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NNOHA Teledentistry Workflow (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: A sample generic workflow provides an example of how oral health care can be delivered through teledentistry. More Details...

Flu LEAD (Linkages to End Access Disparities) Initiative 2020 Information: A Pilot Project to Increase Influenza Vaccination Coverage among HUD-Assisted Residents (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This NCHPH informational page provides an overview, and resources about the Flu LEAD pilot project directed by the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to increase influenza vaccination coverage among residents of Public Housing Agencies (PHAs). More Details...

Cultural Humility Scale (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Built on recent theory stressing multicultural orientation, as well as the development of virtues and dispositions associated with multicultural values, this resource introduces the construct of cultural humility, defined as having an interpersonal stance that is other-oriented rather than self-focused, characterized by respect and lack of superiority toward an individual’s cultural background and experience. More Details...

Building the Plane While Flying It: Case Studies on COVID-19, Telehealth, and Health Care for the Homeless Centers (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: As is the case for most health centers, the COVID-19 pandemic forced Health Care for the Homeless health centers to rapidly adopt telehealth strategies to sustain client services remotely. But serving patients without homes necessitates additional innovation to reach clients in shelters, quarantine facilities, or even on the street, while attending to complex health and social needs. These case studies profile 17 HCH health centers and 2 consumers, offering a range of pragmatic, insightful perspectives on HCH telehealth in the COVID world. More Details...

GUIDANCE Sliding Coinsurance for CMS/Medicare Care Management Services (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: While health centers are required to impose Medicare coinsurance for CMS/Medicare care management services, the coinsurance may be “slid” commensurate with the sliding fee discount program (SFDP) policy of the health center. Federal anti-kickback statutes and beneficiary inducement prohibitions include exceptions allowing health centers to discount coinsurance for patients who are eligible for the health center’s sliding fee discount program without violating Medicare rules. More Details...

Supportive Housing and Health Services for LGBTQIA+ Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Promising Practices (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication addresses health disparities that LGBTQIA+ youth experiencing homelessness face and focuses on ways to increase engagement of LGBTQIA+ youth into health and housing programs. More Details...

FY2020 Primary Care HIV Prevention Reporting: Crosswalk of FY2020 PCHP reporting to CY2020 UDS Requirements, July 2020 (2020). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: To support Primary Care HIV Prevention funded health centers, HITEQ has prepared a crosswalk that maps PCHP tri-annual reporting metrics to UDS measures and/ or fields. This assists health centers in leveraging UDS reporting functionality in their EHRs to inform completion of the tri-annual progress report to HRSA. The PCHP metrics listed in the first column crosswalk to specific data definitions in the CY2020 UDS, which are specified in the second column, and then further detail is provided in the third column. More Details...

Fact Sheet: The role of medical-legal partnerships for socially vulnerable older adults. (2020). Resource Type: Fact Sheet. Description: This fact sheet looks at how integrating medical and legal services for older health center patients can help mitigate overlapping health and social challenges and begin to comprehensively address problems that directly impact a patient’s health and well-being. It examines how these partnerships work, and highlights two medical-legal partnership programs for seniors in San Francisco and Boston. More Details...

Value-Based Care: A Primer for Outreach and Enabling Services Staff (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication outlines community health center traditional payment models and introduces value-based care and incentive payments to community health centers. It examines different incentive-based payment models and compares them to the current fee-for-service model community health centers have traditionally relied upon. More Details...

Using Practice-Based Learning and Improvement (PBLI) to Address Oral Health for Older Adults Living with Diabetes (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The purpose of this guide is to provide practical information to interprofessional health center teams using a practice-based learning and quality improvement (PBLI) approach for assessing and continuously improving oral health and diabetes management of older adults. More Details...

The Role of Medical-Legal Partnerships for Socially Vulnerable Older Adults (2020). Resource Type: Fact Sheet. Description: This fact sheet aims to help health centers understand the benefts of medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) for their older adult populations. More Details...

Older Adult Health: At a Glance (2020). Resource Type: Fact Sheet. Description: This fact sheet provides an overview of older adult needs to health centers in order to better provide care to this population that is growing at an unprecedented rate. More Details...

Has Your Head Been Hurt? (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource provides a check list to help patients determine whether they may have a head injury. It provides danger signs/red flags and steps to follow once problems are identified. More Details...

Sabor y Salud: Latino and Hispanic Healthy Plate Brochure (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Fresh fruits and vegetables, portion control, and knowledge around nutrition are essential to maintaining a healthy diet. This brochure, created by MHP Salud and Hebni Nutrition Consultants, Inc., was designed to help Hispanic and Latino Communities build nutritious plates with familiar fresh foods. More Details...

Testing for COVID-19 in Homeless Shelters & Encampments: Discussing CDC’s New Health Department Guidance & NHCHC’s Newest Issue Brief (2020). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: As capacity for COVID-19 testing grows in most communities, high-risk settings such as homeless shelters and encampments are increasingly being prioritized for universal testing events. New CDC guidance for health departments outlines factors that local and state agencies can use to further inform specific policies being developed for these venues. A new National HCH Council issue brief provides lessons learned and testing strategies that HCHs in five cities have found to work successfully when conducting universal testing. This webinar summarized these new resources and hosted active discussion. More Details...

Virtual Outreach and Enrollment Workflow (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This virtual outreach and enrollment workflow lists the overall steps involved with the process. Enrollment occurs year-round as a result of Open Enrollment and Special Enrollment Periods. This tool serves as a guide for enrollment assisters and is a “living” document that can be amended based on individual needs. The circles flow in rotation with the exception of Outreach & In-Reach which is year-round. More Details...

Finding Healthy Food: The Effects of ‘Food Deserts’ on Public Housing Residents Living with Diabetes (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This blog post by NCHPH highlights the adverse effects of food deserts, and describes how food deserts can impact diabetic residents living in public housing communities. More Details...

Telehealth Strategies and Resources for Serving Patients with Limited English Proficiency (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Telehealth has the power to provide care to people in ways that were not possible before. Telehealth has removed barriers and ensured that people receive care when and where it is most convenient. Telehealth has been especially powerful during the COVID-19 pandemic, when non-emergency services such as primary care, behavioral health, and other in-person visits have been postponed to reduce the spread of the virus. However, while telehealth can remove obstacles, if not used deliberately and thoughtfully, it can exacerbate many inequalities that exist in the United States health system. One factor that is essential is language accessibility. More Details...

The Road to Health Guided Implementation Project (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The Road to Health (RTH) Guided Implementation Project is an organizational effort aimed at highlighting the efficacy of CHW programs in addressing diabetes within Health Centers (HCs). More Details...

Structural Competency: A Framework to Analyze and Address Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities: Recorded Workshop Training (2020). Resource Type: Other. Description: This workshop introduces the Structural Competency framework and key concepts like structural violence and racism, and structural interventions. This workshop aims to provide you with the ability to discern how structures impact the health of patients and communities, and to allow participants to apply case studies relevant to health center programs. More Details...