DATE
June 10-11, 2025
LOCATION
French Lick, Indiana
OVERVIEW
RURAL RURAL
CONFERENCE CONFERENCE HEALTH HEALTH
Conference Details
Tagline: Rural Health: Strengthening Resilience, Cultivating Connections
Date: June 10-11, 2025
Location: French Lick Resort Event Center (French Lick, IN)
Keynote Address: Dr Will and Kristin Flanary (The Glaucomfleckens)
Keynote Topic: Wife & Death
At a Glance
The IRHA Rural Health Conference is the largest annual conference in the state that brings physicians, nurses, pharmacists, public health professionals, student health professionals, and other rural health professionals together in an interactive and educational setting Practitioners from the field and national experts discuss current topics in public health and rural health The latest information regarding the start-up and ongoing management of rural healthcare delivery models are presented throughout the Conference
Audience: Estimated around 600 attendees Including health professionals from the fields of telehealth, public health, maternal health, mental health, and more
Audience Attire: Business/Business Casual
Speaker Attire: Business
Past speakers include: Pandit Dasa
Erin Brockovich
Billy Riggs, MRE, MDIV, CSP, OMG!
Dr Jerome Adams, Former Surgeon General
Dr Tray Dunaway
Conference App
The IRHA Conference App provides the most up-to-date information throughout the conference Visit the app store on your mobile device and download the IRHA Events app
The app will open on June 1.
Grants/Education Credits
This project was made possible in part by grant support from North Central Health Services (NCHS) NCHS has a primary responsibility to operate River Bend Hospital, a nonprofit inpatient psychiatric hospital licensed and certified by the Indiana FSSA Division of Mental Health and Addiction. NCHS also is a grantmaking organization providing primarily capital grants to 501(c)(3) organizations that share the NCHS commitment to health and the development of healthy communities in Benton, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren, and White counties
About IRHA
Psychology
The Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (PLA) has approved IRHA as a sponsor of continuing education programs for psychology IRHA’s license number is 98000383A
The Indiana Rural Health Association (IRHA) is a nonprofit 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 healthcare in their own communities
www.indianaruralhealth.org
Monday, June 9
Welcome Reception
5:30-7:30 p.m. | Windsor Ballroom
Open to paid conference attendees only
Sponsored by
Silent Auction
Benefits Health Professional Student Scholarships
Located in the Hoosier Ballroom
Mobile bidding will be available!
Tuesday, June 10
One-day Exhibit Hall (open all day)
Exhibitor Reception – 3:45-5:00 p.m.
Hoosier Ballroom
Student Networking Opportunity
Open to students, table leaders, speakers, and sponsors only
6:00-7:45 p.m. | Windsor Ballroom
Wednesday, June 11
21st Annual 5K Run/Walk
Lace up your running shoes and join the fun!
6:30 a.m. | Event Center Entrance
SPEAKERS
KEYNOTES
Dr. Will & Kristin Flanary
Famously known as Dr Glaucomflecken & Lady Glaucomflecken
Dr Will Flanary ("Dr Glaucomflecken") and Kristin Flanary ("Lady Glaucomflecken") bring humor and advocacy to healthcare. With over 4 million followers, Will creates medical comedy, while Kristin supports patients and "co-survivors" of illness.
They co-host Knock Knock, Hi! and use speaking, writing, and social media to turn their personal health journey into laughter, education, and advocacy.
Learn more
OPENING PLENARY
Greg Thomas
Senior VP of National Accounts, Frost-Arnett
Former SEC Football Official
Greg was a Southeastern Conference football official for 20 years, retiring in 2021. Working games in front of millions of people requires that officials work well together, prepare together, support each other, communicate with coaches/players, and ultimately officiate the game properly He worked 15 postseason bowl games, including the Orange, Fiesta, Russell Athletic, Holiday, four SEC Championship games, and a College Football Semifinal Game. Greg has also been in sales management and sales for over thirty years, leading companies to record growth Greg is the Senior Vice President of National Accounts for Frost-Arnett
Loretta H. Rush took the oath of office as Indiana's 108th Supreme Court Justice in November 2012 after being appointed by Governor Mitch Daniels She was retained by voters in 2014 and 2024 The Judicial Nominating Commission named her Indiana’s first female Chief Justice in August 2014, and she was reappointed in 2019 and 2024. Chief Justice Rush is the Immediate Past-President of the Conference of Chief Justices and a member of the National Center for State Courts Board of Directors She also served as co-chair of the National Judicial Opioid Task Force and as an executive committee member on the National Judicial Task Force to Examine State Courts’ Response to Mental Illness.
AGENDA
Monday, June 9
Welcome Reception
Sponsored by Premier Level BPN Members
5:30-7:30 pm | Windsor Ballroom
OPEN TO PAID CONFERENCE ATTENDEES ONLY
Tuesday, June 10
8:00-8:55 a.m.
Registration/Breakfast/Exhibitor Networking/ Silent Auction
‣Hoosier Ballroom
8:55-9:15 a.m.
Welcome
‣Windsor Ballroom
9:15-10:15 a.m.
Opening Address
“Leadership: From the Gridiron to the Workplace”
Greg Thomas | Senior VP of National Accounts, Frost-Arnett/Former SEC Football Official
‣Windsor Ballroom
10:25-11:10 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions I
11:25 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions II
12:10-1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Exhibitor Networking
1:30-2:45 p.m.
Keynote Address
“Wife & Death”
Dr Will & Kristin Flanary (The Glaucomfleckens)
No photography or videography is allowed during this session
‣Windsor Ballroom
3:00-3:45 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions III
3:45-5:00 p.m.
Exhibitor Reception
‣Hoosier Ballroom
5:00-6:00 p.m.
Door Prize Drawings
Silent Auction bidding closes at 5:00 p m
*Please
Wednesday, June 11
7:00-8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:00-8:45 a.m.
General Membership Meeting and Award Presentations
‣Windsor Ballroom
8:45-9:45 a.m.
Plenary Address
Chief Justice Loretta H Rush
‣Windsor Ballroom
10:00-10:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions IV
11:00-11:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions V
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Final Networking Luncheon
‣Windsor Ballroom
1:00 p.m.
Adjournment
TUESDAY AGENDA
8:00-8:55 a.m. Registration/Breakfast/Exhibitor Networking/Silent Auction
‣Hoosier Ballroom
10:25-11:10 a.m. Concurrent Sessions I
8:55-9:15 a.m. Welcome ‣Windsor Ballroom
9:15-10:15 a.m. Opening Address
“Leadership: From the Gridiron to the Workplace”
Greg Thomas | Senior VP of National Accounts, FrostArnett/Former SEC Football Official
‣Windsor Ballroom
SessionTopics Presenters
Multi-SystemResponsiveness,Vicarious Trauma,andMissedHandoffs-HowSystem ChangesImpactBothPatientsandEmployee Well-BeingandRetention
BridgingtheGap:ARegionalCollaborative ApproachforStrengtheningRuralMedical TransportinWest-CentralIndiana
UsingthePowerofRuralinSocialMediato GrowYourHealthSystem
IntheComfortofYourHometown:Providing HighQualityForensicNursingServicestothe SurvivorsinYourCommunity
RHCUpdates-Part1 (specifictopictobedeterminedsoon)
JasonHaglund,MS,CADC Rural Policy Partners
KathleenLivingston Indiana Rural Health Association
StephanieLaws,RN,MSN Union Hospital - Clinton
WendiO'Hair,MSN-MBA,RN PutnamCountyHospital
Truman201
VoicesofFoodInsecureCaregivers: DiscussingSolutionsforRuralFamilies CenteredonSocialandEmotionalSupport
EricYazel,MD IndianaDepartmentofHomelandSecurity Roosevelt202
KhristaBoster,MBA Woodlawn Hospital Kennedy203
NatalieCalow,MSN,RN,CEN,AFN-C DarienneKreeger,BSN,RN,GFN-C IU Health Methodist Hospital
AmandaDennison,CPC,MBA,CRHCP Blue&Co,LLC
CharlesJames NorthAmericanHealthcare ManagementServices
ChristyKiesel,OTD,OTR/L,PMH-C University of Indianapolis
CaseyStrawser,DEd,RD,LD Eastern Illinois University
JoEllenHenson,DHSc,MSW,LSW,MSEd IndianaStateUniversity
Eisenhower204
InnovatingInpatientCare:TheBenefitsofa VirtualTele-SittingProgram
*Please note: The agenda is subject to
Nixon205
Johnson206
AlyciaFelix,MHA,CCMA BethSegal,MSN,RNRCA Franciscan Health Ford207
TUESDAY AGENDA June 10
11:25 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions II
SessionTopics Presenters
5EmergencyDepartmentPower-Upsfor RuralHospitals
KeyConsiderationsforCompliance:An OverviewofPhysicianEmploymentand ContractingIssues
CreatingaSaferWorkplace:Addressing ViolenceinRuralHealthcareSettings
BuildingBlockstoSepsisSuccess:AStepby-StepApproachtoSavingLives
RHCUpdates-Part2 (specifictopictobedeterminedsoon)
TrainingandEngagingCommunityHealth WorkerstoImprovePopulationHealthin RuralCommunities
TelehealthandLocalEmergency Preparedness:PlanningfortheNextPandemic
12:10-1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Exhibitor Networking
‣Hoosier Ballroom and Windsor Ballroom
1:30-2:45 p.m.
Keynote Address
“Wife & Death”
Dr Will & Kristin Flanary (The Glaucomfleckens)
No photography or videography is allowed during this session
‣Windsor Ballroom
JohnJones,MD Concord Medical Group
StephanieEckerle,JD ElizabethRoberson,JD Krieg DeVault LLP
JarrodMalone,JD Amundsen Davis
ShebaDavidson,RN,CEN CameronNelson,MD Adams Memorial Hospital
AmandaDennison,CPC,MBA,CRHCP Blue&Co,LLC
CharlesJames NorthAmericanHealthcare ManagementServices
JenniferNeff-Whitlow,CCHW,ECE ElizabethSigler,DNP,BSN,FNP-BC,RN Goodwill Nurse-Family Partnership
Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center/Indiana Rural Health Association
*Please note: The agenda is subject to change. Last updated on April 15, 2025.
TUESDAY AGENDA June 10
SessionTopics Presenters
AmnahAnwar,MPH,MBBS Indiana Rural Health Association
ExpandingRuralMATAccess:ATelehealthDriven,InterdisciplinaryApproachto OvercomingOpioidUseDisorderChallenges
NavigatingtheUncertainty:TheFutureof 340BinaShiftingLandscape
AddressingVaccinationDisparitiesinRural Communities:AHealthEquityInitiative inIndiana
BorrowingtheBarbershop:Redefining AccessiblePrimaryCarewithin RuralCommunities
RHCUpdates-Part3 (specifictopictobedeterminedsoon)
3:00-3:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions III 5:00-6:00 p.m.
HowaBalancedPainManagementProgram CreatesStabilityforaCommunityHospital andIt'sMedicalStaff
TransformingPharmacyBenefits:A CollaborativeApproachBetweenHospitals andPBMsforEnhancedEmployeeHealthPlans
3:45-5:00 p.m. Exhibitor Reception
‣Hoosier Ballroom
TyneParlett(they/them) Indiana University Health
JillWethington LifeSpring Health Systems
BrandonShirley,JD Krieg DeVault LLP
KatharineHead,PhD IndianaUniversityIndianapolis
MorganGraziano,MPH LisaRobertson,MPH Indiana Immunization Coalition
ZacharyBenedict,AIA,LEEDAP AllieVanderhorst MKM architecture + design
AmandaDennison,CPC,MBA,CRHCP Blue&Co,LLC
CharlesJames NorthAmericanHealthcare ManagementServices
BradHecker Pain Management Group
MikeFletcher,MD,MBA,FHM,FACP Hancock Health
JonCrabill,PharmD Cameron Memorial Community Hospital
LisaGish,RN,MHA TrueScripts
WEDNESDAY AGENDA June 11
7:00-8:30 a.m.
Breakfast
‣Windsor Ballroom
8:00-8:45 a.m.
General Membership Meeting and Award Presentations
‣Windsor Ballroom
8:45-9:45 a.m.
Plenary Address
Chief Justice Loretta H Rush
‣Windsor Ballroom
10:00-10:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions I
SessionTopics
PathwaystoSustainabilityforRuralLabor andDelivery
Suicide:TheMissedDiagnosis
Ready,Aim:StandingupaRuralHospital PoliceForce
DottingtheI'swithYourRHCs
TheMonitoringBlindspot:Remote PhysiologicalMonitoringforRuralHealth
Presenters Location
JeffSommer,MPP Stroudwater Associates Roosevelt202
RichardSalomone,MA,RN Ovation Healthcare Kennedy203
ShaneHayes,MSN,RN,CMSRN DerekMcGraw Deaconess Gibson Hospital Eisenhower204
MichaelMontgomery,HIA AmandaDennison,CPC,MBA,CRHCP Blue & Co, LLC Nixon205
XiaoxuKang,PhD KangarooHealth Johnson206
11:00-11:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions II
SessionTopics
TheBondBasics:WhatRuralHealthSystems ShouldKnowabouttheTax-Exempt FinancingProcess
Rural&Resilient:ABold,Energy-Efficient CriticalAccessHospitalMaximizesROIand StrengthensaCommunityLegacy
HealthierPatientsandHappierPhysicians: HowOneIndianaHospital SuccessfullyLeveragedTelemedicine
RHC-FQHCCareManagementChanges for2025
MIHBuildingHealthValuein YourCommunity
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Final Networking Luncheon
‣Windsor Ballroom
1:00 p.m.
Adjournment
Presenters Location
MarinaBlackburn,JD,HealthLaw Certificate Barnes & Thornburg LLP Roosevelt202
LizLeising Margaret Mary Health
DougHundley,PE,LEEDAP CMTA
MickeyLeRoy,AIA,ACHA,LEEDAP GBBN
AndrewCross,MBA Danis Kennedy203
SaurinPatel,MD Access Telecare
LoriResler,RN,MSN Sullivan County Community Hospital Eisenhower204
CharlesJames North American Healthcare Management Services Nixon205
KrisBurkhart,NREMT-P CameronNelson,MD Adams Memorial Hospital Johnson206
Upcoming Events
May 1 - IRHA Golf Classic @ Topgolf (Fishers)
August 27 - IRHA Virtual Fall Forum
November 18 - IRHA Public Policy Forum (Plainfield)
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SPONSORSHIPS
The Indiana Rural Health Association (IRHA) invites organizations to support its Annual Rural Health Conference, the premier event of the year for Indiana's rural health community. This highly anticipated gathering offers sponsors an unparalleled opportunity to connect with healthcare leaders, providers, and stakeholders from across the state.
With several sponsorship levels available, your organization can choose the level of involvement that best aligns with your goals, gaining valuable visibility and making a meaningful impact on rural health. Join us in advancing healthcare in rural Indiana by becoming a proud sponsor of this flagship event.
Investment
Each sponsorship, other than the speaker sponsors, receives one complimentary registration
Break Sponsor - $1,000
Internet Sponsor - $1,000 (limit 1)
Awards Sponsor - $1,500 (limit 1)
Student Network Event - $2,000
Breakfast Sponsor (Tuesday or Wednesday) - $2,500
Lunch Sponsor (Tuesday or Wednesday) - $2,500
Speaker Sponsor - $7,500 (limit 2)
Exclusive Speaker Sponsor - $10,000 (limit 1)
HOTEL INFORMATION
French Lick Resort
From the time they were established in the mid1800s, French Lick Resort’s grand hotels have been a preferred destination for guests looking to relax and rejuvenate in comfort and style. The resort offers activities and facilities for the entire family - with everything from pools and bowling to shopping and a spa, there is something for everyone to enjoy.
Make Your Reservation Today!
Hotel Room Block Deadline – May 12, 2025 Room rate: $145/night
Book your room before the block sells out!
French Lick Cuisine
With everything from 1875 Steak House to O’Hana Hawaiian Grill, there is food available to suit every pallet Whether you stay on site or visit the town, you’ll be sure to find something to enjoy.
Group Code: 0625IRH
Attendee Password: 0625IRH (group code and password are the same for everyone; once logged in, click the “book now” button on the group landing page)
Or call (888) 936-9360 and use contract code 0625IRH
Reminder: IRHA does not cancel your French Lick room reservations for you, and French Lick does not cancel registrations to attend the IRHA Annual Conference. You must contact both organizations, or you will be responsible for fees incurred by both organizations.
