What's New
Deadline Reminder: Fiscal Year 2025 BPR Non-Competing Continuation for June 1 Budget Period Starts
Budget Period Progress Report (BPR) submissions for Health Center Program award recipients with a June 1 budget period start date are due in HRSA’s Electronic Handbooks (EHBs) by 5:00 p.m. ET on Friday, December 27. Technical assistance (TA) materials are available on the BPR TA webpage.
Quarterly 340B Program Registration
Quarterly 340B Program site registration is open from January 1 to 15, 2025. You will be able to register a site that has been verified as implemented and with a site status reflected as “active” in EHBs Form 5B through Friday, February 28, 2025. After that date, the system will close to prepare for the April 1, 2025, start.
Email the 340B Prime Vendor Program or call 888-340-2787 (Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. ET) to register a new site or ask questions. You will need to provide:
- Health center name.
- Site/clinic name.
- Site IDs for all sites.
- HRSA/BPHC grant number.
- Contact name and email.
- Authorizing Official name and email.
The Authorizing Official will receive an email message that the account is unlocked and a registration may be submitted.
Issue Brief: Structuring Patient Incentive Programs to Minimize Risk under Federal Laws
A new publication from the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) describes how best to structure patient incentive programs to ensure alignment with federal law. Visit the Health Center Resource Clearinghouse to access the publication.
HRSA November in Brief
In November, HRSA joined a conference of Medicaid leaders, launched a public awareness campaign for the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline, spoke to a health center in Seattle, led convenings of the Enhancing Maternal Health Initiative in Alabama and Oregon, celebrated National Rural Health Day in Alabama and across the country, and announced new funding for HRSA-funded health centers to support transitions in care for people reentering the community after incarceration. Visit HRSA’s website for more details.
Behavioral Health
Webinar Recording: Integrated Primary and Behavioral Health Care TA Kickoff
Missed our November 14 webinar on this topic? Watch the recording. Speakers covered the training and TA we provide to support your efforts to integrate behavioral health into primary care, as well as how to request our assistance.
Supporting Work-Life Balance During Staffing Transitions
Join us to consider the importance of succession and transition planning to support work-life balance. Learn how proactive planning can improve workloads, foster professional growth, and strengthen workplace culture. Don't miss out on key strategies for supporting an engaged and resilient workforce.
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Registration page
Substance Use Warmline: Support Your Patients During the Winter Season
The holidays can increase the challenges of substance use care. The HRSA-funded National Clinician Consultation Center’s Substance Use Warmline provides free, confidential, real-time guidance to health center clinicians. Experts can advise on managing substance use disorders, prescribing medications for opioid use disorder, and addressing co-occurring conditions. Available Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET (except on some holidays), the Warmline is a trusted resource to support you in delivering patient-centered care. Learn more on the center’s website, where you can securely upload a case, or call: 855-300-3595.
Supporting and Understanding Tobacco Cessation Programs in Public Housing Primary Care Webinar Series
Join the National Center for Health in Public Housing (NCHPH) and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) for a webinar series on evidence-based practices to support tobacco cessation programs. The first webinar will feature data findings for residents in public housing and persons experiencing homelessness and trends in tobacco product use. The second includes interdisciplinary case examples and practices.
Thursdays, January 16 and 23, 2025
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Registration page
HIV
Join the American Medical Association Community of Practice on Routine Screening
The American Medical Association seeks health center physicians to join a six-month community of practice focused on strengthening routine screening for HIV, sexually transmitted infections, viral hepatitis, and latent TB infection. Learn more about this CDC-funded project or apply by Friday, January 10, 2025, on the application page.
Hypertension
Optimizing Hypertension Strategies
This learning collaborative, offered by NACHC, will combine evidence-based interventions with practical implementation approaches. It will build your capacity to identify and deploy the optimal strategies for your health center. Visit the application page.
Workforce
Webinar Recording: Unlocking Insights: Interpreting and Communicating Staff Survey Results
Missed our November 20 webinar on how to interpret and communicate about staff surveys? Watch the recording. Speakers discussed how to develop action plans and strategies to enhance workforce well-being.
NTTAP Learning Collaboratives
See the application pages for dates, times, and more information about these opportunities:
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Patient-Centered Excellence: Elevating Health Center Operations and Quality
The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) invites clinicians, nursing leaders, community health workers (CHWs), care coordinators, and administrators to learn actionable strategies to enhance patient-centered care and improve health outcomes. Through expert-led sessions, engaging peer discussions, and shared insights, you will explore strategies to prioritize patient experience, implement team-based care, and address cultural and systemic barriers to care. Visit the application page.
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Optimizing Hypertension Strategies
See the announcement above.
New Health Workforce Projections Data Available
HRSA recently released the latest projections for the national supply, demand, and distribution of health care workers.
Oral Health
Enhancing Oral Health Care Access with CHWs
The National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA) and MHP Salud will partner on a webinar discussing CHWs in dental programs. Speakers include CHWs who engage with health centers to support oral health care in their community.
Thursday, January 23, 2025
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Registration page
**1.0 CDE available**
On-Demand Learning Module: UDS Data for Dental Quality Improvement
Take NNOHA’s self-paced learning course on how to find and use UDS data for dental quality improvement. Visit NNOHA's website to access this course and additional learning modules. The course offers 0.5 CDE credit.
Additional Resources
New Cervical Cancer Patient Engagement Toolkit for Health Centers
HRSA recently launched a toolkit, “Improving Patient Engagement in Cervical Cancer Prevention: Communication Toolkit for Health Centers and Safety-net Settings of Care.” Use it to improve patient and community engagement. It includes social media posts, posters, and a cervical screening follow-up card. Visit HRSA’s website to learn more and download the toolkit in English and Spanish.
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Congenital Syphilis Learning Series
Health Outreach Partners and Migrant Clinicians Network will present a two-session learning series on congenital syphilis. Join to discuss changes to syphilis epidemiology in recent years resulting in significant increases in congenital syphilis. Speakers will also discuss value of coordinating with local health departments for partner services and completion of syphilis treatment. Visit the registration page for details.
Cultural Considerations for Diabetes Management in South Asian Communities
This self-paced learning series features modules that outline various case studies for interventions to support health centers serving Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander patients with chronic disease management. This latest module features a speaker from the Asian Health Coalition discussing their All One Community program, a culturally and linguistically tailored diabetes education initiative for South Asian communities. Visit the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations' website for the series.
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