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Remi Group
Guaranteed savings on equipment maintenance service agreements and warranties
The Montana Hospital Association is pleased to announce the 2024 Montana Healthcare Award recipients.
The Montana Hospital Association has released the following statement on recent political campaign ads naming local hospitals.
Cedar
Streamlined patient billing with financial coverage and assistance solutions
We are thrilled to extend a warm invitation to you for a comprehensive webinar series hosted by Huron.
This four-part, one-hour webinar series is designed to equip healthcare professionals like you with invaluable insights, best practices, and the latest industry trends.
Learn from leading industry experts and prominent thought leaders as they share practical applications for improved outcomes.
Event Benefits
- Gain expert perspectives from renowned healthcare leaders and subject matter experts
- Discover innovative strategies and solutions to pressing challenges
- Access valuable resources and practical tools to enhance your skills
- Earn continuing education credits (CEUs) for each webinar attended (CME, CNE, CPE)
Event Lineup
Session 1: Playing the Long Game: Moving Beyond Cost Cutting
Wednesday, Sept 4, 2024 | 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. MST
Presented by Craig Deao
Leading healthcare systems must focus on performance improvement (reducing costs) and growth. Typically, the focus on cost-cutting is the common reaction to headwinds . . . 89% of hospitals currently have a cost-reduction plan (but only 6% characterized their programs as effective!) However, growth can have a greater near- and long-term impact on value. Growth can have a compounding effect on value creation and come in a variety of ways: Grow revenue at the same margin (top line); Substitute lower margin for higher margin services (bottom line); Expand volumes in higher margin services (top and bottom line).
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the limitations of cost-cutting as a sole strategy for healthcare performance improvement.
- Identify different growth strategies that can create sustainable value for healthcare systems.
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Session 2: Reimage Your Work Design: Processes, Roles, and Workflows to Best Support Your Workforce Ecosystem
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 | 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. MST
Presented by Jennifer Miller and Buffy Kelly
By thoughtfully designing WHAT work needs to be done to create maximum value and align to the organization’s strategic priorities, WHO does the work so that you have the right resources at the right place at the right time, and HOW work is performed to create exceptional customer, employee, & provider experiences, organizations can accelerate realizing their goals and priorities.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to rethink the way core work can be done within healthcare organizations
- Build awareness of digital tools that can be leveraged to reduce the need for human capital
- Learn how to maintain experience while transforming the way work is done
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Session 3: Challenges and Winning Practices for Behavioral Health Management
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 | 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. MST
Presented by Angie Esbenshade
Behavioral health challenges continue to grow within our communities and healthcare organizations. As those challenges grow, what are the leading practices that communities and healthcare organizations have developed to keep patients and staff safe and meet the increasing demands. As organizations come together to help solve the crisis for behavioral health patients, the patients truly receive the care they need at the right time and at the right location. This webinar will focus on practices like collaboration on community resources, streamlining care within the community and emergency departments, telemedicine utilization, and managing workplace violence – as well as the positive impacts they are having on caring for behavioral health population.
Learning Objectives:
- Develop collaboration strategies between community and hospital/healthcare organizations
- Recognize benefits of leading practices of telemedicine with psychiatric population
- Identify risks and responses to workplace violence associated with psychiatric patient population
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Session 4: Improving Health Outcomes Through Effective Operations to Enhance Population Health Management and Equity
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 | 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. MST
Presented by Matthew Berkley
Population health management (PHM) is a framework that aims to improve a population’s health by focusing on the health needs of individuals. Effective PHM is crucial in the healthcare industry because it can reduce costs, improve quality, and enhance patient outcomes. Additionally, it can help reduce health disparities and achieve equity in health outcomes. In this session, we will discuss the importance of effective population health management in healthcare and its relationship with equity in health outcomes.
Learning Objectives:
· Gain a comprehensive understanding of the PHM framework, including its goals, strategies, and significance in the healthcare industry.
· Learn how efficient operational practices can enhance the quality of care, reduce healthcare costs, and improve overall patient outcomes within the context of population health management.
· Examine how effective PHM strategies can address and reduce health disparities, contributing to equitable health outcomes across diverse populations.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to be part of this learning experience, brought to you by the collective expertise of this collaboration of MHA and Huron.
Space is limited, so we encourage you to register early and reserve your place in this exclusive webinar series.
For additional information on these presenters and Huron, please visit Huron’s website here.
MHA Ventures Board of Directors
MHA Ventures Board of DirectorsGroup Purchasing
Get reduced pricing on quality products and services from reputable supply partners through our endorsed group purchasing organization, HRS.
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. We are now accepting abstract submissions and speaker proposals for this in-person event.
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Ventures Staff/Contact
The MHA Ventures team works to help Montana healthcare providers improve patient care, reduce operating costs and strengthen financial viability by developing solutions with our business partners to advance operations of our membership and improve the health status of communities throughout Montana.Become an Endorsed Vendor
MHA Ventures Endorsed Services program offers competitive agreements and program designed to meet the evolving needs of our membership. We connect Montana hospitals with trusted business partners who provide affordable, real world solutions. Each endorsed company of MHA Ventures has successfully passed an extensive vetting process to gain our seal of approval.Endorsed Services
Helping Montana hospitals improve healthcare by providing a broad range of innovative and cost effective solutions.
Monida Healthcare Network
Provider credentialing, Quickbooks training and pre-employment screening
Viz.Ai
AI algorithms and machine learning to increase the speed of diagnosis and care
Affiliated Societies
Contact information for affiliated chapters, societies and associations supporting healthcare professionals in Montana.Workforce Services
Healthcare recruitment and affiliated services offered through MHA Ventures’ Endorsed Business PartnersGet Involved & Advocate
MHA programs, tools and team members who can support you and your organization in your education, outreach and advocacy efforts.
CorroHealth (formerly ParaRev)
Revenue cycle management & Price Transparency compliance
Health Resource Services, Premier Certified Sponsor
National provider-owned group purchasing organization
Fi-Med Management, Inc.
Coding revenue compliance and audit risk assessment
Compliance Education
Compliance best practices, support and peer networking program for Montana’s healthcare compliance professionals.HPP (Healthcare Preparedness Program)
The Healthcare Coalitions encompass a whole community approach to strengthen and enhance the capabilities and capacities of the public healthcare systems to plan, prepare, respond, and recover from emergencies and disasters.
GoRural
International candidate recruiting for professional healthcare positions
About MHA
Learn more about the Montana Hospital Association, including our members, work, programs and services to help improve the health status of communities statewide.
Frontier OnCall Psychiatry
Telepsychiatry service provider company
Partnership Programs
MHA Ventures’ Partnership Programs were created based on the needs of the MHA membership.Behavioral Health
Programs, courses and certifications to support the advancement of behavior health services and professionals in Montana.
MHA Advocacy Team
Our team brings deep and diverse experience in policy development, advocacy, hospital operations, lobbying, election campaign strategy and outreach communications.Montana Hospital Association Board of Trustees appoints Interim President and CEO.
Montana could lose healthcare professionals to other states if a ballot measure passes to require them to provide medical care for infants born at any stage of development — or potentially face criminal charges — medical leaders said.
Healthcare workers from across the state gathered at the Capitol rotunda in Helena, on October 27, to voice their opposition to a legislative referendum on the ballot this November.
Montana health officials are proposing to oversee and set standards for the charitable contributions that nonprofit hospitals make in their communities each year to justify their access to millions of dollars in tax exemptions.
Bitterroot Health recently received a stroke recognition award.
The award is sponsored by the Cardiovascular Health Program within the state health department and was given out at the Montana Hospital Association’s annual meeting in September.
The Benefis Health System Post-COVID-19 Recovery Program team has been recognized with the Montana Hospital Association’s top honor for innovation in healthcare.
The Benefis Health System Post-COVID-19 Recovery Program team has been recognized with the Montana Hospital Association’s top honor for innovation in healthcare.
Montana nonprofit hospitals can choose what they consider charitable or community care, and assign whatever dollar amount they believe is reasonable, to justify their tax-exempt status in Montana, according to a legislative audit meeting held on Tuesday, October 4.
Montana health officials are proposing to oversee and set standards for the charitable contributions that nonprofit hospitals make in their communities each year to justify their access to millions of dollars in tax exemptions.
Montana health officials are proposing to oversee and set standards for the charitable contributions that nonprofit hospitals make in their communities each year to justify their access to millions of dollars in tax exemptions.
Montana Hospital Association announces 2021 top honors for Montana’s healthcare heroes and innovative hospitals.
Obstetric care, especially specialized care, is limited in rural communities. On reservations in Montana, it’s nearly nonexistent.
Nursing Education
Continuing education and certification training for practicing and aspiring nurses and nurse aides.
A collaborative agreement between Logan Health, Glacier County, and the Blackfeet Reservation is keeping some emergency services operating along the Hi-line. The agreement is a rarity and has stirred up renewed interest in the creation of healthcare consortiums to help keep critical care facilities operating in rural Montana. Listen to the podcast to hear Ryan Pitts from Logan Health, Rich Rasmussen from the Montana Hospital Association, and state Representative Geraldine Custer discuss why these types of collaborative efforts might be the future of rural health care.
As the state continues to grapple with an EMS shortage, college programs are exploring ways to expand and enhance the state’s pool of first responders.
Stericycle
Hazardous, infectious and medical waste management network
In Montana, uncompensated care plummeted after Medicaid expansion. Employment rates went up. Expansion generated $2.1 billion in new economic activity over the first two years, one report found. Thousands of Montanans accessed primary care services — some for the first time in their lives.
Meanwhile, thousands of Wyomingites remain without health coverage, and hospitals are still writing off millions of dollars treating people who can’t afford healthcare.
Webinar Request Form
Set up a webinar with the MHA membership
PYA
Healthcare consulting, accounting, audit and assurance services
Benefis Health System broke ground on what will be its largest expansion into the Helena area.
Gov. Greg Gianforte’s office estimates that “thousands of health care workers” have obtained religious exemptions and “remain in the workforce,” according to a recent press release.
Spacelabs Healthcare
Patient monitoring and connectivity, diagnostic cardiology, anesthesia delivery and ventilation
Education & Events
Education and events designed to develop Montana’s healthcare professionals and advance organizational performance.
Gov. Greg Gianforte is urging unvaccinated health care workers to consider using religious and medical exemptions ahead of an upcoming federal vaccine mandate deadline. Gianforte says health care workers should evaluate all their options.
How Montana’s pro-vaccine Republican governor is navigating COVID says a lot about his political priorities.
MHA has partnered with nine other trusted Montana healthcare and public health associations to launch the “Your Best Shot MT” campaign to help answer parents’ vaccine questions and increase COVID-19 vaccination rates in Montana.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Joe Biden’s administration doesn’t have the authority to impose vaccine-or-testing requirements on employers that would have covered tens of millions of Americans.
Montana Hospital Association issues statement on CMS vaccination mandate rules.
A coalition of Montana medical groups warned that hospitals are once again at risk of being extended beyond their caregiving capacity as the more transmissible omicron variant starts to spread across the state.
Consensus Management Corporation
Insurance management consulting company and insurance agency
The Montana Medical Association has partnered with nine other trusted Montana health care and public health associations to launch the “Your Best Shot MT” campaign to help answer parents’ vaccine questions and increase COVID-19 vaccination rates in Montana.
Montana hospitals are preparing for a wave of new patients that could follow a rising number of reported COVID-19 cases.
Montana Hospital Association issues statement on injunction against federal COVID-19 vaccination requirement for healthcare staff.
Montana Hospital Association issues statement on CMS vaccination mandate rules.
Thank you for viewing“No Surprises Act” with Martie Ross and Kathy Reep from PYA. Below you will find links to some of the referenced materials to include the recording of this webinar.
Handouts and Resources:
PYA Healthcare Transparency Implementation Guides
CMS Requirements Related to Surprise Billing
Recording:
Click here to access the recording of this webinar.
The 2025 Montana Healthcare Conference is a collaborative event offered by the Montana Hospital Association and co-sponsored by the Montana Primary Care Association. It is the largest healthcare education opportunity in Montana. Participants experience interdisciplinary topics with a focus on general trending issues. By partnering with affiliate organizations in the state, we can offer education targeted to their members’ needs.
The event offers three keynote sessions, multiple concurrent sessions, networking opportunities, the largest exhibitor trade show in the state, and more. Participants from every facility in Montana can expect to gain insight into leadership, new technology, industry trends, quality excellence, and human motivation.
The 2024 Montana Healthcare Conference, hosted by the Montana Hospital Association in collaboration with the Montana Primary Care Association, stands as the premier gathering of healthcare professionals in Montana. Drawing attendees from almost every hospital and community health center across the state, this event boasts over 450 participants representing a diverse range of roles such as CEOs, administrators, trustees, CFOs, HR executives, physicians, nurse leaders, clinic managers, quality improvement professionals, risk managers emergency preparedness planners among others.
Attendees will benefit from unparalleled education and networking, including access to more than 50 educational sessions and Montana’s largest healthcare trade show designed to connect colleagues and potential business partners to innovative and cost-effective solutions. The conference features national and international speakers alongside local industry experts who cover a wide range of relevant topics.
Montana Hospital Association announces 2021 top honors for Montana’s healthcare heroes and innovative hospitals.
Yellowstone Insurance Exchange, RRG
Professional and general liability insurance
This program is aimed at those in management positions and focuses on improving management and leadership skills, regardless of facility or department. The program encompasses interpersonal communication and basic management skill development.
Surgical Product Solutions (SPS)
Surplus liquidation and product redistribution services
CMCi Insurance Agency
Full-service insurance agency
Commercial Energy
Natural gas network; energy cost containment
Gallagher Benefit Services
Employee medical benefits consulting and brokerage firm
LifeSolutionz
Design, implementation and service of alternative compensation agreements
A new study released today by the Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) and the Montana Hospital Association shows Montana hospitals account for close to 12 percent of Montana’s private sector employment and 13 percent of total private sector wages. The research documents the powerful role Montana’s hospitals are playing as a leading economic driver for the state in terms of income and job growth.
Advancing Rural Healthcare
Testing and advancing alternative models that rethink the delivery and design of healthcare, especially for rural and frontier communities.
Economic Vitality
See how Montana hospitals serve as economic engines for their communities.State Budget
Continuation of the Medicaid expansion program, enhancement of traditional Medicaid and increased provider rates.Healthy Communities
MHA advocates for issues that ensure Montanans and their communities are as healthy as possible.Financial Viability
Issues and opportunities impacting the financial viability of Montana hospitals and healthcare providers.Infrastructure
Infrastructure investments are critical to the long-term viability of Montana’s healthcare system.Affordability
Enhancing the affordability of healthcare for Montana.
Across the country, people are lining up to get vaccinated against COVID-19, including a group of veterans in Kalispell, Montana.
Data & Information Services
Tailored data reporting and analysis services to support the operational, clinical and strategic objectives of Montana hospitals and healthcare providers.Our Services
Advocacy, education & professional development, data services, compliance & regulatory support, healthcare quality & performance improvement programs, and business solutions.Regulatory Compliance Support
Regulatory and compliance support and services for Montana hospitals and healthcare providers.
Federal Policy Agenda
Our policy objectives on the federal level to support and advance health and healthcare in Montana.Sponsorship Opportunities
Want to grow your business with Montana’s hospitals and healthcare providers? Consider an annual sponsorship investment with MHA.Contact Ventures
The MHA Ventures team works to help Montana healthcare providers improve patient care, reduce operating costs and strengthen financial viability by developing solutions with our business partners to advance operations of our membership and improve the health status of communities throughout Montana.MHREF Staff Directory
Contact information for staff members of the Montana Hospital Association, Montana Health Research & Education Foundation, and MHA Ventures.The Montana Legislature is considering a bill proponents say will offer increased clarity and protections for privacy in the digital age.
Privacy Policy
Information we collect, what we use it for and how we protect it.Refund Policy
Refund policies vary. Please contact us for the refund policy for your purchased program or service.
Population Health
Issues and opportunities for advancing the health of Montana residents.Price & Quality Transparency Resources
Tools and resources to help Montana patients make informed healthcare decisions.Senior & Post-Acute Care
Advocating for issues important to Montana’s senior services and post-acute care providers.Access to Care
MHA advocates for state and federal policies that protect access to high quality and affordable health coverage and care.Advocacy
Advocacy is a key activity of the association on behalf of its members.Key Issues
Critical issues faced by Montana hospitals and healthcare providers.Search Results
Search ResultsNews
News releases, media advisories and statements from the Montana Hospital Association.Reports & Studies
Research studies, reports and analysis of programs, policies and issues impacting Montana hospitals and healthcare providers.Mission, Vision & Values
Why we exist, what we aspire to and the values that shape the priorities we set and the decisions we make. Learn what drives us.Contact
Contact information for staff members of the Montana Hospital Association, Montana Health Research & Education Foundation, and MHA Ventures.The state of Montana posts a daily hospital capacity report in its effort to share important COVID-19 data publicly, but there have been recent questions raised about how it’s being perceived by those outside of the health care system.
Following a recent surge of COVID-19 cases in Montana and the announcement of a statewide mask mandate by Governor Steve Bullock today, the Montana Hospital Association issued the followed statement
As part of an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19 across the state, the Montana Hospital Association and the Montana Department of Commerce today announced shipments of 45,000 free cloth face coverings to 25 communities statewide.
