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Presentations from speakers at the 2007 Administrator Only Retreat.
[ CEO succession planning ] (ppt)
[ Primary Care Development in Non-Urban Markets ] (ppt)
[ Trends and Issues in Executive
Compensation ] (pdf)

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Materials concerning the use of the Local Government Investment Pool by districts.
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A Report Sponsored by
- The Association of Washington Public Hospital Districts
- The Washington State Office of Community and Rural Health

Presented at
Washington State Hospital Association Annual Rural Hospital Workshop
Lake Chelan, WA
July 28, 2006
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June 20, 2006 - An aging workforce. Employees' needs to take time off to care for their children, their parents, and themselves. Recent amendments to state law.

These are all compelling reasons for public hospital districts to focus on their rights and responsibilities for family and medical leave under state and federal law. This webcast will help answer some of your questions.
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Presentations from speakers at the 2006 Administrator Only Retreat.
- What Every Hospital Administrator Should Know About Physician Compensation, Kevin Kennedy
- Governance Best Practices:  Talking With Boards About Quality of Care and Patient Safety, John Brozovich
- Governance & Management, Brad Berg
- Governance & Management, Lane Savitch
- Hot Topics for PHDs, Jim Fredman
- Fraud & Abuse, Lori Nomura

WSHA and AWPHD drafted this powerpoint, complete with speaking notes, for you to use when talking to your staff, board, and community about patient safety and quality. It includes basic information about Washington hospitals, descriptions of key quality and safety efforts (100K Lives, Rural Healthcare Quality Network, Hospital Compare, involving patients, and others), and makes clear Washington hospitals' commitment to safety and quality.

Feel free to modify this presentation in any way, deleting things your hospital is not working on and adding things you are. To see the speaking notes, choose "Notes Pages" from the "View" menu.
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Public Records and Public Hospital Districts, August 15, 2005 was an important web cast for several reasons. It provides a yardstick to measure whether your district's policies, procedures, and practices meet the requirements of the Public Disclosure Act (PDA). It will help you bring your district into compliance if they don't. And it will give you information on the impacts of the PDA revisions that go into effect on July 24, 2005.
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Presentation by Dr. Myron Bloom, 2005, on the history of critical access hospitals and items to be aware of.
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(March 15, 2005)
Many in health care believe that antitrust laws no longer pose much of a barrier to hospitals and other providers working together. Recent events, however, have shown that this belief isn't just wrong, it's also dangerous. In this web conference, attorney Douglas Ross, an antitrust litigator in the Seattle office of Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, discussed antitrust is important to you.
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Auditor Update presentation by Kelly Collins and Ivan Danserau at the Healthcare Financial Management Association meeting in September, 2004.
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Presentation on Stark II Phase II made at the board/administrator retreat, August, 2004 by Lori Nomura, Foster Pepper & Shefelman.
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Presentation made by Brad Berg, Foster Pepper & Shefelman to the Northwest Hospital Council, September 2004.
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With public attention recently focused on medical liability and patient safety, you may think that your hospital has to establish a drug-testing program for its personnel - including providers with privileges. But this may not be the only way to address drug use by healthcare providers and workers. And even if it is, you need to know how to implement testing so that it’s conducted legally, efficiently, and cost-effectively.
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Helpful guidelines for testifying to the Legislature. This document was prepared by Cassie Sauer with the Washington State Hospital Association.
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AWPHD/WSHA Hospital Image Campaign Update [ A Draft Speech for Your Staff, Board, and Community ] (ppt)

Talking to Your Community About Patient Safety Webcast [ view webcast online ]

The 2004 state legislative session convenes mid-January. While the state's budget is in better shape than last year, significant challenges remain. The Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA) and the Association of Washington Public Hospital Districts (AWPHD) will be working to mitigate some of the budget cuts made in 2003. WSHA/AWPHD will also be dealing with numerous policy issues including medical liability reform and nurse staffing ratios.
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Materials from the Financial Reporting & Board Responsibility panel presentation at the Third Annual Administrator Retreat in November, 2003.

Forces of Changes Presentation (PPT)

Public Hospital District Financial Reporting, Board Responsibility & Compliance Presentation (PPT)

The Role of the Audit Process in Sustaining Your District’s Credibility Presentation (PPT)

Hospital Guide (DOC)

Hospital Districts AIDB Summary (XLS)

Powerpoint presentation defining public hospital districts and how they are formed.
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October 1, 2003
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Bond & Levy Presentation From Rural Hospital Workshop (June, 2001).
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This presentation seeks to describe an approach and identify issues for institutional healthcare providers to use and consider when contracting with private, third-party payers a/k/a, health insurance companies. The presentation diiscusses current hot button topics with payers and identify potential traps in standard payer contract language.
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This Powerpoint presentation contains the slides from the February 14 web conference sponsored by AWPHD entitled "Introduction to Public Hospital District Governance". We have included a Powerpoint version as well as an online version. The online version will be much quicker to view.
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Presentation by Michael Bell, CPA given to Proshare hospitals regarding swing bed conversion on May 21, 2003.
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This is a presentation given at the 2001 Annual Governing Board Dinner in Colfax presented Don Black and Wesley Watson, Jr. of Ogden Murphy Wallace.
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Produced by Washington Casualty Company
This is a PowerPoint training template prepared for Washington hospitals to use in complying with RCW 49.19 Healthcare Workplace Violence. We have also included a Word document for hospitals to use as a guide in developing and preparing their workplace violence plans to meet the RCW requirements. These documents were prepared by Bill Preisler for Washington Casualty Company.
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This web conference provides important information about legal issues related to hospital district construction projects. Requirements for public works contracts will be covered as well as various methods of public bidding. A legislative proposal that could significantly change
how public hospital districts approach bidding and construction of projects will also be discussed.
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