What's New
Now Accepting Comments: HRSA Burden
Reduction Request for Information (RFI)
As part of ongoing work to reduce public and
stakeholder burden, HRSA released an RFI seeking
feedback on specific areas of select HRSA programs.
Comments are open to the
public and encouraged for entities significantly affected by HRSA regulations
and policy, including state, local, and tribal governments, health care
providers, small businesses, consumers, non-governmental organizations, and trade
associations. All comments must be submitted by Monday, July 2, in order to be
considered. See the HRSA website for submission instructions
A Look Inside Auto-Health Professional Shortage
Area Scoring
Health
Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) are designations that indicate
health care provider shortages in primary care, dental health or mental health.
With the upcoming national Auto-HPSA score
update approaching in 2019, HRSA presents a webinar—an opportunity for health
center staff to learn more about the HPSA designation modernization project.
Wednesday, May 23
1:00-2:30 p.m. ET
Join the webinar the day of the session
Call-in: 888-397-5339
Passcode: 947027
Topics include:
- A
review of the scoring criteria used for Auto-HPSAs
- Important
milestones for the modernization project
- The
data sources that will be used for Auto-HPSA impact analyses
NIH Launches All of Us Research Program
NIH launched the All of Us Research Program this week, which aims to enable the research breakthroughs that
will facilitate precision medicine. To achieve this, the program will need to
build a community of one million or more people who will share their
information (through surveys and electronic health records and, in some cases,
wearable devices) for at least a decade. The data will be made available to
researchers so that over time they can learn more about how an individual’s
environment, lifestyle, and genetics can influence their health.
Deadline Extended: Executive Search
for BHW Deputy Associate Administrator
HRSA has begun a national search for an
executive to serve as Deputy Associate Administrator to lead its Bureau of
Health Workforce (BHW). HRSA’s health workforce programs improve the health of
underserved and vulnerable populations by strengthening the health workforce
and connecting skilled professionals to communities in need. If the selected
applicant is a physician, he/she may be eligible for a Physicians’
Comparability Allowance up to $30,000 a year. The vacancy announcements now close
Tuesday, May 15.
Physician applicants | Non-physician applicants
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HIV/HCV Co-infection: An AIDS
Education and Training Center (AETC) National Curriculum
Launched in 2017, the AETC National HIV/HCV Co-infection Curriculum provides evidence-based
training and free continuing education credits for health care providers to
increase their knowledge on HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection among
people of color. Topics include prevention, screening, and diagnosis and
treatment recommendations, as well as barriers and other co-factors that may
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National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day 2018: “Partnering
for Help and Hope Following Trauma”
National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day shines a spotlight
on the importance of caring for every child’s mental health and reinforces that
positive mental health is essential to a child’s healthy development. Learn
how your organization can get involved.
SAMHSA will host a live
event and webcast focusing on the importance of an integrated health approach
to supporting children, youth, and young adults who have experienced trauma.
Use the hashtag #HeroesofHope to participate in the Awareness Day conversation
on social media. Speakers include HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar II; HHS Assistant
Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Elinore McCance-Katz, MD, PhD;
and First Lady of Wisconsin Tonette Walker.
Thursday, May 10
7:00-9:30 p.m. ET
Register
for the live webcast, or to attend in-person at The Dorothy Betts
Marvin Theatre, The George Washington University Marvin Center, Washington,
D.C.
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Integration Resources for Treating
Children
Integrated
care is an approach in which primary care and behavioral health clinicians work
together with patients and families to address their whole health. View SAMHSA’s Awareness Day Integration Resource
Page.
STAR² Center Spring Regional Workforce
Trainings
The Association of Clinicians for
the Underserved is a HRSA-funded National
Cooperative Agreement (NCA).
Their STAR² Center invites workforce staff from all health centers and Primary Care Associations (PCAs) in Regions 1, 2 & 3, 6, and 10 to participate in
full-day trainings on relevant recruitment and retention topics taught by
workforce experts. Visit the STAR² Center Training Calendar for registration
information—scroll to
the bottom of the page for a list of trainings and details.
New Fact Sheets About 42 CFR Part 2:
Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Records
The Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology, in collaboration with SAMHSA, has released two
new fact sheets about federal statute 42 CFR Part 2: Confidentiality of Substance
Use Disorder Patient Records (Part 2). The fact sheets will help health
information exchange (HIE) organizations and health care providers learn how
Part 2 provisions can be used across different environments, including through
electronic HIE mechanisms and in provider office settings.
2018 UDS Reporting Changes Technical Assistance Webinar
This technical
assistance webinar will provide an overview of the changes for the calendar
year 2018 UDS data collection and reporting activities. HRSA will summarize the
approved changes for 2018 UDS (for reports submitted by February
15, 2019), then share possible changes for 2019 UDS and revised clinical
measures resulting from continued alignment with electronic specified clinical
quality measures.
Thursday, May 10
1:00-2:30 p.m. ET
Join the webinar the day of
the session
Call-in: 888-469-3349
Passcode: 8611626
Health Center Care Delivery Models for Primary Care Integration of
Viral Hepatitis and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Webinar
This HRSA-hosted webinar will
feature primary care integration health center models for hepatitis B and
hepatitis C services. Join to learn effective workflows for hepatitis B
screening and management and how nurse care managers can drive patient care for
hepatitis C and substance use disorder treatment.
Tuesday,
May 15
2:30-3:30 p.m. ET
Join
the webinar the day of the session
Call-in: 888-829-8676
Passcode: 7634999
Consultation Services for Treating Pregnant Women with Opioid Use
Disorder
HRSA is
hosting a free webinar featuring experts reviewing SAMHSA’s “Clinical Guidance
for Treating Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid Use Disorder and Their
Infants.” Speakers will discuss a sample
case study using the fact sheets in the guidance. Resources will be provided,
including the Clinician Consultation Center’s Substance Use Warmline, which provides free and confidential
clinician-to-clinician telephone consultation on substance use evaluation and
management.
Wednesday, May 16
1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Register here
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This Mental Health Awareness Month, consider these
technical assistance opportunities from The SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated
Health Solutions (CIHS) to learn about hot topics in the mental health field. |
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Addressing
Substance Use in AIMS Awardee Settings Part 1: Addressing Opioids in Integrated
Care
CIHS is hosting a webinar featuring subject matter experts in substance use
disorder from Case Western University and Coal Country Community Health Center.
This webinar will cover a variety of relevant topics, including: the
development of opioid use disorder screening and assessment protocols, motivational
interviewing techniques, implementing medication assisted treatment (MAT)
services, and workforce training and retention.
Wednesday, May 30
2:00-3:30 p.m. ET
Register
here
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Suicide Prevention in Rural
Populations Roundtable Discussion for Health Centers
CIHS is hosting an interactive roundtable
discussion on suicide screening and prevention tools and the management of
suicide risk, with a special focus on rural populations. Joining the discussion
will be expert from the field Adam Chu, Senior Project Associate from the
nationally recognized Suicide Prevention Resource Center.
Tuesday, June 5
1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Register here
Workforce
Grand Rounds Webinar Series Webinar
Recording Available
In case you missed the Workforce
Grand Rounds Webinar Series: Provider Well-Being: Moving from Triple to
Quadruple Aim in Clinical Training, the recording
is now available. You can download the presentations directly
from the recording.
In
case you missed it:
read last week’s Primary Health Care Digest.
To
learn more about HRSA and its programs:
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newsletter.
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