What's New
New Resources: Fiscal Year 2020 Primary Care Association and National Health Center Training and Technical Assistance Partners
Recordings of the recent Q&A sessions and updated FAQs for interested applicants are available on the technical assistance (TA) webpages for the fiscal year (FY) 2020 State and Regional Primary Care Association (PCA) and National Health Center Training and Technical Assistance Partners (NTTAP) cooperative agreements funding opportunities. Additional resources are also available, including EHBs user guides, data development tip sheets, and sample work plans.
The EHBs deadlines for these funding opportunities are:
- FY 2020 PCA: Tuesday, December 10, at 5:00 p.m. ET
- FY 2020 NTTAP: Tuesday, December 17, at 5:00 p.m. ET
New Resource to Help Health Center Staff Prepare for Site Visits
HRSA’s new Onsite Interviews and Interactions Resource assists health centers in preparing for the interviews and interactions that take place during Health Center Program operational site visits and look-alike initial designation visits. We encourage you to use it along with the Site Visit Protocol and other site visit-related resources available on our website to support a successful and smooth site visit.
The Onsite Interviews and Interactions Resource explains how the site visit team will interact with health center staff and review health center systems and procedures during the site visit.
2019 UDS Preliminary Reporting Environment Training
Participants will learn about the reporting functionalities for calendar year (CY) 2019 UDS. This session will cover the Preliminary Reporting Environment for early access to UDS reporting and two offline UDS reporting features: an Excel and an offline HTML feature. These features, first introduced with CY 2018 UDS reporting, support HRSA’s UDS Modernization Initiative focused on reducing reporting burden and improving the quality of data.
Wednesday, December 11
1:30-3:30 p.m. ET
Register here
Now Available: 2019 UDS Reporting TA Webinar Recordings
During September and October, HRSA hosted a series of webinars to assist health centers in preparing for the 2019 UDS reporting cycle. Recordings are now available.
Visit the UDS Resources webpage for access to more TA materials, including presentation slides from the webinars.
Updating Your Accreditation and Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Information in EHBs
Need to update your health center’s accreditation or Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition information? Submit updates from your EHBs Grant Folder by clicking the “HRSA Accreditation/PCMH Initiative” link and choosing either the “Request Accreditation Update” or “Request PCMH Recognition Update” button. We will send an email confirmation once we have reviewed your request. Contact HRSA’s Accreditation and PCMH Initiative with questions.
Health Centers Recognized as 2019 Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Champions
Congratulations to the five HRSA-funded health centers recognized as 2019 Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Champions!
- Alexander Valley Healthcare (Cloverdale, CA)
- Charles City Regional Health Services, Inc. (Charles City, VA)
- Community Health Centers of Southeastern Iowa (West Burlington, IA)
- Esperanza Health Centers (Chicago, IL)
- Marshfield Clinic Health System (Marshfield, WI)
This year the CDC Million Hearts® initiative recognized a total of 17 clinicians, practices, and health systems that have demonstrated exceptional achievements in working with their patients to control hypertension. The champion organizations achieved 80% blood pressure control (blood pressure reading <140 mmHg/<90 mmHg) among their hypertensive population aged 18-85 years. Well done!
Visit the Million Hearts® website to find evidence-based tools and protocols that can help clinicians work with patients to improve blood pressure control.
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Sickle Cell Disease Training and Mentoring Program
Many adults living with sickle cell disease (SCD) have challenges accessing care due to a national shortage of SCD-trained hematologists. To help address this gap, HRSA is collaborating with the HHS Office of Minority Health to deliver the SCD Training And Mentoring Program (STAMP), a new telehealth series for primary care providers. This free series, taught by hematologists using a case study-based, tele-mentoring approach, will cover the basics of SCD care, such as pain management, hydroxyurea, and preventive services. Participating providers will be able to request real-time consultations from hematologists to further support patient care. The first STAMP session will be in January 2020. Learn more and register.
HHS Request for Information on Chronic Disease Prevention
HHS recognizes a need for new approaches to prevention and, as a first step, requests input from the public to better understand:
- The barriers to effective chronic disease prevention in the U.S.;
- Highlights of effective chronic disease prevention strategies; and
- The potential of scientific and technological advancements, innovative partnerships, and human-centered design to create and scale new models of chronic disease prevention.
Help advance chronic disease prevention in the U.S. by sharing your input. HHS will accept responses to this request for information until Friday, December 13.
Substance Use Disorder & Mental Health
Funding Opportunities for Implementation Research at Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Sites
NIH invites applications to enhance screening and treatment for mental and substance use disorders in HRSA Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program-funded sites in order to advance the goals of the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative.
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RFA-MH-20-521 will support pilot or feasibility implementation studies to enhance screening and treatment of substance use or mental health disorders.
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RFA-MH-20-520 will support definitive studies on implementation approaches to enhance screening and treatment of substance use or mental health disorders.
Applications are due by 5:00 p.m. local time on Friday, January 31, 2020.
Introducing HRSA’s Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health TA
We are excited to announce the new HRSA Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health TA. The Center will provide training and TA on evidence-based interventions and promising practices to support the integration of behavioral health and substance use disorder services in primary care settings. Learn more at an upcoming webinar:
Tuesday, December 10
3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
Register here
HIV
Risk and Safety Resource Spotlight: Help for Patients Living with HIV/AIDS
World AIDS Day is a time to recognize the roles health centers and free clinics play in diagnosing, treating, and caring for patients living with HIV and AIDS. ECRI Institute’s Clinical Risk Management Program includes checklists, tools, and other resources to assist in these efforts. Health centers and free clinics can:
All resources are free for health centers, look-alikes, free clinics, and PCAs. Contact ECRI Institute for access or assistance.
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Funding Opportunities for Implementation Research at Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Sites
See announcement above.
HRSA Telehealth Learning Series: Expanding HIV Prevention Efforts and Treatment Through Telehealth
See announcement below.
Diabetes
MCN Spanish Language Diabetes and Hypertension ECHO Series
Since 2016, Migrant Clinicians Network’s (MCN) Diabetes and Hypertension Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) series has empowered community health workers to address diabetes and hypertension in their health centers. MCN, a HRSA-funded National Cooperative Agreement (NCA), continues this effort by offering a unique Spanish language only learning opportunity for community health workers, outreach workers, and case managers who work with diabetic or hypertensive patients within the Hispanic/Latino populations, including migrant workers and their families.
Sessions will be held every Thursday, January 16, to March 26, 2020, from 1:00-2:30 p.m. ET. Each session will last 1.5 hours. Space is limited to 30 participants. Accepted participants will receive notification by Sunday, January 5, 2020. Learn more and register.
Telehealth
HRSA Telehealth Learning Series: Expanding HIV Prevention Efforts and Treatment Through Telehealth
Speakers from Iowa Department of Public Health/NuCara Pharmacy and Medical Advocacy and Outreach will discuss issues rural Americans face in accessing HIV care and the opportunities that telemedicine provides to extend services in a way that addresses barriers to care that are unique to this population. They will also speak about opportunities to leverage existing infrastructures to support the extension of services and how to assess the costs and benefits of utilizing telehealth in place of traditional service delivery models. For more information, contact Nancy Rios.
Thursday, December 5
1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Register here
Access archived sessions of the telehealth learning series:
Telehealth Resource Centers
Are you starting a telehealth program and need support? Already have a telehealth program and want to improve it? Telehealth Resource Centers provide free TA to all HRSA grantees, including Health Center Program grantees. These centers are funded by the HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.
Additional Resources
Free Continuing Education on Influenza Vaccines
CDC’s “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report” and Medscape are proud to introduce a new FREE continuing education (CE) activity on CDC’s updated influenza vaccine recommendations for the 2019-2020 flu season. This activity is intended for primary care physicians, infectious disease practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, public health/prevention officials, and other physicians caring for persons for whom influenza vaccination is indicated.
If you are not a registered user on Medscape, register for free or login without a password and get unlimited access to all CE activities and other Medscape features.
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Building the Case for Implementing Nurse Practitioner and Postdoctoral Clinical Psychology Residency Programs
This session will provide background and details on why your health center should consider developing a postgraduate residency training program, including the return on investment to your organization and the community health center system as a whole. Learn more about the free learning collaborative opportunity offered through Community Health Center, Inc., a HRSA-funded NCA.
Tuesday, December 10
1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
Register here
PCMH Teleconferences
HRSA contracts with The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) to provide TA and training to health centers on the NCQA PCMH recognition process. We encourage health centers to attend upcoming TA sessions hosted by NCQA’s Government PCMH Recognition Programs (GRIP), which will address questions related to NCQA’s PCMH standards concepts and documentation requirements.
The call-in information for ALL sessions is the same:
Call-in: 844-676-8471
Conference ID: 1362694
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PCMH Standards, Part 1
Speakers will cover the first part of this presentation (Concepts 1-3) during this call:
Tuesday, December 10
2:00-4:00 p.m. ET
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PCMH Standards, Part 2
Speakers will cover the second part of this presentation (Concepts 4-6) during this call:
Tuesday, December 17
2:00-4:00 p.m. ET
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