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Speakers

2023 Conference Line Up

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28

Day 1 Opening Session Keynote Speaker

Terry M. Foster

MSN, RN, CCRN, TCRN, CPEN, CEN, FAEN

Nurse Humorist

A Closer Look at Medical Humor

TOPIC

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Ralph Llewellyn, CPA

Strategic Redirection in a New and Evolving World

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Critical Access Hospitals Industry Leader

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29

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Terry M. Foster

Michael O'Neil

Marie Barry

Ralph Llewellyn

Amy Narishkin

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Stephanie Staples, CSP

Revitalize Your Work & Life!

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Founder of Your Life, Unlimited

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28

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Day 2 Opening Session Keynote/Breakout Session Speaker

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29

Michael O'Neil, MBA

Founder/CEO of GetWellNetwork

TOPICS

Keynote: Digital Consumers and Rural Healthcare

Breakout: Using AI to Keep Rural Hospitals Stay Connected
with Patients and Families

Stephanie Staples

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Alan Morgan, MPA

The Rural Health Landscape

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Day 2 Afternoon Session Keynote Speaker

CEO of the National Rural Health Association

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29

TOPIC

Alan Morgan

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Day 1 Breakout Session Speaker

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28

Marie Barry

Director of Community Development
at the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative

TOPIC

Rural Hospital Engagement in Economic Development:
Why and How

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Day 2 Closing Session Keynote/Breakout Session Speaker

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29

Benjamin Anderson

TOPICS

Keynote: Advancing Rural Health Equity through Transformational Leadership

Breakout: Burnout and Healing – Moving Beyond the Pandemic

MSN, RN, CCRN, TCRN, CPEN, CEN, FAEN

MBA, MHCDS

Benjamin Anderson

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Day 1 Breakout Session Speaker

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28

Amy Narishkin, PhD

CEO of Empowering Partners, LLC

TOPIC

Correction to Connection: How Leaders Boost Productivity, Diversity and Collaboration with Cultural Intelligence

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Don Harkey, BS

9 Tips for Better Boards
PRESENTED WITH KATHY HULL

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Day 1 Breakout Session Speaker

CEO of People Centric Consulting Group

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28

TOPIC

Don Harkey

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28

Kathy Hull, MHA

Former CEO of Illini Community Hospital
Current ICAHN Special Projects Consultant

TOPIC

9 Tips for Better Boards
PRESENTED WITH DON HARKEY

9 Tips for Better Boards
PRESENTED WITH KATHY HULL

9 Tips for Better Boards
PRESENTED WITH KATHY HULL

9 Tips for Better Boards
PRESENTED WITH KATHY HULL

Kathy Hull

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Stephanie Weatherly

Behavioral Health Challenges in Critical Access Hospitals

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Day 2 Breakout Session Speaker

Chief Clinical Officer at Psychiatric Medical Care

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29

TOPIC

DNP, PMH RN-BC, FACHE

Stephanie Weatherly

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Day 2 Breakout Session Speaker

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29

Shannon Williams, BHA

Director of Patient Financial Services at
Kirby Medical Center

TOPIC

Engaging All of Your Revenue Cycle Departments
in Denial Prevention
PRESENTED WITH LORI ZINDL

9 Tips for Better Boards
PRESENTED WITH KATHY HULL

9 Tips for Better Boards
PRESENTED WITH KATHY HULL

9 Tips for Better Boards
PRESENTED WITH KATHY HULL

Shannon Williams

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Lori Zindl

Engaging All of Your Revenue Cycle Departments
in Denial Prevention
PRESENTED WITH SHANNON WILLIAMS

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Day 2 Breakout Session Speaker

President of OS inc.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29

TOPIC

Lori Zindl

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Day 2 Breakout Session Speaker

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29

Brian Feist

TOPIC

10 Predictable Pitfalls in Hospital Disaster Process

MSN, RN, CCRN, TCRN, CPEN, CEN, FAEN

BSN, RN

Former CEO of Illini Community Hospital
Current ICAHN Special Projects Consultant

Emergency Preparedness Clinical Subject Matter Expert and Lead at Telligen QI Connect

Brian Feist

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