RSG Rural Health Project

In 2018, RSG meetings in Portland, Charleston, and Louisville focused on rural health. Here are the presenters and presentations from those meetings.

Portland

• Bruce Goldberg, Senior Associate Director, Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network, Oregon Health Sciences University, “The Rural Health Landscape: Overview and Key Issues“
• Chuck Hofmann, Clinical Consultant, Eastern Oregon Coordinated Care Organization, “Health Care Transformation: Lessons from Oregon’s Frontier Presentation”
• Carrie Henning-Smith, Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, “Changes in Access Presentation”
• Davis G. Patterson, Deputy Director, WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, and Susan M. Skillman, Deputy Director, Center for Health Workforce Studies, University of Washington, “The Rural Healthcare Workforce”
• Paul Glassman, Professor of Dental Practice, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, “Disruptive Innovation Presentation”

Charleston

• Bruce Goldberg, Senior Associate Medical Director, Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network, Oregon Health & Science University, see Portland
• Cara V. James, Director, Office of Minority Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, “Federal Role in Rural Health“
• Kayse M. Shrum, President, Center for Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, , “Strategies for Developing a Rural Physician Workforce”
• Jeffery E. Heck, Professor and Associate Dean, UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC, “Addressing Rural Health Workforce Needs in North Carolina”
• Lisa Hayes, Executive Director, Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council, “Integrated Services for At-Risk Youth: A Coordinated Approach”
• Elizabeth Crouch, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Services Policy and Management, University of South Carolina, “Adverse Childhood Experience and Rural/Urban Disparities”
• Katherine Neuhausen, Chief Medical Officer, Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services, “Virginia Medicaid Addiction and Recovery Treatment Services (ARTS) Program”

Louisville

• Bruce Goldberg, Senior Associate Medical Director, Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network, Oregon Health & Science University
• Tom Morris, Associate Administrator for Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, “Federal Role in Rural Health”
• Mellie B. Bridewell, Chief Executive Officer, Arkansas Rural Health Partnership, UAMS Regional Programs, “Rural Hospital Transformation”
• Robin A. Howell, Project Manager, UAMS Regional Programs, “Arkansas AHEC Program”
• Mark T. Jansen, Chief Medical Officer, UAMS Regional Programs, “Rural Primary Care and Health Workforce”
• Ty Borders, Professor and Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Endowed Chair in Rural Health Policy, Rural and Underserved Health Research Center, University of Kentucky, “Contemporary Issues in Rural Health Policy and Research”
• Allen Brenzel, Medical Director, Kentucky Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental, and Intellectual Disabilities, “Kentucky’s Opioid Use Disorder Crisis”
• Gilbert C. Liu, Chief Medical Officer, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Kentucky Department for Medicaid Services, “Medicaid Strategies and Rural Health”
• Mark V. Williams, Chief Quality and Transformation Officer, UK HealthCare, and Jing Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, “Kentucky Consortium for Accountable Health Communities (KC-AHC)”