural Hospital Stabilization Committee Member.
DDE Training DDE Training with Medicare Expert Dale Gibson! 3 - 1 Hour Training Sessions Only $1200 per hospital optional add-on: $150 for the video recording Work through your claims in your own system! Learn expert tricks while cleaning up your Medicare claims! The entire DDE series has been beneficial for our team! Dale was able to answer questions, assist with problem claims and offer solutions through this training. It's worth it and we highly recommend it! -DDE Program Participant
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Contact Information Susannah Cowart, Customer Relations Director susannah.cowart@hometownhealthonline.com Evelyn Leadbetter, MSM, Network Services Director evelyn.leadbetter@hometownhealthonline.com
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