French Lick Springs Resort and Conference Center 8670 West State Road 56 French Lick, IN 47432

“Rural Health: Align, Connect, Engage”

Conference Brochure Index Conference Description, Objectives, and Targeted Audience

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About IRHA

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Special Activities

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2016 IRHA Annual Conference Agenda at a Glance

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2016 IRHA Conference Program and Keynote and Plenary Speakers

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Luncheon Emcee and Conference Public Relations and Activities

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Registration and Hotel

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Hotel History

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Conference Description IRHA’s Annual Conference brings together physicians, nurses, pharmacists, public health professionals, and other rural health practitioners and advocates with residents of rural communities. Practitioners from the field and national experts discuss current topics, as well as share the experiences of others in public health and rural health care delivery, along with the latest information regarding the start-up and on-going management of rural health care delivery models.

Conference Objectives At the conclusion of the Conference, participants should be able to:

∗ Recognize the national efforts to support population health and ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗

healthcare reform in rural communities; Examine unique rural health policy challenges related to finance and quality measurement and resource allocation; Recognize strategies that providers can implement to position themselves in value-driven healthcare; Recognize the need to integrate primary care and behavioral health; Recognize the role of public health and its importance in rural medicine; Recognize what goes on inside our brains when we harness the power of humor; Recognize the need for school-based outreach in a rural community and how it can advance the mission of organizations; Recognize the resources and next steps needed to build a telehealth program; Recognize ways to increase access to diabetes or pre-diabetes education in medically underserved or rural areas; Recognize the need for a written plan for workplace violence; Overcome the challenge of the EHR to keep the record compliant; Learn how regulatory changes impact revenue cycle management.

About IRHA The Indiana Rural Health Association (IRHA) is a not-for-profit organization representing a diverse statewide membership consisting of individuals and organizations committed to the improvement of health and resources for rural Hoosiers. IRHA seeks to provide a meaningful forum for assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the health and safety of rural communities in Indiana. IRHA seeks to provide educational programs that focus on the unique needs of the residents of rural Indiana and the providers who serve them. IRHA also works to educate the public on relevant issues and focus unified efforts to bring about the necessary changes in public and private policies to ensure that all rural Hoosiers have access to quality health care in their own communities. More information about the IRHA can be accessed through www.indianaruralhealth.org.

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Administrators Case Managers Certified Professionals in Healthcare Quality Clinical Managers Dentists and Dental Hygienists Discharge Planners Health Professions’ Students Hospital Board of Directors’ Members Information Technology Staff Mental Health Professionals Nurses and Nurse Practitioners Pharmacists Physicians and Physician Assistants Medical Assistants Public Health Professionals Quality Improvement Professionals Social Workers Community Health Workers/Health Coaches Utilization Reviewers Rural Health Clinic Coders and Billing Staff Rural EMS First Responders Other Healthcare Providers from Hospitals and Rural Clinics Workforce Recruiters, Veterans, and Consumers

Educational Grants This educational activity is funded in part by the Indiana State Department of Health/State Office of Rural Health federal grant #H95RH00136. Administrators The Indiana State Board of Health Facility Administrators (IHFA) has approved IRHA as a sponsor of continuing education programs for health facility administrators. IRHA’s license number is 98000258A. In Collaboration with HFMA of Indiana

Management Sessions Co-Sponsored by Indiana Healthcare Executives Network—Sessions with IHEN logo have been preapproved for ACHE Qualified Education CEUs (10.75 hours total). Members should self-report CEUs at ACHE.org. Coders AAPC has approved IRHA as a sponsor of CEUs for coders. This activity is supported by a contribution from Lilly.

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Monday, June 20, 2016 Rural Network Allied Health Training Program Informational Meeting— 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (invitation only) Roosevelt Room Golf Beginning at Noon—18-hole best-ball tournament at the Donald Ross Course Contact Tina Elliott at [email protected] if interested in participating. Blood Drive by American Red Cross—10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Taggart 100 (for early arrivals and French Lick employees) Welcome/Networking Reception—5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Hoosier Foyer/Event Center 2nd Floor Sponsored by:

Tuesday, June 21, 2016 Zumba—6:15 to 7:00 a.m. (sponsored by IHIE) Habig Room Silent Auction—8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hoosier Ballroom (Exhibit Hall) Blood Drive by American Red Cross—10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Taggart 100 Student Session/Networking Opportunity/Pizza Night—6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Windsor Ballroom Yoga– 6:30 p.m. Habig Room

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 5K Fitness Walk/Run—6:00 a.m. (sponsored by IHIE) Meet in front of Event Center 3

2016 IRHA Annual Conference Agenda at a Glance Monday, June 20, 2016

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Welcome/Networking Reception Sponsored by BPN Premier Members 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

7:00-8:00 a.m. Breakfast/Exhibitor Networking

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8:00-9:30 a.m. Plenary Sessions (2 options) Tuesday, June 21, 2016 8:00-9:00 a.m. Registration/Breakfast/Exhibitor Networking/ Silent Auction 9:00-9:15 a.m. Welcome/Call to Order/Introduction of Board Candidates and Health Professional Students and their Underwriters 9:15-10:15 a.m. Keynote Address “Rural Health: Align, Connect, and Engage with the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy” Tom Morris, MPA Associate Administrator for Rural Health Policy HRSA, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 10:25-11:10 a.m. Concurrent Sessions I 11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions II 12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch and Exhibitor Networking 1:00—2:45 p.m. Keynote Address “Humor for the Health of It: Physiology, Psychology, and Brain Function” Joel Weintraub, MEd, BS “Humorous Educator” 3:00 - 3:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions III 3:45-5:00 p.m. Reception in Exhibit Hall hosted by Exhibitors

Plenary #1 “Transition from Fee-for-Service Reimbursement to Population Health Management and Value-Based Purchasing” Paul MacLellan, CEO Medical Advantage Group Plenary #2 “Managing HIV Outbreak and Prescription Drug Abuse” Panel Discussion: Jennifer Walthall, MD, MPH Randy Stevens, MD James Turner, DO Eric Davis, PhD, LCSW, LCAC Brian Carrico 9:30-10:00 a.m. Exhibitor Networking 10:00-10:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions IV 11:00-11:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions V 12:00 p.m. Awards Luncheon 1:15-2:15 p.m. Keynote Address “The Patient Experience: Disabled Farmers Farm— Overcoming Adversity” Ed Bell Bell’s Strawberry Farm 2:15 p.m. Adjournment

5:00-6:00 p.m. General Membership Meeting and Door Prize Drawings Silent Auction bidding closes at 5:00 p.m.

Fund Raising Feature: Silent Auction to benefit health professional students’ scholarships June 21, 2016 Location: Hoosier Ballroom

IRHA Blood Drive by American Red Cross Two Days!!! June 20 and 21, 2016 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Taggart 100 Give the gift of life! You’ll have someone’s undying gratitude.

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Indiana Rural Health Association 2016Annual Conference June 21 and 22, 2016 Monday, June 20, 2016

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The Challenge of Evaluation and Management Coding, Part 1 Ann Silvia, BS, CPC, CPMA, CPPM, CPC-I, CPB, CANPC, CEMC, CFPC Connie Brown, CPC, CPB, CPMA, CPPM, CEMC (Nixon 205)

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Ensuring a Positive Patient Experience in the Revenue Cycle Brian Garver (Ford 207)

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Bizarre and Unusual Case Studies: You Can’t Make This Stuff Up! Andrea Zickmund, NREMT-P/FF (Reagan 209)

Welcome/Networking Reception Sponsored by BPN Premier Members 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 21, 2016 8:00-9:00 a.m. Registration/Breakfast/Exhibitor Networking/ Silent Auction 9:00-9:15 a.m. (Windsor Ballroom) Welcome/Call to Order/Introduction of Board Candidates and Health Professional Students and their Underwriters

10:25-11:25 a.m. 9:15-10:15 a.m. (Windsor Ballroom) “Rural Health: Align, Connect, and Engage with the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy” Tom Morris, MPA Associate Administrator for Rural Health Policy HRSA, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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10:25-11:10 a.m. Concurrent Sessions I

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Case Study: Evaluating and Managing the Effective Use of Infusion Pump Drug Libraries AND Standardizing IV Concentrations in the State of Indiana Andy Aldred, PharmD, MBA Rich Zink, MBA Dan Degnan, PharmD, MS, CPPS (Truman 201) Using Health Information Exchange to Enable Interoperability of Behavioral Health Data Waldo Mikels-Carrasco, MA (Roosevelt 202) A Replacement Critical Access Hospital for Angola, Indiana: The Operational and Statistical Impact Ronald Menze, AIA, ACHA, EDAC Connie McCahill, RN, MSA (Kennedy 203) Telehealth Delivery from the Providers’ Perspective: Results from a Multi-Site Indiana Critical Access Hospital Study Stephanie Laws, MS, RN Roseanne Fairchild, PhD, RN, CNE, NE-BC Shiaw-Fen Ferng, PhD, MPH (Eisenhower 204)

Improving Patient Outcomes in Diabetes by Working with Diabetes Educators, by Accessing Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME), and by Involving the Community Pharmacist Brenda Jagatic, BScN, RN, Certified Diabetes Educator Lynn Fletcher, PharmD, Board CertifiedAdvanced Diabetes Management (Johnson 206) 11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions II

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The Importance of Local Care Coordination and Impact on Patient Outcomes Keith Rye, MBA Cody Mullen, PhD(c) (Truman 201)

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Connecting Kids to Health Insurance Coverage through School-Based Outreach Doris Higgins, MPA Norma Napoli, RN, MSN Susan Jo Thomas, JD/LCSW (Roosevelt 202)

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What Makes Rural Health Precepting Successful? Two Decades of Lessons from the Field Joseph Biggs, PhD Trish Devine, PharmD Charles Henley, DO, MS, MPH, FACOFP (Kennedy 203)

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Engaging Physicians to Offer Direct-toConsumer Virtual Visits: Insights from Reid Health Daniel Wegg, MD (Eisenhower 204)

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Building a Sustainable Telepsychiatry Program Without Grant Money Samir Malik Gregor Hoffman (Eisenhower 204) Top 20 Coding and Documentation Tips for 2016 Sharon Shover, CPC, CEMC Krista Schroering, BSOM, MFA, CHA, ICDCT-CM/ PCS, CPC-A (Nixon 205)

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The Challenge of Evaluation and Management Coding, Part 2 Ann Silvia, BS, CPC, CPMA, CPPM, CPC-I, CPB, CANPC, CEMC, CFPC Connie Brown, CPC, CPB, CPMA, CPPM, CEMC (Nixon 205)

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Facility Condition Assessment and Energy Management Chris Smith (Ford 207)

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Workplace Violence/Active Shooter Preparedness Jay Dotson (Reagan 209)

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Facility Auditing/Conservation of Capital Resources Richard Moake, BA (Ford 207)

Crash Test Dummies and Football Players Andrea Zickmund, NREMT-P/FF (Reagan 209)

12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch and Exhibitor Networking

1:00-2:45 p.m. (Windsor Ballroom) Keynote Address “Humor for the Health of It: Physiology, Psychology, and Brain Function” Joel Weintraub, MEd, BS

3:00-3:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions III

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A Case Study of Therapeutic Hypothermia in A Rural Midwestern Hospital Jan Weust, DNP, RN Annette Smith, MS, RN, AGCNS-BC (Truman 201)

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Recovery Support Technologies: Pioneering New Models of Substance Abuse Recovery David Whitesock, JD (Roosevelt 202)

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Healthcare Interoperability in the Rural Setting Charles Christian, FCHIME, LCHIME, FHIMSS, CHCIO (Kennedy 203)

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Cyber Security and Compliance for Hospital Administrators Jason Bernstein, Esq. Nicholas Lizanich, MBA, BME Mike Childs (Johnson 206)

3:45-5:00 p.m. (Hoosier Ballroom) Reception in Exhibit Hall hosted by Exhibitors 5:00-6:00 p.m. (Hoosier Ballroom) General Membership Meeting and Door Prize Drawings Silent Auction bidding closes at 5:00 p.m.

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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 9:30-10:00 a.m. Exhibitor Networking

7:00-8:00 a.m. Breakfast/Exhibitor Networking 8:00-9:30 a.m. (Windsor Ballroom)

9:45-10:45 a.m.

Plenary Sessions (2 options) Plenary #1 “Transition from Fee-for-Service Reimbursement to Population Health Management and Value-Based Purchasing” Paul MacLellan CEO Medical Advantage Group

Plenary #2 “Managing HIV Outbreak and Prescription Drug Abuse” Panel Discussion: Jennifer Walthall, MD, MPH Deputy State Health Commissioner, ISDH Director for Health Outcomes Randy Stevens, MD Family Practice Physician and Addiction Medicine Specialist Union Hospital Family Practice

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10:00-10:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions IV

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Little Tykes are Not Little Adults! Andrea Zickmund, NREMT-P/FF (Truman 201)

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Rural Food Insecurity: Challenges and Opportunities Margaret Weigel, PhD (Roosevelt 202)

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Disaster Recovery Challenges in the Healthcare Marketplace Pat Spencer Jeff Ton Mark Caswell August Zehner, MBA (Kennedy 203)

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Elevating the Standard of Patient Care in Rural Hospitals Tim Larson, PharmD Vinny Polito, PharmD, MHA (Eisenhower 204)

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Provider-Based RHC Requirements Charles James, MBA (Nixon 205)

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Crash Course: Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Natalie Stewart, MBA (Ford 207)

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The State of Mobile Integrated Health Care and Community Paramedicine in Indiana Cody Mullen, PhD(c) Robert Owegi, DNP, RN, CMSRN, CNE Robert Eberhardt (Reagan 209)

James Turner, DO Medical Director Richard G. Lugar Center for Rural Health Eric Davis, PhD, LCSW, LCAC Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director Life Recovery Center

Managing Drug Diversion and Policy Development Rodrigo Garcia, CRNA, MSN, MBA (Johnson 206)

Brian Carrico Senior Vice President of Sales and Distribution Innovative Health Solutions

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10:45-11:45 a.m.

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Chronic Care Management and Health Coaching Model Cody Mullen, PhD(c) (Johnson 206)

11:00-11:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions V

12:00 p.m. Awards Luncheon 1:15-2:15 p.m. (Windsor Ballroom) Keynote Address “The Patient Experience: Disabled Farmers Farm— Overcoming Adversity” Ed Bell Bell’s Strawberry Farm 2:15 p.m. Adjournment

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Patient Safety Organizations: How Can They Help Critical Access Hospitals? Rich Zink, MBA Dan Degnan, PharmD, MS, CPPS (Truman 201)

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Geography Matters: Exploratory Analysis of Rural Indiana Local Health Department Maternal and Child Health Partnerships Priscilla Barnes, MPH, PhD, MCHES (Roosevelt 202)

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Implementing and Expanding Telehealth through a University Partnership Debi Sampsel, DNP, MSN, BA, RN Megan Ulrich, BA (Eisenhower 204)

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Access to Primary Care in Rural Indiana: Opportunities and Challenges Philip Morphew, MS TJ Warren, MBA Elaine Williams, BA (Nixon 205)

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The Role Technology Plays in Running Your Organization: A Layman’s Guide for Today’s Healthcare Leaders Steve Parker (Ford 207)

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Healthy Weight Initiative—Obesity Intersections of Healthcare for Connecting, Engaging, and Aligning Georg’ann Cattelona, PhD, LCCE, CD(DONA) David Creel, PhD, RD, CDE Lisa Greathouse, MS Kim Irwin, MPH Eric Beers (Reagan 209)

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Featured Keynote and Plenary Speakers Ed Bell is a farmer from Hagerstown, IN (Wayne County). For the last two decades, he has been married to his wife Debbie who is a part-time R.N. They have a teenaged daughter named Nellie. Bell grew up on the family farm and has been farming since he graduated from Purdue University's AG. Short Course in 1981. He has raised grain, livestock, and truck crops on his 72-acre family farm. Presently, he grows black raspberries, asparagus, black berries, and several acres of strawberries. He and his family were named the 2006 Indiana Farm Family of the Year.

Tom Morris, MPA, is HRSA's Associate Administrator for Rural Health Policy. In that role, he oversees the administrative and policy activities of the Federal Office of Rural Health (FORHP).

Bell is a gifted communicator, a powerful motivator, a born leader, and a true overcomer. He has had personal experience dealing with disability and hardships. In 1982 at age 21, he survived a violent criminal attack and sustained a gunshot wound which left him permanently paralyzed. Adversity has not been a stranger to him. Adversity has continued to be a regular visitor to the Bell family, including a fire that burned their old log home in 1995. He has endured fiery trials of life that could have left him broken, but instead have made him stronger.

Morris coordinates FORHP's response to policy issues, especially the impact of Medicare and Medicaid regulations on the rural health workforce and service delivery. As office director, he is responsible for 16 grant programs that focus on building rural health care capacity at the state and community level.

Bell embodies the American Dream through his perseverance, endurance and service to others. In addition to farming and speaking, he has served over ten years as a consultant for Purdue University's Breaking New Ground Project, which assists farmers and rural people with disabilities across the country. In the fall of 2000, he accepted a temporary position as the Executive Director for the newly founded Independent Living Center of Eastern Indiana. In just two short years, Bell took this not-for-profit organization from $120 to an annual operating budget of over threequarters of a million dollars. Today, the Center helps people with disabilities throughout seven east central Indiana counties. In the spring of 2003, Bell became an Account Executive for the Standing Wheelchair Company, which is North America’s only manufacturer of a manual standing wheelchair. Today, he continues to share his leadership skills by volunteering both in his church and as a gubernatorial appointee to the Indiana Governor’s Planning Council for People with Disabilities.

HRSA works to fill in the health care gaps for people who live outside the economic and medical mainstream. The agency uses its annual budget to expand access to quality health care through an array of grants to state and local governments, health care providers and health professions training programs.

Morris came to the federal government in 1996 as a Presidential Management Intern, which led to details on a Federal Intra-Agency Telemedicine Committee, in the U.S. Senate, and at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Morris joined FORHP full time in 1998 and has worked in several capacities there, including his prior position as deputy director, and as policy coordinator and grants project officer. Prior to joining the government, he was a reporter and editor covering health care and other issues at two daily newspapers in North Carolina. Morris received his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master's in public administration with a concentration in community health from East Carolina University.

Regardless the venue, Bell will always be a farmer at heart. Despite life’s hardships, he continues to till the soil and cultivate the hearts of people with his gift of communication. He is available to share his insights, his humor, his optimism and his overcoming spirit through his presentations and public speaking to groups across the nation.

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Featured Keynote and Plenary Speakers Joel Weintraub, MEd, BS, is a “humorous educator” who has managed to merge the formerly disparate worlds of comedy and education. By combining his professional comedy experience with his master’s degree in Physiology and bachelor’s in Health Education from Temple University, he has entertained and educated diverse audiences, such as accountants, attorneys, church groups, higher education faculty and staff, physicians, synagogues, and even burglar alarm installers. From the “World Bank” to Dangerfield’s Comedy Club to major radio stations, the local news and the Food Channel … they have all laughed and learned with “Humor for the Health of it.”

“Transition from Fee-for-Service Reimbursement to Population Health Management and Value-Based Purchasing” Paul MacLellan CEO Medical Advantage Group

“Managing HIV Outbreak and Prescription Drug Abuse” Panel Discussion: Jennifer Walthall, MD, MPH Deputy State Health Commissioner, ISDH Director for Health Outcomes Randy Stevens, MD Family Practice Physician and Addiction Medicine Specialist Union Hospital Family Practice James Turner, DO Medical Director Richard G. Lugar Center for Rural Health Eric Davis, PhD, LCSW, LCAC Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director Life Recovery Center Brian Carrico Senior Vice President of Sales and Distribution Innovative Health Solutions

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Awards Luncheon Emcee and Conference Public Relations

Mike King— Born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina, Mike King has called Indiana home since January of 1986, when he became the sports anchor at WTHI-TV (CBS) in Terre Haute. He has worked as a journalist and professional broadcaster for 35 years, taking his first full-time job in the field in the late '70's as the sports editor of The Daily Record in Dunn, North Carolina, while still attending Campbell University. In the years that would follow, King would serve as sports anchor at a pair of North Carolina television stations, WNCT-TV (CBS) and WCTI-TV (ABC), before making the move to Indiana. King joined the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network in 1994 as a pit reporter for Indianapolis 500 broadcasts and five years later was named the chief announcer for the network. He held the position of Radio Voice of the Indianapolis 500 and IndyCar Series for 15 years before retiring from the position at the end of the 2013 season. King became the only announcer in history to call action from the pits and all 4 turn positions during radio broadcasts at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, while also serving as network anchor. He was fortunate enough to work on 232 IndyCar Series broadcasts, 12 Brickyard 400s, 6 United States GP Formula One races, and 4 MotoGP events. In 2011, King took his media/broadcast skills to the Union Hospital Health Group in Terre Haute, Indiana, joining the Public Relations and Marketing Department as a media marketing specialist. He developed and produces Radio Union Today, a daily two-minute feature that is presented by Union Hospital and heard 52 weeks a year in the Wabash Valley on 98.5 WIBQ, B102.7, 104.9 WAXI and 100.7 MIX-FM. Five different features each week highlight medical professionals, community events and technology updates. Additionally, Mike is responsible for producing Union Hospital's radio and television marketing and public service announcement messaging to the community, while coordinating health fairs and special events. King was lucky enough to meet the love of his life in Terre Haute and has been married to Nicole Brattain for 25 years. Together, they have 3 great children: Tyler (22), a senior at Indiana State; Madison (19), a sophomore majoring in art at Ball State; and Abigail (17), who will be a senior at Terre Haute South. The family Golden Retriever, Hoosier, considers himself a 4th King child.

French Lick has lots of activities for the entire family: Tennis Biking Golf Stables Indoor Pool Carriage Rides Outdoor Pool FootGolf Basketball Power Walks Bowling and Arcade Area Attractions Historical Tours Hiking Shopping Trolley Bring the family!

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Conference Fee and Hotel Information

Conference Fee A Conference fee of $300 for both days or $225 for one day includes Conference materials, break refreshments, group meals, reception, and a one-year IRHA membership. Student Conference scholarship information and online registration are available at www.indianaruralhealth.org.

French Lick Springs Resort and Conference Center Individuals will be responsible for their own reservations. French Lick Springs Hotel 8670 West State Road 56 French Lick, IN 47432 A discounted group rate is being offered until May 22, 2016, (midnight) for $135 per night. Reservations can be made 2 ways: 1. Call the resort directly 1-888-936-9360 and use the group code 0616IRH. You must identify yourself as being with the Indiana Rural Health Association at the time the reservation is made in order to receive the special group rate. 2.

On the website www.frenchlick.com using the group code 0616IRH.

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Hotel History

For nearly 170 years, there has been a lodging establishment operating at the current site of French Lick Springs Hotel. It all began in 1845, when Dr. William Bowles, a physician from Paoli, Indiana, opened the first French Lick Springs Hotel. Bowles used his knowledge as a physician to explore the healing properties of the abundant mineral springs in this area of the country. Bowles’ enterprise was prosperous and continued to thrive under various owners. In 1901, the outgoing mayor of Indianapolis, Tom Taggart, along with a small group of investors, formed the French Lick Hotel Company and bought the property. It was under Tom Taggart's imaginative direction that French Lick Springs Hotel made great strides in décor, development, and transportation. He enlarged the east wing, now known as the Spa Wing, using the yellow "French Lick Brick," scagliola (faux marble) and Italian mosaic floors. He also encouraged the Monon Railroad to lay a special spur and run daily trains between Chicago and the front entrance of the hotel. Taggart modernized and expanded the mineral springs for which the hotel was becoming famous. He built pavilions to shelter them and added a new bath building on the current site of the Spa at French Lick Springs Hotel. He brought electricity, a fresh water system, and a trolley line to the town. He built a new bottling house to bottle water from his Pluto Spring for national distribution. While French Lick Springs Hotel was expanding, the game of golf was gaining popularity the world over. In 1907, Taggart hired Tom Bendelow to design the hotel’s first championship golf course, known at the time as "The Valley Course." Just ten years later, Taggart commissioned Donald Ross & Associates to design and build "The Hill Course." Also in 1917, the world famous chef Louis Perrin first served tomato juice. As luck would have it one morning, he was out of oranges and could not serve the traditional orange juice. Needing to serve some sort of juice at breakfast, Chef Perrin squeezed tomatoes; and the rest is history. With Taggart serving as the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, French Lick Springs Hotel developed a reputation as the unofficial headquarters of the Democratic Party. In 1931, Franklin D. Roosevelt rounded up support at a Democratic Governor's Conference, being held at French Lick Springs Hotel, for the party's presidential nomination. In 1946, Thomas Taggart, Junior, sold French Lick Springs Hotel. Over the next nearly 60 years, French Lick Springs Hotel was owned by five companies operating out of five different states, none of which was Indiana. In 2005, French Lick Springs Hotel was purchased by COOK Group, Inc., a global medical device manufacturing company, headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana, The COOK Group stepped in to preserve both French Lick Springs Hotel and West Baden Springs Hotel. Under the direction of Bill, Gayle, and their son, Carl Cook, both hotels and their grounds received a multi-million dollar renovation returning them to the grandeur of the days of Taggart and uniting them as one resort. In 2006, French Lick Springs Hotel reopened after an extensive renovation and new addition, French Lick Casino. The original 1917 “Hill Course” was reopened and restored as The Donald Ross Course. With the completion of the West Baden Springs Hotel restoration in 2007, French Lick Resort was born.

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