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FY 2019 Legislative Mandates Grants Policy Bulletin
The Office of Federal Assistance Management (OFAM) Division of Grants Policy has posted the FY 2019 Legislative Mandates Grants Policy Bulletin. The bulletin provides information on statutory provisions that limit the use of funds on HRSA grants and cooperative agreements for FY 2019.
SAC HRSA-19-016 Modification
We modified the FY 2019 Service Area Competition (SAC) NOFO, HRSA-19-016, to update the patient target for the Baltimore, MD, service area (ID: 453). Please refer to the Service Area Announcement Table (SAAT) for the updated patient target.
Uniform Data System Preliminary Reporting Environment and Training
HRSA is making a new functionality available in EHBs so that health centers and look-alikes will have earlier access to Uniform Data System (UDS) reporting. The Preliminary Reporting Environment (PRE) will be available via the reporting portal beginning Friday, November 2, enabling users to enter and validate any available/partial data before the “official” reporting window opens on Tuesday, January 1, 2019. Learn more at an upcoming UDS Modernization TA webinar:
Wednesday, October 31,
or Friday, November 9
1:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Join the webinar the day of the session
Call-in: 800-369-1855
Passcode: 9626002
Participants will learn more about the new optional reporting functionalities for calendar year 2018 UDS. This session will cover the PRE and two offline UDS reporting features: an Excel tool and an HTML tool. These are part of HRSA’s UDS Modernization Initiative, focused on reducing reporting burden and improving data quality.
In-Person UDS Training Opportunities Available October Through January 2019
HRSA collaborates with the Primary Care Associations to host in-person UDS trainings nationwide. Here’s a schedule of opportunities available through January 2019.
The full-day program explores the preparation of the 2018 UDS Report and the associated tables, including a discussion of the recent changes and the definitions necessary to complete the report. The UDS training is aimed at individuals who are responsible for gathering and reporting the data; management and clinical staff who need to understand the definitions and concepts; and staff who use the data in their program management and quality improvement activities.
Webinar Recording Available: Introduction to the 2018 UDS Clinical Measures
The webinar HRSA hosted earlier this month provided detailed information on how to report clinical measures through understanding the framework of the clinical tables (Tables 6A, 6B, and 7). View the recording. Find the presentation, links to other webinar recordings, and more on the UDS Resources page.
Attention Project Directors
Grantees, look-alikes, and cooperative agreement partners should have received an email invitation for the 2018 HRSA BPHC Stakeholder Satisfaction Survey. The email comes from “CFI Group on Behalf of HRSA BPHC.” Please take just 15 minutes before the November 13 deadline to tell us how we can better serve your organization. Thank you to everyone who has already completed the survey.
Survey links were sent to the Project Directors based on data from EHBs. If the email address in EHBs is no longer valid (or if you should have, but did not, receive a link), please email BPHCreviews@hrsa.gov. Be sure to check your spam folder!
Executive Search for Associate Administrator, OFAM
HRSA has begun a national search for an executive to serve as Associate Administrator to lead OFAM. OFAM provides national leadership in the administration and assurance of the financial integrity of HRSA's $8 billion dollar grant portfolio. The vacancy announcement closes Friday, November 9.
Request for Information: Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014
HHS’ Office of The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) related to the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014: IMPACT ACT Research Study: Provider and health plan approaches to improve care for Medicare beneficiaries with social risk factors. Please email your comments before Friday, November 16.
The RFI is part of ASPE’s new website, Social Risk Factors and Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing Programs, which also includes:
- Interviews and case studies of Medicare Advantage Plans’ approaches to meet the needs of dually enrolled and other high-cost, high-need beneficiaries;
- Interviews with electronic health record vendors about the collection and use of social risk information; and
- The 2016 Report to Congress: Social Risk Factors and Performance Under Medicare’s Value-Based Payment Programs.
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Update
The USPSTF recently released a final recommendation on screening for intimate partner violence, elder abuse, and abuse of vulnerable adults, including recommending the HRSA Strategy to Address Intimate Partner Violence and the HRSA and ACF-funded domestic violence toolkit. USPSTF recommends that clinicians screen all women of reproductive age for intimate partner violence and provide those who need help with ongoing support services.
Call for Papers: Increasing Physical Activity Among Women and Girls
Public Health Reports (PHR), a peer-reviewed journal of public health research and practice and the official journal of the Office of the Surgeon General and U.S. Public Health Service, invites papers for a special supplemental issue on increasing physical activity among women and adolescent girls in the United States. Learn more. Authors interested in submitting a full manuscript must first submit an abstract for initial review and comment no later than Saturday, November 3. Submit your abstract to Kerry O’Rourke.
Resources
Telehealth Resource Center
Telehealth can address the opioid epidemic by filling gaps in access to care and available workforce. In a recent blog post, the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health alerted health care providers to how they can expand access to medication-assisted treatment through telemedicine.
HHS and DEA jointly developed materials to help clarify how clinicians can use telemedicine as a tool to expand buprenorphine-based medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder treatment under current regulations, including a DEA Guidance Letter and a Clinical Case Scenario.
For additional information on telehealth, see the HRSA-funded Telehealth Resource Centers.
The HHS Office for Civil Rights Responds to the Nation’s Opioid Crisis
In recognition of National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is launching a new public education campaign to highlight the Department’s ongoing efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. A video, “Federal Nondiscrimination Laws and Opioid Use Disorders,” provides more information. The video, along with fact sheets, postcards, and HIPAA guidance materials are available on a new OCR webpage.
New: Early Serious Mental Illness Treatment Locator
One of the most important advances in treating serious mental illness in recent years is improving care for people experiencing a first onset of serious mental illness. We know that early phases of psychosis can be identified, and that team-based coordinated specialty care treatment reduces the likelihood of long-term disability. SAMHSA’s new Early Serious Mental Illness Treatment Locator will help connect people experiencing a first onset of serious mental illness to effective care.
Promoting Professionalism: Addressing Behaviors that Undermine Accountability, Reliability, and a Culture of Safety
Join HRSA’s next Patient Safety Leadership Speaker Series webinar featuring Gerald Hickson, M.D., one of the world's leading experts on how disruptive practitioner behavior impacts patient safety and litigation risk. Dr. Hickson will discuss strategies to identify high-risk practitioners, address negative behaviors, and promote organizational support for accountability, reliability and a culture of safety. Hosted by ECRI Institute on behalf of HRSA.
Tuesday, November 6
Noon-1:00 p.m. ET
Register here
Diabetes Prevention Program: Demonstration Projects Webinar Series
CDC grantees will share their experiences developing and implementing protocols for screening, testing, and referring patients with pre-diabetes to a CDC-recognized national diabetes prevention program. View the full agenda for all sessions.
Federally Qualified Health Centers
Featuring Christopher Rural Health Corporation and Northeast Missouri Health Council
Thursday, November 8
Noon-1:30 p.m. ET
Register here
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