2024 KRHA Conference Presentations 

Day 1 Presentations: 

• A View From the Hill - Zil Joyce Dixon Romero
  
• How Do I Advocate Well? - Shelia A. Schuster 
  
• Rural Health Clinic Compliance 101 - Tawnya Brock
  
• Revolutionizing Rural Mental Health: Finding Partners and Measuring Results - Jason Haglund & Renee Schulte 
  
• Scaling Up Success: The Impact of Expanding Existing Community Health Worker Programs - Michaela Amburgey & Joshua Adams 
  
• Essential Strategies: Mastering Revenue Cycle Key Process Indicators - Amy Graham 
  
• ELEVATE: Community Health Workers - Kyle Burnett & Angela McQuire
  
• Meeting Individuals Where They Are, But Not Leaving Them There - Michael Nix & Melissa Slone 
  

Day 2 Presentations: 

• Medicaid's Vital Role in Rural Kentucky - Commissioner Lisa Lee
• RHC Billing 101 - Amanda Dennison 
  
• Situation Table: What is it, and how the collaborative community engagement strategist is impacting Kentucky - Daniel Meloy & LeAndre Knox 
  
• Development of an Academic Health Dpt: Collaboration Between UK and the Kentucky River District Health Department - Angela Carman 
  
• Growing Together: Enhancing Elderly Wellness in Rural Communities - Joshua Adams & Michaela Amburgey 
  
• Barriers and Facilitators to Breastfeeding in Appalachia - Melissa Slone 
  

Student Research Presentations: 

• Access to Dermatologic Care in Kentucky - Anthony Marcelletti 
  
• Pikeville to Paducah: Healthcare in the Commonwealth - Kelton Crank
  
• Utilizing the Regional Campus Medical Student Ambassador Program - Alicia Fields
  
• Healthcare Cats: Reviving Kentucky's Health - Ethan Morgan  
  
• Expression of Dementia Biomarkers in Appalachian and Non-Appalachian ELVO Patients during Thrombectomy - Neha Anil 
  
• Deploying Enhanced Hearing Screening In Rural Kentucky Schools - Jacqueline Leon
  
• A Call to Study the Bidirectional Relationship Between Healthcare Accessibility Issues and Medical Gaslighting for Marginalized Groups with Chronic Pain - Nikki Harnage