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Tropical Storm Barry Reporting
HRSA has asked Primary Care Associations (PCAs) to take the lead in gathering critical health center information and reporting impact data back to us on the operational status of delivery sites. Read the bulletin we sent last week. For health centers in areas impacted by Tropical Storm Barry, we ask that you report site-level operational status to your PCA.
Please also review the HRSA Health Center Program Emergency Preparedness and Recovery Resources. These will help health centers by addressing:
- Change in scope for temporary sites;
- 340B Program enrollment under emergency declarations; and
- FTCA coverage in emergency events, including volunteer health professionals.
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Public Comment Period Open: Child and Adult Core Sets of Quality Measures for Medicaid and CHIP
The public comment period is now open for the draft report, Recommendations for Improving the Core Sets of Health Care Quality Measures for Medicaid and CHIP: Summary of a Multi-Stakeholder Review of the 2020 Child and Adult Core Sets. The Child and Adult Core Sets of quality measures for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are key indicators of the access to, and quality of, the health care Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries receive, many of whom are also served by HRSA’s Health Center Program.
Review information about the report or the report itself. Email comments to MACCoreSetReview@mathematica-mpr.com with the subject line “2020 Core Set Review Public Comment” by 8:00 p.m. ET on Monday, August 5.
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HUD Policy Brief for Health Centers
Health centers can address social risk factors for their patients through partnerships and linkages to local housing and service resources. Health centers are increasingly working with HUD Continuums of Care (CoCs) to refer patients who are unstably housed or homeless to Coordinated Entry for services and housing interventions. Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), a HRSA-funded National Cooperative Agreement (NCA), offers a new HUD policy brief that describes one model of this: HUD Policy Brief on Rapid Re-Housing: Understanding the Impact and Potential for Health Centers.
Apply to Become a Certified Application Counselor Designated Organization for Plan Year 2020
CMS invites organizations that would like to become Certified Application Counselor Designated Organizations (CDOs) to submit an application by Monday, September 16. Any organization seeking to use certified application counselors to provide enrollment assistance to consumers for plan year 2020 must be a certified CDO. Access the CDO application and email your questions to CACQuestions@cms.hhs.gov.
The Center of Excellence for Protected Health Information
This new, SAMHSA-sponsored center offers training and technical assistance on privacy issues for care providers and consumers. It may be helpful for health centers struggling with privacy regulations, including if and how to comply with 42CFR.
Substance Use Disorder & Behavioral Health
Promising Practices for Substance Use Disorder Treatment Among Pregnant and Parenting Women
Two HRSA-funded health centers will share promising practices to treat and support the needs of pregnant and parenting women diagnosed with a substance use disorder (SUD). In addition, experts from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists will share maternal and child health safety resources concerning the prevention and treatment of SUD.
Wednesday, July 24
3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
Join the webcast the day of the session
Call-in: 888-942-9264
Passcode: 9893674
Primary Care and Behavioral Health Integration: Building Workforce Capacities
During this HRSA webinar, HRSA-funded health centers will share their unique approaches to developing behavioral health workforce training programs and practices that provide high-quality, integrated behavioral health care.
Wednesday, July 31
3:00-4:30 p.m. ET
Join the webcast the day of the session
Call-in: 877-917-4906
Passcode: 9450742
HIV
Promising Practice: Iowa Uses TelePrEP to Reduce Stigma in HIV Prevention
Learn how the Iowa Department of Public Health uses TelePrEP funded by HRSA’s 340B program to reduce stigma in HIV prevention. They provide a coordinated, statewide HIV PrEP program, featuring care both in clinics and through telemedicine. TelePrEP consists of telemedicine video conference appointments with a dedicated PrEP clinical pharmacist who works with a supervising physician.
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Workforce
National Health Service Corps Rural Community Loan Repayment Program Application Webinar
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Rural Community Loan Repayment Program will make fiscal year 2019 loan repayment awards, in coordination with HRSA’s Rural Communities Opioid Response Program initiative, to provide evidence-based SUD treatment, assist in recovery, and prevent overdose deaths across the nation. Health care clinicians qualified to provide SUD treatment may be eligible for loan repayment in return for service at an NHSC-approved SUD treatment facility. The application closes Thursday, July 18, at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Join an online question and answer session TODAY, any time before 5:00 p.m. ET. If you join after the session starts, you can scroll back to past questions.
HRSA's Virtual Job Fair
HRSA’s Virtual Job Fairs are free online recruitment events that connect students and clinicians with health care delivery organizations.
Wednesday, August 7
6:45-10:15 p.m. ET
Job seekers may register until the event
Primary Care and Behavioral Health Integration: Building Workforce Capacities
See announcement above.
Additional Resources
Conversation with a Health Center: Providing Safe, High-Quality Obstetric Care
This ECRI webinar, presented on HRSA’s behalf, features speakers from Valley Health Systems (Huntington, WV) who will share case studies, experiences, challenges, and lessons learned from their efforts to improve the quality of care for the health center’s obstetric patients. Speakers will address:
- Providing safe, high-quality care for obstetric patients with SUD
- Addressing challenges in caring for high-risk obstetric patients
- Implementing successful processes for tracking patient referrals
- Facilitating care transitions, communication, and continuity of care between health centers and other community entities
Health center administrators and health care providers should consider attending this webinar:
Tuesday, July 23
Noon-1:00 p.m. ET
Register here
Primary Care and Home Visiting Partnerships to Promote Maternal and Child Health
This HRSA webinar will provide an overview of evidence-based home visiting programs and how health center and home visiting program partnerships can help achieve primary care goals and improve patient outcomes. The presentation will feature experts from HRSA, the Johns Hopkins University, and HRSA-funded health centers to provide insight into the value and development of these partnerships.
Tuesday, July 30
3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
Register here
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