Welcome to HomeTown Health!
HomeTown Health, LLC is an organization of rural and small hospitals,
located throughout the state of Georgia, who collectively pursue ways
to help our hospitals survive in this environment of tremendous budget
cuts from the state and federal level.
What began as a handful of community hospitals ten years ago has now grown into an organization of over 55 hospital members and almost 50 business partners.
What began as a handful of community hospitals ten years ago has now grown into an organization of over 55 hospital members and almost 50 business partners.
HTH Fall Meeting 2007
HomeTown Health, LLC recognized Effingham
Hospital as the “Hospital of the Year”
at its 2007 Annual Meeting at Callaway
Gardens in Pine
Mountain, Georgia
from among 55 statewide Georgia
rural hospital members. This award is for prestigious achievement as a rural
hospital.
Effingham Hospital was selected for demonstrating exceptional leadership by providing quality doctors, dedicated caregivers, and adopting “Best Practices” that contributed to the overall success of the hospital.
The 8th Annual Fall meeting was the best and biggest yet with over 160 attendees representing about 40 hospitals. The networking was great and the assembly of business partners was most impressive. The agenda proved to be one of the strongest yet. Everybody did a great job but by far the Wal-Mart presentation was the blow away. Dr John Agwunobi did an outstanding job of presenting the Wal-Mart story.
The agenda was great with a summary of speakers as follows:
1) Regionalization as discussed by four principals involved in the concept - Chuck Adams, Ty Cobb, Ken Beverly, Archbold, Charles Owens, ORH and Greg Dent, Community Healthworks
2) Wal-Mart Health Care Model - Dr. John Agwunobi –Senior VP, Wal-Mart Healthcare Services
3) Commissioner John Oxendine
4) ICTF Panel - Andy Smith, John Williams, Steve Barber, Jesus Ruiz
5) Medical Screening for triage to control non-emergent costs - Discussion Panel - Spencer Liebman , Dr. Mark Riser, Dan Mohan, John Williams, Ted Short
6) CMO’s - Discussion Panel - Andy Smith, John Williams, Beth Spoto, Mike Scribner
7) Medicare Advantage Update - Mike Scribner
8) Awards
a. Hospital of the Year – Effingham for the exemplary work thy have done to pull themselves away from closure through good planning and adoption of many best practices
b. Rural Hospital Leader of the Year – John Williams, CFO Upson Regional, for unselfish commitments to many work groups to help develop key policies including CMO’s, ICTF, and education for business office.
c. Business Partner of the Year – Draffin Tucker – for doing whatever it takes to help a rural hospital
d. Hospital Leadership Awards for completing the HTH Leadership program.
9) Performance Indicators - Steve Barber
10) Carie Summers - See Budget update attached
Thanks to the 160 attendees, 17 speakers, 40+ hospital leaders, 50 business partners and the many spouses and visitors who attended. Mark your calendar now for the Spring Post Legislative Annual Meeting to be held April 20-22, 2008 at Sea Palms Resort on St. Simons Island.
Effingham Hospital was selected for demonstrating exceptional leadership by providing quality doctors, dedicated caregivers, and adopting “Best Practices” that contributed to the overall success of the hospital.
The 8th Annual Fall meeting was the best and biggest yet with over 160 attendees representing about 40 hospitals. The networking was great and the assembly of business partners was most impressive. The agenda proved to be one of the strongest yet. Everybody did a great job but by far the Wal-Mart presentation was the blow away. Dr John Agwunobi did an outstanding job of presenting the Wal-Mart story.
The agenda was great with a summary of speakers as follows:
1) Regionalization as discussed by four principals involved in the concept - Chuck Adams, Ty Cobb, Ken Beverly, Archbold, Charles Owens, ORH and Greg Dent, Community Healthworks
2) Wal-Mart Health Care Model - Dr. John Agwunobi –Senior VP, Wal-Mart Healthcare Services
3) Commissioner John Oxendine
4) ICTF Panel - Andy Smith, John Williams, Steve Barber, Jesus Ruiz
5) Medical Screening for triage to control non-emergent costs - Discussion Panel - Spencer Liebman , Dr. Mark Riser, Dan Mohan, John Williams, Ted Short
6) CMO’s - Discussion Panel - Andy Smith, John Williams, Beth Spoto, Mike Scribner
7) Medicare Advantage Update - Mike Scribner
8) Awards
a. Hospital of the Year – Effingham for the exemplary work thy have done to pull themselves away from closure through good planning and adoption of many best practices
b. Rural Hospital Leader of the Year – John Williams, CFO Upson Regional, for unselfish commitments to many work groups to help develop key policies including CMO’s, ICTF, and education for business office.
c. Business Partner of the Year – Draffin Tucker – for doing whatever it takes to help a rural hospital
d. Hospital Leadership Awards for completing the HTH Leadership program.
9) Performance Indicators - Steve Barber
10) Carie Summers - See Budget update attached
Thanks to the 160 attendees, 17 speakers, 40+ hospital leaders, 50 business partners and the many spouses and visitors who attended. Mark your calendar now for the Spring Post Legislative Annual Meeting to be held April 20-22, 2008 at Sea Palms Resort on St. Simons Island.
