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State of Healthcare and Health IT in Georgia Jimmy Lewis, CEO HomeTown Health, LLC

State of Healthcare and Health IT in Georgia Jimmy Lewis, CEO HomeTown Health, LLC Describe current state Medicaid budget and how it impacts rural hospitals Repeat need for IT training and strategic planning

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State of Healthcare and Health IT in Georgia Jimmy Lewis, CEO HomeTown Health, LLC

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  1. State of Healthcare and Health IT in Georgia Jimmy Lewis, CEO HomeTown Health, LLC • Describe current state Medicaid budget and how it impacts rural hospitals • Repeat need for IT training and strategic planning • Describe interhospital negotiation and collaboration and recognize the purpose of leveraging intellectual capital and price negotiation • What do I Know about IT? Very little except----- • First major inventory control system – Industrial Engineer who helped design • Fairchild Burns – GE MIMS installation – One of five Directors in charge • Carolina International Storage – In Charge of Class A Closed Loop DRP • Cross Equipment - Class A Closed Loop MRP – in Charge of – owner • Health Care EHR Consultation

  2. Medicaid Budget 2013 Amend – 370 million 2014 Amended - $414 million Provider Fee - $600 million No Medicaid rate cuts so will be agency and program, and DSH Loss - $500 million nationwide – Ga. gets $410 million and could lose a lot of it Hospitals totally subsidy dependent It’s all about jobs then patient care $370 million = 3600 jobs in health care are at stake

  3. Need for IT Training and strategic Planning It’s the new heart for a hospital EHR CPOE Close Loop Integration Industry its call Class Closed MRP Critical Pathways versus Indented Bill Of Material ( MFG Industry Jargon) It requires experience to come into the field It requires ongoing education to stay in the field • HomeTown Health University • Microsoft packages such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint (why PowerPoint –it's the best picture communicator • Maximize Time - GoToMeeting – Webx Don’t hoard the knowledge – share it openly Strategic Planning New day SP – is practical – real – understandable – based on facts

  4. Interhospital Negotiation HomeTown – Interqual User Group exchange GoToMeeting

  5. What does it take to succeed? Understanding of Patterns and trends Solving Complex Problems Versatilist Its knowledge has to viewed as single pot of knowledge from which many people draw • New Terms – Data mining, Big Data, the cloud, fuzzy logic, HER, Web based, usage– e.g. Target – Habits – World Is Flat

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