REGISTER: Free IHA Webinar on Financial Resilience and Growth Sept. 8
A complimentary IHA webinar on Sept. 8 will spotlight research-backed strategies to improve financial outcomes and maintain stability in the face of ongoing disruption in healthcare. The webinar, “
Navigating the Future of Healthcare: Strategies for Financial Resilience and Growth," is sponsored by
Optum. Company experts will also explore immediate stressors like supply chain issues and long-term trends like industry consolidation during 1:30-2:30 p.m. CT program.
C-suite leaders, revenue cycle leaders and strategic planning leaders will benefit from insights into:
- How immediate market stressors affect the financial stability of healthcare organizations;
- Financial implications of long-term industry trends; and
- Practical strategies to key challenges in achieving sustainable margins.
The webinar is free for IHA-member hospitals and health systems. By attending, you'll gain a sharper understanding of the key forces shaping healthcare and concrete approaches to support financial resilience. The program will be recorded and made available to all registrants.
Register today.
IHA’s Keneatha Johnson to Speak at OSF HealthCare’s TEDCON 2025
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA) is proud to announce that Keneatha Johnson, MPH, Assistant Vice President, Safety and Emergency Preparedness, will serve as a featured speaker at OSF HealthCare's TEDCON (Trauma, Emergency, Disaster Conference), Aug. 28–29 in East Peoria. With more than 15 years of experience in public and private health and compliance environments, Johnson has become a trusted leader in healthcare emergency preparedness.
Johnson will serve as the closing speaker on Aug. 28, presenting “Pulse Check: Building Muscle Memory for Crisis Mode." This interactive session will provide healthcare preparedness personnel with a blueprint to curate and lead statewide preparedness exercises. By strengthening collaboration, identifying gaps, and reinforcing response strategies, Johnson's presentation will empower attendees to ensure their teams are ready to react effectively when emergencies arise.
IHA and Johnson will host its annual Emergency Preparedness Exercise on Nov. 5, giving hospitals the chance to train for and assess facility-wide responses to a plausible mass casualty incident scenario. If you would like more information about emergency preparedness or IHA's Emergency Preparedness Exercise, contact us at
IHAEP@team-iha.org.
National Center for Relational Health and Trauma-Informed Care
The American Academy of Pediatrics’
National Center for Relational Health and Trauma-Informed Care offers technical assistance and resources for pediatricians and other pediatric healthcare professionals to incorporate relational health and trauma-informed care into all levels of pediatric care. The center provides evidence-based training to equip the pediatric healthcare workforce with the skills and knowledge needed to help children and families heal from trauma and to offer guidance to support healthy mental development.
This effort aims to promote health and well-being for all children and families, particularly those affected by trauma and adversity. The center is grounded in the importance of safe, stable, and nurturing relationships, especially those between parents/caregivers and children and promoted through their pediatric care teams.
IMPORTANT: August Cohort Medicaid IMPACT Revalidations Due
The Illinois Dept. of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) is currently conducting IMPACT Medicaid provider revalidations. Providers in the August cohort must complete IMPACT revalidations by this Sunday, Aug. 31.
Completing this information is necessary to continue receiving Medicaid reimbursement. If you are in this revalidation cycle and do not submit your revalidation information by Aug. 31 you will be disenrolled from the IMPACT system and cannot receive retroactive enrollment. IHA urges all providers to check their revalidation cycle due date.
NOTE: If a physician providing services at your hospital does not revalidate, your hospital will not receive payment for those services provided by that physician. HFS has provided IHA with step-by-step instructions to check the status and due date of servicing providers that you can access
here. The
IMPACT Provider Revalidation website includes step-by-step instructions, FAQs and a townhall webinar recording.
