4th Annual Rural Healthcare Symposium program

4th Annual Rural Healthcare Symposium: Resilience in Rural Healthcare Thursday, November 14, 2019 Dean Rusk Hall, Walker Room University of Georgia

4th Annual UGA Rural Healthcare Symposium “Rural Health Resilience” Opening Remarks – Fazal Khan, J.D., M.D., UGA School of Law Mr. William “Bill” Boling, Esq., Boling and Company 9:00-9:50 – Keynote Address Stacey Abrams, Former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, 2011-2017; 2018 Gubernatorial candidate 9:50-10:00 – Break 10:00-10:50 – Addressing Diseases of Despair in Rural Communities (i) Professor Bernadette Heckman, UGA College of Education (ii) Fazal Khan, J.D., M.D., Professor, UGA School of Law (iii) Catherine Clary, Director, Center for Rural Health Support and Study, Augusta University 10:50-11:00 – Break 11:00-11:50 – Legislative and Governmental Updates Panel (Facilitated by Bill Boling, Boling and Company) (i) Georgia State Senator Blake Tillery, Esq., District 19 (ii) Justin Leef, Senior Consultant, Government and Public Services, Deloitte Consulting (iii) Keri Conley, General Counsel for Georgia Hospital Association (iv) Julie Ellen Windom, Esq., Vice President of Governmental Affairs, Navicent Health 11:50-1:00 – Lunch break/Lunch Presentation Priya Bathija, Vice President, The Value Initiative, American Hospital Association 1:00-1:50 – Innovations & Technology Panel (Facilitated by Baha Zeidan, CEO, Azalea Health) (i) Mike Scribner, CEO, Strategic Healthcare Partners, LLC (ii) Arun Mohan, M.D., M.B.A., CEO, Radix Health (iii) David Pope, PharmD, CIO, OmniSYS 1:50 – 2:00 – Break 2:00: -2:50 – In the Trenches Panel (Facilitated by Kay Floyd, Boling and Company) (i) Robin Rau, CEO, Miller County Hospital (Colquitt, Ga) (ii) Kerry Trapnell, CEO, Elbert Memorial Hospital (Elberton, Ga) (iii) Tracie Haughey, CEO, Wills Memorial Hospital (Washington, Ga) (iv) Mark Renfro, CEO, HealtHIE Georgia 2:50-3:00 – Wrap Up/Adjourn