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HUD Policy Brief on Data Matching – Understanding the Impact and Potential for Health Centers
Corporation for Supportive Housing, a HRSA-funded National Cooperative Agreement (NCA), published a new HUD policy brief. Health centers are increasingly addressing the social determinants of health for their patient population through partnerships and linkages to local housing and service resources. Many resources exist through partner federal, state, and mainstream infrastructures that should be part of a health center’s “toolbox” to aid in linking patients to local housing. Matching data from the homeless crisis response system to claims data from health centers is one way to identify and engage individuals in both systems who are experiencing homelessness and are medically vulnerable. Health centers can be key partners in linking eligible individuals who are experiencing homelessness to sustainable affordable housing and in providing integrated care.
NIH HEAL (Helping to End Addiction Long-termSM) Initiative Funding Opportunity
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) at NIH published an announcement that focuses on improving treatments for opioid misuse and addiction, a HEAL research priority area.
To test the effectiveness of combining behavioral interventions, which can include complementary health approaches, with medication assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD), NCCIH has issued “Behavioral Research to Improve MAT: Behavioral and Social Interventions to Improve Adherence to Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders” (RFA-AT-19-006). This funding opportunity announcement is meant to study whether interventions such as mindfulness meditation, cognitive behavioral therapy, or multi-disciplinary rehabilitation improve adherence to MAT, improve MAT outcomes, and reduce relapse in individuals seeking treatment for OUD. Apply by 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday, February 8.
Learn more about additional HEAL grant opportunities supported by NCCIH.
Rural Residency Planning and Development Grant Program Now Accepting Applications
HRSA is accepting applications for the fiscal year 2019 Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program in Grants.gov. Applications are due by Monday, March 4.
The RRPD is a collaboration between HRSA’s Bureau of Health Workforce and Federal Office of Rural Health Policy to develop new rural residency programs or Rural Training Tracks (RTT) in family medicine, internal medicine, and psychiatry to support expansion of the physician workforce in rural areas.
Learn more about rural residency programs in an upcoming webinar series offered by North Carolina Area Health Education Centers:
Part 1: Accreditation for Rural Programs
Tuesday, January 22
3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
Register here
Part 2: Financing GME Programs
Monday, January 28
1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Register here
CMS Webinar: Eligible Clinician eCQM Diabetes Measures
This one-hour session hosted by CMS will provide an in-depth review of the diabetes electronic clinical quality measures (eCQM). CMS has transitioned the logic used in eCQMs from the previous quality data model logic expression language to Clinical Quality Language for the 2019 performance period.
Wednesday, January 30
Noon-1:00 p.m. ET
Register here
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Update
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force seeks comments by Monday, February 4, on a draft recommendation statement and draft evidence review on screening for hepatitis B virus infection in pregnant women. All pregnant women should be screened for hepatitis B at their first prenatal visit.
Resources
Substance Use Disorder and Child Welfare Resource Available
The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare, a SAMHSA partner, provides health professionals technical assistance, resources and tools to provide services to children and families affected by substance use disorders.
Building a Foundation for Healthy Active Living: A Focus on Childhood Obesity Prevention During the First Five Years
HRSA offers an opportunity for providers to learn about childhood obesity prevention:
- Why are the first five years of life critically important from an early obesity prevention perspective?
- How can health care providers support families in establishing and maintaining healthy, active living-related behaviors?
Dr. Sandra G. Hassink, previous president of the American Academy of Pediatrics and internationally recognized expert in child obesity prevention, will discuss key anticipatory guidance and counseling techniques and desired actions (for the health care provider and parent). She will also highlight tools and resources to support implementation.
Tuesday, January 15
Noon-1:00 p.m. ET
Join the webcast the day of the session
Call-in: 888-946-4311
Passcode: 4786596
Using Health IT to Facilitate SBIRT Service Delivery in Health Centers
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an approach to the delivery of early intervention and treatment to people with SUD and those at risk of developing this disorder.
To promote continuous quality improvement in SBIRT implementation, the Health Information Technology, Evaluation, and Quality Center (HITEQ), a HRSA-funded NCA, will host a webinar on promising practices for the use of health IT to facilitate SBIRT workflow integration.
Thursday, January 17
3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
Register here
The discussion will focus on:
- coding and billing for SBIRT services;
- using health IT to enhance SBIRT screening, communication, data capture and documentation;
- clinical decision support; and
- information-sharing and reporting.
It will also feature the experiences and practices of health centers that are currently using health IT to facilitate SBIRT service delivery. For questions, please contact QualityDivision@hrsa.gov.
Improving Cervical Cancer Screening Rates: Perspectives from a Health Center and a Health Center Controlled Network
In honor of Cervical Health Awareness month, HRSA will host a webinar for health centers to explore perspectives from La Red Health Center and OCHIN, Inc., on initiatives to improve cervical cancer screening rates.
Tuesday, January 29
1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Join the webcast the day of the session
Call-in: 888-233-9404
Passcode: 9859485
Overview of SBIRT Training Opportunities and Resources Webinar Recording Available
In a HRSA webinar, experts from SAMHSA’s Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) (a nationwide, multidisciplinary resource for professionals in the addictions treatment and recovery services field) discussed discuss online and regional training opportunities for health centers and their primary care teams on SBIRT. Watch the webinar recording.
Pregnancy and Substance Use Disorder
If your providers have questions about how to treat pregnant or parenting women with substance/opioid use disorder, these resources may help:
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