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Billing, Coding, Documentation & Quality Series, Part II: Treating Substance/Opioid Use Disorders via Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) in Community Health (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar from 1/27/22 outlines the steps needed to effectively document, code, and bill for services including screening for SUD/OUD and providing care during the induction, stabilization, and maintenance phases of MAT. Individual state Medicaid issues are too numerous and will not be specifically referred to on a state-by-state basis. More Details...

Billing, Coding, Documentation & Quality Series, Part I: Top 10 Documentation and Revenue Tips in Community Health (2022). Resource Type: Archived webinar. Description: This session from 1/20/22 provides a review of opportunities for Community Health Centers to improve clinical documentation, professional coding, and medical billing with a focus on the unique CMS rules and regulations for reporting health services to various insurance entities. Significant attention will be paid to how staff can work together to balance clinical and business goals. Webinar content is presented from the perspective of a CMS-approved federally qualified Health Center with a focus on details found within CMS Claims/Benefits Manuals Chapters 9 and 13. More Details...

Statewide Medicaid Benefit for Medical Respite Care: Issues Informing Benefit Design and Implementation (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have encouraged states to consider how to address social determinants of health in their Medicaid plans. Washington State Health Care Authority recognizes the benefits of a statewide MRC service, and is proposing it as part of Washington State’s Medicaid Transformation Project Section 1115 Demonstration Renewal Request as a health-related service for Apple Health enrollees in both managed care and FFS delivery systems. More Details...

Expanding Options for Health Care Within Homelessness Services: CoC Partnerships with Medical Respite Care Programs (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: A brief to improve health care quality and outcomes for people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 response by strengthening partnerships between homelessness assistance systems and medical respite care (MRC) providers. This brief features the views of both Continuums of Care (CoCs) and MRC staff about how to best integrate operations at the systemic level, as well as featuring a community spotlight on the CoC-MRC partnership in Yakima, Washington. More Details...

Finance Office Hours: Facilitated Discussion On the No Surprise Billing Act (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: On October 7, 2021, the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) published in the Federal Register proposed Requirements Related to Surprise Billing, Part II (86 Federal Register (FR) 55980). On December 17, 2021 NACHC hosted a facilitated discussion going over the main areas of the “No Surprise Billing Act” and the Good Faith Estimate provision challenges. This webinar provides insight on this regulation that will go into effect in January 2022. More Details...

HRSA’s Loan Guarantee Program: An Overview (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar session will provide an overview of the Health Resources and Services Administration\'s (HRSA’s) Health Center Facility Loan Guarantee Program (LGP). Participants will be provided with an overview of the program and the application process and will highlight recent health center projects that have benefitted from the guarantee. You will also learn about Capital Link’s upcoming LGP Learning Collaborative. More Details...

Pharmacy Access Office Hour: What’s Your Capture Rate? Tools for Growing Your In-House Pharmacy (2021). Resource Type: Archived webinar. Description: Presenters: David Christian, DPh, Pharmacy Director, Central Virginia Health Services, Inc. Karen Dann, PharmD, Director of Pharmacy, Jericho Community Health Center: Brandon Jones, Health Center Operations & HR Training, NACHC Tim Mallett, RPh, 340B TTA Consultant, NACHC VP of Pharmacy Services, 340Basics Keith Sinay, RPh, Vice President Pharmacy Services, HealthPoint Community Health Center More Details...

Identifying Outcomes for Medical Respite/ Recuperative Care Programs (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This document is intended to help programs identify specific outcomes and variables that they can feasibly track within their program. More Details...

Filling the HCH Gap: Case Studies of Non-HCH Health Centers Serving People Experiencing Homelessness (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication highlights five health centers that do not have Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) designation but provide excellent services to people experiencing homelessness regardless. More Details...

Building Value and Return on Investment in Housing and Health Partnerships Learning Collaborative (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This learning collaborative from NCHPH and National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC) will guide health center staff through practical steps to help build value and return on investment in their current health center and housing authority partnerships. More Details...

COVID-19 Financial and Operational Recovery Resources (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: These webinar sessions, including: Leveraging ARP Funding - Capital Planning and Supplemental Financing Options - Oct. 27, 2021; Surviving COVID: Charting a Post-Pandemic Path for California\'s Community Health Centers - Aug. 11, 2021; and The Quest to Build Financially and Operationally Resilient Health Centers: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic - May 11, 2021, provide insight for health centers looking for financial and operational recovery resources in response to COVID-19. More Details...

Using American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funds to Build Health Center Value Based Payment (VBP) Capability (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This document provides guidance on ways that FQHCs can utilize American Rescue Plan Act funds to develop and expand their VBP capabilities. Areas of focus for short-term investments include improving data and IT, integrating services, and improving access and health equity. More Details...

Understanding and Applying SDOH Screening Data to Address Barriers to Health: Webinar (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Health centers provide high-quality primary and preventive care to diverse populations in special and vulnerable populations in underserved communities. Health centers also provide a host of enabling services – non-clinical services that aim to increase access to health care and improve population health outcomes. The ability to track and evaluate these services is an important tool for health centers to demonstrate their value in addressing patients’ social determinants of health; of equal importance is the ability to make this data actionable in order to address patients’ barriers to access. More Details...

HRSA C8E Capital Funding Opportunity Webinar Series (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Capital Link recently hosted a series of capital funding webinars to assist FQHCs interested in applying for HRSA\'s American Rescue Plan C8E Funding. Although the deadline for this one-time funding opportunity has passed, our webinars provide many useful insights into the planning processes. More Details...

Approaches to Financing Medical Respite/Recuperative Care Programs (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Also known as recuperative care, medical respite care is short-term care for individuals experiencing homelessness who are too frail to recover from illness or injury on the streets or in shelters but not sick enough to remain in the hospital. This white paper describes trends and opportunities for funding medical respite programs and services and offers methods to expand and scale programs through innovative financing mechanisms and increased flexibility in payment policy. The paper outlines various approaches to finance medical respite programs, offering providers, state and federal Medicaid leadership, policymakers, and managed care organizations (MCOs) specific partnership options to ensure continuity and quality of care for patients with long-term health and housing needs. More Details...

Capital Project Financing Sources for Rural Health Centers - June 24, 2021 (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This session, specifically designed for rural health centers looking to learn more about the various avenues of financing available for capital projects, including USDA, New Markets Tax Credits, and the HRSA Loan Guarantee Program, will highlight a recent case study of a rural health center that has successfully completed a capital development project to provide insight into the facility expansion process. More Details...

Project Highlight: Lifespan Health (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This summary describes the capital expansion and consolidation efforts of Hardin County Regional Health Center, dba Lifespan Health, highlighting the planning, financing, and community impact of an estimated $7.9 million health center capital project. The health center\'s new facility is aimed to expand essential care services to the communities it serves in rural Tennessee, where nearly half the population lives well below the federal poverty level. More Details...

Performance Benchmarking Toolkit for Rural Health Centers (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This toolkit provides guidance in applying data analysis tools to help rural health centers more effectively track performance, understand key drivers, and incorporate operational insights for financial sustainability. This resource was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration. (Released 2021) More Details...

Project Highlight: Neighborhood Health Centers of the Lehigh Valley (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This summary describes Neighborhood Health Centers of the Lehigh Valley\'s capital expansion plans in Allentown and Bethlehem, PA, highlighting the planning, financing, and community impacts of two health center capital projects, totaling $4 million combined. More Details...

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Competencies and Professional Development Tool (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This document outlines 11 domains, related tasks, and behavioral examples for Core Competencies for the Health Center CFO. These domains and related tasks and examples were identified and vetted through a National Advisory Panel made up of key staff who would have interaction with the CEO position in various settings. More Details...