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Finance Office Hours: No Surprises Act: Developing Your Good Faith Estimate (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Starting January 1, 2022, The No Surprises Act requires all health care providers and facilities to provide uninsured and self-pay patients with a “good faith estimate” of expected charges before a patient receives services. This webinar reviews the regulatory requirements under the No Surprises Act and best practices for implementing the good faith estimate into your health center’s workflow. More Details...

The Role of the Health Center Board Member & Board Recruitment (part 1) (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: CPCA developed a 2-part governance training series based on NACHC developed Governance curriculum. The two, one-hour webinars provide summaries around individual board member responsibilities, the responsibilities of a board as a collective, how to work with the CEO, and tips and tricks around board recruitment, training and retention. More Details...

Becoming a Health Center Program Look-Alike (2021). Resource Type: Self-paced learning . Description: This online course is designed to help your health center determine if becoming a Health Center Program Look-Alike is the right path, define the eligibility, application requirements, and timeline for Look-Alike initial designation; and demonstrate organizational and operational readiness in your application. More Details...

Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) Template (2021). Resource Type: Template. Description: MOU Example 1: This MOU template meets basic program standards for HRSA requirements for FQHC funding. MOU Example 2: This MOU template meets basic program standards for HRSA requirements, and also shows the possibility for infusing the health center mission into the language of an MOU, embracing the spirit as well as the law of the arrangement. More Details...

Clinical Research in the Health Center Setting: Managing Legal and Compliance Risks (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This Issue Bulletin describes legal and compliance risks that health centers should consider before engaging in research opportunities, including an overview of the federal regulations that protect research participants; the application of federal fraud, waste and abuse laws in research; and the malpractice, insurance and Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) considerations. More Details...

So You Want to Start a Health Care for the Homeless Program (2021). Resource Type: Other. Description: This two-page quick guide answers the common question: How do I become an HCH grantee? It addresses both existing health center grantees and non-health-center prospective applicants. More Details...

Health Center Information Blocking Avenger: A HITEQ Center Training Badge (2021). Resource Type: Online Self-Paced Learning Modules. Description: In March 2019, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued a Proposed Rule, 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program. ONC released a final rule in March 2020, published in the Federal Register on May 1, 2020. The Final Rule prohibits actors from blocking the exchange of electronic health information and seeks to increase the ease and choices available for patients to access their data.If Information Blocking is all new to you, review these resources first to set yourself up for success. More Details...

Who Wants To Be A Vaccinator: Volunteers, Students, and Other Professionals (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: To meet the demand for knowledge on COVID-19 vaccines, CHCI and its Weitzman Institute is moving back to weekly COVID-19 national webinar sessions! More Details...

Homeless Persons Mortality Toolkit (2020). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: Homelessness is deadly. People without homes are more vulnerable to virtually every illness and injury and die, on average, 30 years earlier than housed people. As part of health centers' required periodic needs assessment, cause of death for people experiencing homelessness must be measured: this toolkit shows you how. More Details...

Laying the Foundation for Lawyers on the Health Center Team Part II: Funding, MoUs & Sustainability (2020). Resource Type: In-Person Training. Description: The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership is launching a 5-part Webinar Series to disseminate the Health Center Guide toolkit that provides the health center community with information and resources to start, strengthen, and sustain a medical-legal partnership. The toolkit will help health centers to 1) have the important conversations to plan for a MLP’s long term success; 2) understand the specifics on developing screening, referral, and service delivery workflows for a MLP; 3) to look at how integrating legal services can support health center workforce development; and 4) move upstream to address social determinants of health and health equity at a policy level. More Details...

Pharmacy Access Office Hours: Adjusting to Recent 340B Developments (Oct 2020) (2020). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar discusses the ongoing developments in the controversy surrounding the 340B program, both in terms of policy debates, but also operations. More Details...

EnVision Centers, Jobs Plus and Health Centers Interactive Map (2020). Resource Type: Interactive Map. Description: NCHPH recently launched a new interactive map. This map shows the location of Health Centers, Envision Centers and Jobs Plus sites. EnVision Centers are centralized hubs that provide people living in public housing with resources and support needed to excel. Jobs Plus Sites. The place-based Jobs Plus Initiative program addresses poverty among public housing residents by incentivizing and enabling employment. Health Centers interested in partnering with near Envision Centers and Jobs Plus sites, visit this NCHPH resource and hover over the organization you want to partner with. Contact information will then be displayed in the information box. More Details...

Pharmacy Access Office Hours: Adjusting to Recent 340B Developments (Sept 2020) (2020). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This office hour provides an overview of recent 340B developments and their accompanying operation issues. More Details...

NNOHA Operations Manual: Workforce Chapter V2 (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This chapter provides helpful tools and resources for tackling the issues related to workforce in Health Center oral health programs. Topics include recruitment and retention of dental team members, staffing ratios, and strategies to decrease burnout. More Details...

Pharmacy Access Office Hours: Relationship Between Affordability Expectations and BPHC SFSD Requirements for Pharmaceuticals (2020). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This office hour discusses in depth issues surrounding pharmaceuticals, compliance and sliding fee discounts in relationship to the health center mission. More Details...

HIPAA Compliance and Telework (English/Spanish) (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This short legal guidance memo from FTLF is intended to guide health center staff in assuring HIPAA compliance in a remote work setting. It accompanies two other NACHC resources: Remote Work Toolkit; and Reduced Workflows and Staffing Guidance for Non-Clinical Operations COVID-19 Resource Packet. More Details...

Clinical Quality Measures for Eligible Professionals for 2020: A Crosswalk Comparison from The HITEQ Center (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This spreadsheet provides a crosswalk of Clinical Quality Measures and their electronic specifications as defined in the 2020 update for Eligible Professionals (Clinicians). More Details...

Patient Confidentiality & COVID-19 (2020). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this complimentary webinar, we will review the permitted uses and disclosures of patient information during emergencies under both HIPAA and Part 2 and discuss the most recent updates from OCR and SAMHSA. We will also provide responses to health center’s most frequently asked questions and suggest best practices to ensure on-going compliance during this challenging period. More Details...

Telehealth Implications for FQHCs — COVID-19 (2020). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this complimentary webinar, we will describe the new telehealth flexibilities in the Appropriations Act and PAL 2020-01, discuss the President's recent national emergency declaration, and explain the broader impact of each on health centers. More Details...

Oral Health Listening Session Findings — COVID-19 (2020). Resource Type: Publication. Description: NNOHA hosted three oral health listening sessions on health center dental programs' responses to COVID-19. The listening sessions focused on protecting the community and protecting the dental team. The findings of the three listening sessions are provided in this document in addition the webinar recordings. More Details...