Rural Health Care
RURAL HEALTH CARE
PURPOSE
The Rural Health Care Committee is responsible for providing a forum and
communication means to identify the needs of HFMA members in rural Minnesota
that may not be currently met by the HFMA chapter and/or other organizations.
OBJECTIVES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
A. Develop a forum and communications means to meet the needs of HFMA
members in rural Minnesota.
B. Coordinate efforts with other related healthcare organizations to effectively
deal with rural healthcare issues.
C. Prioritize issues facing rural Minnesota providers through committee
forums, membership questionnaires or other means of communication.
D. Develop a plan to identify how HFMA can more effectively assist the rural
healthcare membership in dealing with these issues.
E. Provide feedback and recommendations to the Minnesota HFMA Board
and appropriate committees as to how HFMA can meet national,
regulatory and other needs of the rural members of HFMA.
F. Provide a forum for rural healthcare providers to attend educational
programs and networking opportunities within a regional framework that
minimizes travel time.
G. Coordinate any educational programming with the Education Institute
Committee to comply with Davis Chapter Management scoring
requirements and to offer a balanced educational opportunity to the
membership.
H. Provide detailed registrant information subsequent to any educational
programming to the Chapter Secretary to facilitate Davis Chapter
Management and Founder's Award scoring.
I. Complete the monitoring and evaluation of any educational programming
and communicate the results to the Education Institute Committee.
J. Attract potential members who may be involved with complimentary
professional organizations and other facets of the healthcare delivery
system.
COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR
Gregg Redfield
COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR
Sue Ankeny