What's New
Compliance Resolution Opportunity
Health centers may no longer make quick fixes onsite during an OSV. Instead, they have the opportunity to submit documentation demonstrating compliance following an OSV through a streamlined process called Compliance Resolution Opportunity (CRO).
If HRSA determines that a health center did not demonstrate compliance during their OSV, the agency will send them a Correspondence Request task in HRSA’s Electronic Handbooks (EHBs).
Health centers will have 14 calendar days from the issuance of the EHBs task to submit documentation to resolve noncompliance findings, prior to the finalization of the OSV report. If the health center is able to provide acceptable evidence of compliance in response to the EHBs task, the element will be marked as compliant in the OSV report, and no condition will be applied. Learn more in a new quick reference guide.
School-Based Health Center Capital Program Awards
Last week, HRSA announced $11 million in awards to 120 school-based health centers across the U.S. as part of the fiscal year 2019 School-Based Health Center Capital (SBHCC) Program. View the complete list of award recipients. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to increase access to mental health, substance abuse, and childhood obesity-related services in operational school-based health centers by funding minor alteration/renovation (A/R) projects and/or the purchase of moveable equipment. Award recipients may visit the SBHCC Program TA page for more information.
The SBHCC TA webinar will take place:
Tuesday, February 12
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Join the webcast the day of the session
Call-in: 888-233-9404
Passcode: 7880217
Deadline Reminder: SAC-AA NOFO HRSA-19-099 for Eight Service Areas
Applications for HRSA-19-099 are due in Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, February 19, and in EHBs by 5:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 6. TA materials are available at the SAC-AA TA website. This Service Area Competition-Additional Areas (SAC-AA) funding opportunity includes the Bishop, CA; Worcester, MA; Baltimore, MD; Jackson, MI; Fayetteville, NC; Perth Amboy, NJ; Caguas, PR; and Naranjito, PR, service areas.
Updated Federal Poverty Guidelines
The 2019 poverty guidelines are in effect as of January 11. See the new guidelines.
Optimizing Health Center Data: The Journey to Modernization Webinar Recording Now Available
This recent HRSA webinar explored the journey to Uniform Data System (UDS) Modernization. We covered new UDS reporting functionalities, perspectives from a health center, and the next steps in modernization. View the recording.
National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Opportunities
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) provides financial assistance to health care professionals in exchange for a commitment to work at approved sites in high-need, underserved areas. This week the NHSC opened the application cycle for two programs – its Loan Repayment Program (LRP) and a new Substance Use Disorder Workforce LRP (SUD Workforce LRP). Both applications close on Thursday, February 21, at 7:30 p.m. ET.
- The NHSC LRP awards up to $50,000 toward student loans in exchange for a two-year commitment to work at approved sites in high-need, underserved areas.
- The new NHSC SUD Workforce LRP provides up to $75,000 in exchange for a three-year commitment and expands eligible disciplines and site types for loan repayment. The program is open to health care professionals who provide SUD treatment services at NHSC-approved SUD sites.
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National Donor Day is February 14
Pain Management Task Force Draft Report Public Comment Opportunity
HHS’ Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force is requesting feedback from the public on the Draft Report on Pain Management Best Practices: Updates, Gaps, Inconsistencies, and Recommendations, which addresses both chronic and acute pain.
Resources
Nhan Hoa Comprehensive Health Care Clinic – A Million Hearts Hypertension Champion
Nhan Hoa Comprehensive Health Care Clinic in Garden Grove, CA, is one of several health centers that CDC’s Million Hearts® campaign recognized as a 2018 Hypertension Control Champion. To gain control of hypertension in their practice, health center staff focused on team-based care for their chronic disease patients. “Anytime a patient has uncontrolled blood pressure they are referred to our chronic care team where they get regular phone calls and one-on-one meetings with a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) and a Health Educator with lots of follow up,” said CEO Jenny Nguyen. For example:
- LVNs remind patients to check their blood pressure and take their medications on time.
- Health educators set up one-on-one meetings with patients to help with nutrition and exercise.
- Everyone documents calls and one-on-one sessions in the Electronic Health Record (EHR).
- The care team presents case studies in their Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance (QI/QA) meetings so that everyone can learn from one another.
Learn more from other health centers that are Million Hearts Hypertension Champions during our upcoming heart month webinar:
How We Became Million Hearts Hypertension Champions
Thursday, February 21
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Join the webcast the day of the session
Call-in: 888-233-9404
Passcode: 2662064
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Patient Safety Two Decades After To Err is Human
In 1999, The Institute of Medicine report To Err is Human sparked the modern patient safety movement by highlighting the devastating effects of adverse events in health care. In the decades since, various initiatives implemented across all care settings aimed to keep patients safe and improve health care quality. So, where are we now? Join the ECRI Institute’s next Patient Safety Leadership Series webinar to find out:
Tuesday, February 5
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Register here
Two internationally recognized patient safety experts will explore what health care entities have learned since the report, how the patient safety movement has progressed over that time, and what health centers and free clinics can do to continue improvements in the future. Specific areas covered include test tracking and follow-up, tracking patient referrals, and follow-up after patient hospitalizations. References to tools and resources will also be provided.
STAR2 Center Employee Engagement Learning Collaborative
Engaged employees are happier, more productive, and far more likely to stay for the long-term. Skilled managers are key to developing a highly engaged team. The Association of Clinicians for the Underserved’s (a HRSA-funded NCA) STAR2 Center invites health center managers to join a 12-week learning collaborative. They will alternate 30-minute webinars with relevant, hands-on homework assignments and dynamic discussions to put learning into action and strengthen teams for the long-term! Apply by Monday, February 18, to join this cohort.
Mark Your Calendar! Patient Safety Week Webcast
Patient Safety Awareness Week is March 10-16. HRSA will host a webcast featuring Dr. Gordon Schiff, a general internist and Associate Director of Brigham and Women’s Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Quality and Safety Director for the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care. Dr. Schiff will speak on the topic of primary care and patient safety.
Wednesday, March 13
1:00-2:30 p.m. ET
Webcast information coming soon
HRSA Webinar Recordings Available
We’re sharing the recordings from some of our recent webinars for those who were unable to attend.
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State Strategies and Promising Practices to Support Delivery of Substance Use Disorder Services: Experts from the National Academy for State Health Policy discussed state policies that support innovative models, advance clinical quality measurements, and incentivize the delivery of coordinated SUD treatment services to health center patients.
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Using Health Information Technology 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 for people with SUD and those at risk of developing this disorder. Experts from the Health Information Technology, Evaluation, and Quality Center, a HRSA-funded National Cooperative Agreement (NCA), presented promising practices for the use of health information technologies (IT) that facilitate SBIRT workflow integration.
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Using Bright Futures to Achieve Excellence in Well-Child Care: Learn about the Bright Futures National Center and the revised Bright Futures Guidelines, 4th Edition, from one of its co-editors. A subject matter expert reviewed updates to the Guidelines and new content, including new health promotion themes, visit screening recommendations, anticipatory guidance, and more.
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