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SDOH Screening & Referrals to Support Diabetes Control: Screening & Coding, Care Team Optimization, Referrals to the Community & Closing the Loop (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this three-part webinar series hosted by the National Nurse-led Care Consortium (NNCC), participants can expect to learn about the importance of SDOH screenings and whole-person wellness to improve diabetes management and outcomes. Presenters will share their knowledge of executing patient centered SDOH screening tools and referrals to support services while managing diabetes. This series will discuss implementing best practices for patient-centered approaches to care by utilizing SDOH screening and care team optimization and coordination. More Details...

Unwinding of Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirement: State-by-State Tracker (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This tracker examines whether the following information can be found on the state Medicaid or state Marketplace website or in public documents: 1) the state’s unwinding plan or a summary; 2) an alert to update contact information; 3) communications materials/toolkits for partners; 4) an unwinding FAQ; and 5) whether the state plans to launch an unwinding data dashboard or publicly post key unwinding data. More Details...

SDOH Screening & Referrals to Support Diabetes Control (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this three-part webinar series hosted by the National Nurse-led Care Consortium (NNCC), participants can expect to learn about the importance of SDOH screenings and whole-person wellness to improve diabetes management and outcomes. Presenters will share their knowledge of executing patient-centered SDOH screening tools and referrals to support services while managing diabetes. This series will discuss implementing best practices for patient-centered approaches to care by utilizing SDOH screening and care team optimization and coordination. Participants will learn best practices for replicating these patient-centered care plans and how to best use their staff for team-based management. More Details...

Becoming a Teaching Health Center: Tips for Health Center Boards (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource offers tips for boards when a health center is considering starting the process to become a Teaching Health Center. It offers a case example of how one board used these strategies. More Details...

Treating Substance/Opioid Use Disorders via Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) in Community Health (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: By providing CMS-covered Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) services in the treatment of Substance/Opioid Use Disorders (SUD and OUD) your community health center's clinical providers may be eligible for a broader range of provider loan repayment programs while providing desperately needed services to patients who need help with the medical and behavioral health issues related to this other public health emergency. More Details...

Addressing diabetes risk factors in school-aged children: MEND+ at Denver Health (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join the School-Based Health Alliance to hear about evidence-based strategies for reducing diabetes risk among school-aged children and take away comprehensive strategies for obesity prevention and treatment within Health Centers and schools. Participants will learn about Denver Health’s successful example of an intensive in-house family weight management program tailored for Health. Our speaker will discuss how health centers can spearhead partnerships with schools in their community in various ways to support school-aged children’s obesity prevention and treatment. More Details...

Top 5 Documentation and Revenue Tips in Community Health Centers (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this webinar session we review opportunities for Community Health Centers to improve their clinical documentation, professional coding, and medical billing with a focus on the unique CMS rules and regulations we face when reporting our valuable health services to our various insurance entities. Your clinical providers (ex. MD, PA, NP, CP, CSW), facility leaders (ex. CFO, revenue cycle managers, office managers), are invited to join in along with professional coders and medical billers. More Details...

Tips for Boards on Health Center Workforce Challenges and Opportunities (2023). Resource Type: Elearning. Description: NACHC has developed two resources – an article and companion video – related to workforce for health center boards. The article provides tips that a board can consider in partnership with the CEO to help address workforce challenges and opportunities through board-level functions, including strategic planning, budget approval, policy approval, and other forms of oversight and board development. A companion video provides a summary of the article. Boards may find it helpful to watch the companion video to generate discussion about the board’s role related to workforce challenges and opportunities. More Details...

Telehealth Reimbursement (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This document discusses changes to telehealth reimbursement, providing basic guidelines to navigate frequent changes in policy. More Details...

Telehealth E/M Coding (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This document summarizes the 2021 E/M coding guidelines for office visits, inlcuding a chart of E/M guidelines for medical decision making. More Details...

Telehealth Documentation (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This document outlines the documentation requirements for telehealth services beyond those required for inperson visit. It also discusses medicial decision making and changes to the time component. More Details...

Telehealth Billing (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This document describes telehealth billing practices, focusing on correct place of service and modifiers for commercial payers. More Details...

Action to Ensure Americans Receive Critical Information on Health Care Coverage (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The Federal Communications Commission in January 2023 provided guidance to federal and state governmental agencies, as well as their partners, to enable them to make Medicaid enrollment calls and send text messages without violating robocall and robotext prohibitions. More Details...

C3 Project Findings: Roles & Competencies (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The C3 Project recommendations include a total of ten roles and eleven skills, as listed below. More Details...

Telehealth Office Hour: Telehealth Policy Updates (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: As telehealth policy continues to change throughout the Public Health Emergency (PHE), it is imperative for health centers to understand what steps to take throughout the PHE and when it concludes. Join NACHC and the Center for Connected Health Policy as we review the most recent telehealth policy updates in 2023 that could impact your operations. More Details...

STAR² Center Financial Assessment for Provider Turnover Tool (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: The purpose of this Financial Assessment for Provider Turnover Tool (previously released as the Financial Impact Tool) is to assist you in realizing the actual costs of provider turnover. These costs can include direct costs, such as advertising and recruiting services, but also indirect costs, such as staff time dedicated to finding locum tenens (temporary) and permanent providers. Wherever separate data are available for nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians, they are parsed into separate tabs for “Non-Physician Providers” or “Physicians”. More Details...

More than a Database: Understanding Community Resource Referrals within a Broader Framework: HITEQ Highlights Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Addressing patients’ social determinants of health via community resource referrals has historically primarily been the domain of social workers and information and referral specialists; however, community resource referral technology platforms have more recently entered the market. More Details...

10 Things to Know about the Unwinding of the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This brief describes 10 key points about the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous enrollment requirement, highlighting data and analyses that can inform the unwinding process as well as recent legislation and guidance issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to help states prepare for the end of the continuous enrollment provision. More Details...

Unwinding the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision and Returning to Regular Operations after COVID-19 (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The expiration of the continuous coverage requirement authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) presents the single largest health coverage transition event since the first open enrollment period of the Affordable Care Act. As a condition of receiving a temporary 6.2 percentage point Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) increase under the FFCRA, states have been required to maintain enrollment of nearly all Medicaid enrollees. When the continuous coverage requirement expires, states will have up to 12 months to return to normal eligibility and enrollment operations. Additionally, many other temporary authorities adopted by states during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), including Section 1135 waivers and disaster relief state plan amendments (SPAs), will expire at the end of the PHE, and states will need to plan for a return to regular operations across their programs. CMS will continue to update this page as additional tools and resources are released. More Details...

Strategic Approaches to Engaging Managed Care Plans to Maximize Continuity of Coverage as States Resume Normal Eligibility and Enrollment Operations: January 2023 Update (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The COVID-19 pandemic and implementation of federal policies to address the resulting public health emergency (PHE) have disrupted routine Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility and enrollment operations. States will have a 12-month unwinding period following tthe end of the PHE to initiate all pending post-enrollment verifications, redeterminations, and renewals. CMS is working closely with states and other stakeholders to ensure, as states resume routine operations, that renewals of eligibility occur in an orderly process that minimizes beneficiary burden and promotes continuity of coverage for eligible individuals, including those who no longer qualify for Medicaid or CHIP and therefore may transition to a different form of coverage, such as through a Marketplace. More Details...