This webinar will explore the connection between quality performance and financial sustainability in rural hospitals. Attendees will learn how quality outcomes impact revenue and reimbursement, and which key indicators have the greatest financial implications. The session will also highlight how boards and leaders can leverage quality data to guide strategic financial decisions.
Registration Pricing
Complimentary for rural hospitals in Texas.
Who should attend:
Rural hospital board members and leadership teams, governance staff liaisons.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify how quality performance impacts hospital revenue, reimbursement rates and financial sustainability
- Identify critical quality indicators and their financial implications
- Learn how to utilize quality data to inform strategic financial decisions
Continuing Education Credit:
American College of Healthcare Executives
By attending The Role of Quality in Financial Success Webinar, offered by Texas Healthcare Trustees, participants may earn up to 1.0 ACHE Qualified Education Hours toward initial certification or recertification of the Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) designation.
Certified Healthcare Trustees and Leaders Education
The Texas Healthcare Trustees designates this continuing certified healthcare trustee and leader education activity for up to 1.0 contact hours. For more information about the CHTL program, please contact THT at 512-465-1015.
Speakers
Laura Cornelson, MSN, RN, Vice President, Clinical Initiatives, Texas Hospital Association, Austin
Laura Cornelson brings nearly three decades of nursing experience to her role as Vice President of Clinical Initiatives at the Texas Hospital Association. With a career rooted in clinical excellence, education, and policy, Laura leads THA’s quality and patient safety team while also advising on policy.
Most recently, Laura served as Director of Nursing at Integral Care, Austin’s Local Mental Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disability Authority. There, she championed nursing practice advancement, supported the launch of Travis County’s first Children’s Crisis Respite Center, and built systems that empowered nurses to work at the top of their licenses.
Prior to that, Laura spent a decade at Ascension Texas as System Nursing Practice Leader for Clinical Standards and Regulations. Her leadership spanned regional oversight of nursing practice, integration of evidence-based care into policy, and modernization of professional governance structures. She also led the implementation of Magnet/Pathway to Excellence® programs and launched a system-wide Zero Suicide initiative, transforming suicide care across the organization.
Matt Turner, Ph.D., Senior Director of Health Care Policy, Texas Hospital Association, Austin
Matt Turner serves as Senior Director of Quality and Payment for the Texas Hospital Association where he monitors Medicare and private insurance payments to hospitals, as well as state and federal quality programs affecting hospitals. Prior to coming to THA in 2022, Matt worked as a director at the Texas Department of State Health Services and a Health Equity Analyst at the Texas Health Institute. Matt holds his Master of Public Health from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Southern Methodist University.
The Following Webinar is Presented by Texas Healthcare Trustees and the State Office of Rural Health
