WiFi Password: sunshine17
Download a printable version of the agenda
Watch sessions (password required from post-event email)
Download presentations and handouts
Download the conference center map
Agenda:
Note: This year’s conference will also include an exhibitor gallery.
Sunday, June 24
9:30 a.m. start | Golf Tournament and Luncheon at Bear Mountain Ranch — Hosted by Coverys and NetworxHealth
Contact Sheraine Fitzgerald at Coverys to register: |
6-7:30 p.m. | Registration in Stehekin Ballroom Foyer — Sponsored by Dingus Zarecor & Associates PLLC
Reception on Campbell’s Resort Terrace — Sponsored by Cerner |
Monday, June 25
7:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast/Time with Exhibitors — Sponsored by RehabVisions |
8:30-8:45 a.m., Centennial & Stehekin Ballrooms | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
8:45-9:45 a.m., Centennial & Stehekin Ballrooms | The State of Rural Health Care (download slides)
|
9:45-10:45 a.m., Centennial & Stehekin Ballrooms | A Rural Primary Care Clinic’s Successful Response to the Opioid Crisis (download slides)
|
10:45-11 a.m. | Transition to Breakouts/Break with Exhibitors — Sponsored by Coverys |
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Breakout sessions
|
12-12:15 p.m. | Transition to Lunch/Time with Exhibitors |
12:15-1:15 p.m., Centennial & Stehekin Ballrooms | Networking Lunch & Awards Presentation — Sponsored by USI Insurance Services |
1:15-2:15 p.m., Centennial & Stehekin Ballrooms | Rural Health Transformation: Expert Perspectives — Sponsored by Astria Health (download slides)
|
2:15-2:30 p.m. | Transition to Breakouts/Break with Exhibitors — Sponsored by Coverys |
2:30-3:30 p.m. | Breakout sessions
|
4-4:30 p.m. | Transportation to Winery/Break with Exhibitors |
4:30-6 p.m. | Wine Tasting at Tsillan Cellars— Sponsored by Parker Smith & Feek and Hall Render Killian Health & Lyman, LLC
Each conference attendee will receive two complimentary drink tickets upon entering the winery. Additional drinks can be purchased. Buses will depart from Campbell’s starting at 4 p.m. |
Tuesday, June 26
7:30-8:30 a.m., East/West Room | New Board & Commissioner Welcome Breakfast |
7:30-8:30 a.m., Edmunds Room | PHD Workers’ Compensation Trust Board Meeting/Breakfast |
7:30-9 a.m., Centennial/Stehekin Foyers | Continental breakfast — Sponsored by BETA Healthcare |
8-9 a.m., River Room | CEOs-Only Meeting |
9-10 a.m., Centennial & Stehekin Ballrooms | Board Leadership in Changing Times (download slides)
|
10-10:10 a.m. | Transition to breakout sessions — Sponsored by B.E. Smith |
10:10-11:10 a.m. | Breakout sessions
|
11:10-11:20 a.m. | Break — Sponsored by B.E. Smith |
11:20 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. | Breakout sessions
|
12:20-1:30 p.m., River Room | Board Chair Lunch – Focus on Leadership: Harvard Business Review
|
12:20-1:30 p.m., Centennial & Stehekin Ballrooms | Networking Lunch — Sponsored by Wipfli LLP |
1:30-1:40 p.m. | Transition to Breakouts — Sponsored by B.E. Smith |
1:40-2:40 p.m. | Breakout sessions
|
2:40-2:50 p.m. | Break — Sponsored by B.E. Smith |
2:50-3:50 p.m., Centennial & Stehekin Ballrooms | 5 Steps to Making the Impossible Possible (watch session)
|
4-5:30 p.m., River Room | Rural Hospital Committee Meeting |
6-7 p.m. | Social Hour on the Beach — Sponsored Moss Adams LLP |
7-8:30 p.m. | BBQ on the Beach
The BBQ is open to all attendees and their guests |
Wednesday, June 27
7-8 a.m., Edmunds Room | Unemployment Compensation Trust Board Meeting/Breakfast |
7-8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast — Sponsored by Coastal Community Bank |
8-9:30 a.m., East/West Room | AWPHD Board Meeting |
8:30-9:30 a.m. | Breakout sessions
|
9:30-9:45 a.m. | Break — Sponsored by B.E. Smith |
9:45-10:45 a.m., Centennial Ballroom | AWPHD Mid-Year Member Meeting |
10:45-11:45 a.m., Centennial Ballroom | Into the Community
|
12-1 p.m. | ACH Lunch Meeting |
Presentations and handouts:
- Monday, June 25
- The State of Rural Health Care (Cassie Sauer and Kristin Peterson)
- A Rural Primary Care Clinic’s Response to the Opioid Crisis (Dr. DeVine and Dr. Bell)
- Breakout 1: The Opioid Crisis: Strategies to Combat Addiction
- Breakout 2: 2019 Legislative Priorities: What’s on the Horizon in Olympia and Washington, D.C.
- Breakout 3: Community Partnerships in Long-Term Care
- Rural Health Transformation: Expert Perspectives (John Hammarlund)
- Breakout 4: Building on Legislative Success: Implementing New Nurse Staffing and Charity Care Laws
- Breakout 5: Connecting the Mouth to the Body: Strategies for Your Community’s Dental Health
- Breakout 6: New Health Care Disaster Preparedness and Response Structures: What Rural Hospitals Need to Know
- Tuesday, June 26
- Board Leadership in Changing Times (Pamela R. Knecht)
- Breakout 7: Making a Run for It: PHDs and Ballot Measures
- Breakout 8: The Board’s Role in Physician Credentialing and Privileging
- Breakout 9: Preventing Violence: The Hospital’s Role in Community Safety
- Breakout 11: Honoring Choices: Sparking Essential End-of-Life Conversations in Your Community
- Breakout 12: Park Room: Mental Health Integration in Rural Areas: A Tale of Two Models
- Breakout 13: The Public Records Act: Requirements and Ramifications
- Breakout 14: The Board and its Duties: Must. Should, Shouldn’t, Can’t
- Breakout 15: Interlocal Agreements: Strategies for Collaboration
- Wednesday, June 27
Session recordings:
- Breakout 1: The Opioid Crisis: Strategies to Combat Addiction in Your Community
- Breakout 2: 2019 Legislative Priorities: What’s on the Horizon in Olympia and Washington, D.C.
- Breakout 3: Community Partnerships in Long-Term Care
- Breakout 4: Building on Legislative Success: Implementing New Nurse Staffing and Charity Care Laws
- Breakout 5: Connecting the Mouth to the Body: Strategies for Your Community’s Dental Health
- Breakout 6: New Health Care Disaster Preparedness and Response Structures: What Rural Hospitals Need to Know
- Breakout 7: Making a Run For It: PHDs and Ballot Measures
- Breakout 8: The Board’s Role in Physician Credentialing and Privileging
- Breakout 9: Preventing Violence: The Hospital’s Role in Community Safety
- Breakout 10: Telling the Hospital Story: Communicating the Great Work You Are Doing Every Day
- Breakout 11: Honoring Choices: Sparking Essential End-of-Life Conversations in Your Community
- Breakout 12: Mental Health Integration in Rural Areas: A Tale of Two Models
- Breakout 13: The Public Records Act: Requirements and Ramifications
- Breakout 14: The Board and its Duties: Must, Should, Shouldn’t, Can’t
- Breakout 15: Interlocal Agreements: Strategies for Collaboration
- 5 Steps to Making the Impossible Possible
- Breakout 16: What Does Housing Have to do with Hospitals? Perspectives and Insights
- Breakout 17: The Rise in Convenient Care, Retail Clinics and Robots: Health Care in the Not-Too-Distant Future
- Breakout 18: Developing Internal and Community Talent for Tomorrow’s Work Force
Thank you sponsors!
Diamond sponsors
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Platinum sponsors
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Gold sponsors
Parker Smith & Feek | RehabVisions |
USI Insurance Services |