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Proposed Changes to the Calendar Year 2020 Uniform Data System: Comments Due by September 24
HRSA seeks comments on proposed changes to the 2020 Uniform Data System (UDS), which Health Center Program awardees and look-alikes will be required to report on in February 2021. The deadline for comments on proposed changes is Tuesday, September 24.
Deadline Reminder: Service Area Competition Applications with February 1 Starts
SAC applications for service areas with a February 1, 2020, project period start date (HRSA-20-016) are due in Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, August 5, and in HRSA’s Electronic Handbooks by 5:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, September 4. Technical assistance (TA) materials are available on the SAC TA webpage.
Emergencies Happen: What Health Centers Need to Know
Health centers and Primary Care Associations (PCAs) play a critical role in providing services and resources before, during, and after emergency events. HRSA may request that PCAs gather critical health center information and report the status of service delivery sites, depending on the severity of the emergency. When your health center is impacted by an emergency event, your PCA will contact you and we ask that you be prepared to report site-level operational status as soon as you are able.
Please also review the HRSA Health Center Program Emergency Preparedness and Recovery Resources.
Want to see an example of how a health center helped patients after a natural disaster? Read Morovis Community Health Center Uses Home Visits to Manage Diabetes after a Hurricane.
Health Leaders Met in South Carolina to Discuss HIV HRSA
Associate Administrators Jim Macrae (fourth from right) and Laura Cheever (second from right), were among HRSA representatives who attended a presentation held by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) last week to discuss the Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America initiative. See the media coverage from WIS News 10 and ABC Columbia.
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CMS Releases Medicare Accountable Care Organizations Case Studies
CMS has released three new case studies describing innovative programs from Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). These initiatives relate to:
- promoting staff development through leadership academies,
- conducting home visits, and
- engaging providers.
By sharing the stories, CMS hopes to help current and future Medicare ACOs, along with other providers and entities, find new ways to make care better, people healthier, and spending smarter. See these, and past case studies, as well as the ACO Toolkit on Care Coordination, on the ACO General Information webpage.
Public Comment Period Now Open for Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines
Experts in cervical cancer, including representatives from nearly 20 professional organizations, have developed new Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines addressing management of patients with abnormal cervical cancer screening results. The preliminary guideline documents are posted for your feedback.
Substance Use Disorder & Behavioral Health
TODAY: Syringe Service Programs: A Critical Public Health Intervention
This webinar, hosted by the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, will allow you to engage with HHS leadership around syringe services programs. These programs are an important community-based prevention program that can save lives, combat the nation’s opioid crisis, reduce the transmission of HIV and Hepatitis C, and support individuals in accessing substance use disorder or opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment services.
Tuesday, July 30
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Register here
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
Living Proof: Recovery Supports for People with Opioid Use Disorder or Co-Occurring Disorders Considering or Using Medication-Assisted Treatment
Join SAMHSA for Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy, a three-part virtual learning series focusing on recovery supports for people considering or using medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for OUD or co-occurring disorders. Register for either of the remaining two sessions.
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Delivering Recovery Supports to People with OUD Who Are Participating in MAT
Wednesday, July 31
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
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Delivering Recovery Supports to People with OUD Who Are Considering MAT
Wednesday, August 7
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Free E-Learning Behavioral Intervention for Improving MAT Outcomes Program Available
SAMHSA-sponsored Provider Clinical Support Services released a free e-learning program for health professionals, Behavioral Interventions for MAT: Improving Outcomes. It provides information on four evidence-based practices that effectively treat the behavioral aspects of addiction in conjunction with MAT. Participants are eligible to receive continuing education credits upon successful completion of the program.
HIV
Promising Practice: ARcare Uses EHR Alerts for HIV Testing and Prevention
Learn how ARcare uses electronic health record (EHR) alerts for HIV testing and prevention. ARcare provides primary care and other specialty services in 48 clinics across Arkansas, Kentucky, and Mississippi. With the challenge of serving rural areas and increased concerns about stigma and privacy in small towns, ARcare is working on innovative solutions in addition to their current services.
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Workforce
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
6:45-10:45 p.m. ET
Job seekers may register until the event
Primary Care and Behavioral Health Integration: Building Workforce Capacities
See announcement above.
National Minority Donor Awareness Week
As of June, nearly 60 percent of the more than 113,000 people on the national transplant waiting list are ethnic minorities. Everyone waiting for a transplant has a better chance if we all sign up to be donors. Last year, more than 36,500 people, including over 16,000 ethnic minorities, received the gift of life thanks to the people who said “yes” to organ donation.
National Minority Donor Awareness Week, observed during the first week of August, heightens awareness of the need for donation and transplantation in minority communities. Visit us online (Spanish language site) to learn more.
Additional Resources
 Site Visit Promising Practices Report on the Clearinghouse
The Health Center Program Site Visit Promising Practices Report, covering visits from July 2018 to December 2018, is available on the Health Center Resource Clearinghouse.
HRSA and the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), a HRSA-funded National Cooperative Agreement (NCA), developed the Clearinghouse, which provides an up-to-date selection of high-quality TA resources relevant to health centers. The Clearinghouse collects, in a single location, resources on a variety of topics created by HRSA’s TA partners. The site is searchable by keyword, topic area, type of resource, and other search fields.
TODAY: 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
Patient-Centered Medical Home Trainings for Health Centers
HRSA contracts with The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) to provide TA and training to health centers on the NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition process. HRSA is sponsoring regional trainings, organized by PCAs, on NCQA’s Introduction to PCMH and Advanced PCMH courses for health centers. Learn more about the trainings available in your region:
In addition, NCQA’s upcoming virtual office hours will feature speakers from the Migrant Clinicians Network, a HRSA-funded NCA. The session will focus on applying NCQA’s PCMH standards to health centers serving migrant patient populations.
Wednesday, August 7
10:00-11:00 a.m. ET
Register here
AAAHC Standards: Quality of Care, Clinical Records, and Health Information
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) provides TA and training to health centers on the AAAHC Accreditation and PCMH recognition process. We encourage you to attend an upcoming webinar focusing on quality of care, clinical records, and health information.
Thursday, August 8
1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Register here
If you have questions, please contact the HRSA Accreditation-PCMH Initiative.
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