The MHA Health Summit is the premier educational opportunity to jump-start member learning for a new season. This one-of-a-kind event will offer a trade show and a wide range of educational topics to include emerging health equity trends; population health and quality improvement best practices; advances in telehealth; rural health transformation; how to be an effective leader; the future of healthcare; and much more.

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The 2025 MHA Healthcare Communications and Development Conference is set to take place on Monday, May 5, and Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at the AC Hotel Downtown Bozeman, MT.

Effective fundraising, marketing, and communications are vital to the success of your hospital. If your role is responsible for fundraising, marketing, digital engagement, communications/public relations, and/or business development, please join us.

The conference will help you achieve your goals by providing a learning environment with innovative ideas, tried and true methods, and new approaches. The two-day event will be filled with networking opportunities and educational content that will leave you feeling inspired with new connections and new tools to add to your professional toolbox.

This series will review the components of an effective infection prevention program and connect the dots among program planning, implementation, and patient outcomes. Our speaker will discuss the annual evaluation, risk assessment, and program plan, including methods to evaluate your data, set priorities, and engage stakeholders. Attendees will also learn about the important roles of construction, renovation, cleaning, and disinfecting in preventing infections.

This program will cover the changes to the discharge planning standards published in February 2020. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has yet to publish revised interpretive guidelines and survey procedures to match the new regulations. The regulations apply to all hospitals, including Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs).

This webinar will also discuss the Impact Act’s effects on hospital discharge planning. The Act requires hospitals to assist patients with post-discharge care, whether they are using at home health or are transferred to a skilled nursing facility, long-term care hospital, or inpatient rehab facility. Information on all four must be provided to the patients except for CAHs.

This program will address transfers to other facilities, assessment of readmission within 30 days, caregiver rights and recommendations, reduction of factors that lead to preventable readmissions, timely discharge planning, and more.

This webinar will discuss Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which applies to all hospitals (including Critical Access Hospitals (CAH)) and other healthcare providers such as physician offices and nursing homes. The law addresses nondiscrimination, required signs and notices, interpreters, a civil rights law for healthcare providers, and more. Section 1557 forbids discrimination based on sex, race, color, national origin, age, and disability and is the first law to prohibit discrimination based on sex in covered health programs and activities.

This program will discuss case law regarding several issues of importance to hospitals and changes by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR).

Attendees will also learn about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recognition that there were no prohibitions in the hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs) on gender identities, which can be a barrier to seeking care. While CMS decided not to include the law in two separate places within the CoPs, CMS can refer any issue to the OCR.

This program will provide resources and information to help meet the education requirements to ensure your employees understand and abide by this law.

Swing beds can be a financial lifeline for Critical Access Hospitals (CAH). This webinar will focus on swing bed regulations in Appendix W for CAHs. Swing bed common deficiencies and how to avoid them will also be reviewed.

While it can be challenging to determine the interpretive guidelines and survey procedures without a crosswalk between Appendix W and Appendix PP, this webinar will assist hospitals in understanding what actions need to be taken.

Get ready to be part of the excitement at the 2025 Montana Healthcare Conference! This exceptional event brings together over 500 individuals from diverse healthcare sectors—whether professionals working in the field, supporters of healthcare initiatives, healthcare educators, or enthusiasts seeking connections within the industry.

Participants can anticipate an array of engaging activities, including several captivating keynote sessions, member gatherings, over 40 enlightening breakout educational sessions, memorable evening receptions, delightful luncheons, and refreshing breaks.

The conference will feature 64 trade show booths, offering numerous opportunities to interact with a diverse range of industry experts and solution providers.

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