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NACHC 2022 PCA Assessment Summary (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The 2022 PCA Assessment provides a comprehensive overview of state-level policy issues affecting health centers and their patients. NACHC received assessment results from 50 out of 52 Primary Care Associations (PCAs.) These results are official as of August 2023. More Details...

Behavioral Health and Community Health Centers (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This factsheet summarizes health centers’ behavioral health services. It highlights data from UDS that shows growth in patients and staff over the last decade, as well as the variety of behavioral health professionals and services offered at health centers. Finally, policy suggestions to support behavioral health services at health centers are presented. More Details...

Assessing Patient Satisfaction with Telehealth at Community Health Centers: A Policy Brief (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This brief describes findings from a national assessment of health center patients’ experiences with telehealth and the policy implications of these findings. The assessment focused on three key aspects of telehealth utilization, including 1) ease of use, 2) interaction with the clinician, and 3) overall comfort/satisfaction. More Details...

Ground Work: Racial Justice and Cultural Humility Training for Health Centers (2023). Resource Type: elearning. Description: Ground Work is a foundational, racial justice training for all health center roles. This 8-part series provides tools for health centers to work towards racial equity both in our health centers and in the world. More Details...

Tackling Substance Use in Health Centers: Crystal Meth and HIV (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar examines the effects of crystal methamphetamine (crystal meth) on the physical, mental, and overall care needs of health center patients.The focus is on populations most impacted by crystal meth, as well as the health conditions, like HIV, and risk factors that are most prevalent in patients that report using this substance. More Details...

Growing the Next Generation of Health Center Executives: Establishing an Administrative Fellows Program (2023). Resource Type: Archived webinar. Description: This two-part series is designed to assist health centers with specific consultation on top issues in developing and implementing an Administrative Fellows Program in a Health Center setting. The faculty includes health center representatives experienced and successful with a health center-based Administrative Fellows Program for post-graduate Masters’ prepared administrators. More Details...

Cyber Security Trends, HIPAA and Insurance (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar covers conducting a security risk assessment and developing a risk mitigation plan, the HIPAA requirements related to responding to a security incident, including notifying impacted patients, the media, and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), as well as cyber Insurance best practices and options. More Details...

Navigating Leadership Roles: 8 Compass Points (2023). Resource Type: elearning. Description: NACHC has developed an 8-part series of modules that supports your understanding of what’s required of an effective leader. These fundamentals can be used to orient you as you prepare for your leadership journey. Topics include core characteristics, foundational management skills, influencing without authority, communication, SMART goals, employee motivation, ethics, and professional networking More Details...

Eyes on Access: Billing for Vision Services (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This is a continuation of the 2022 vision services webinar series. With a deep dive into billing for vision services, this webinar series addresses how health centers can align their billing procedures for vision services with their existing service lines. More Details...

Creativity and Healing: The ArtStreet Experience (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Gain insight into the ways art can become a valuable resource for trauma informed care inhealth centers. The ArtStreet program at Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless regularly uses art therapy and inspirational art exercises to both address a patient’s trauma and provide whole-person healthcare. More Details...

Telehealth Office Hour: Bridging the Digital Divide (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: As Telehealth continues to advance the care organizations provide to their communities, systemic issues are being identified as it relates to Telehealth equity. Join us during NACHCs Telehealth Office Hour as we are joined by the Northeast Telehealth Resource Center to examine telehealth strategies that address disparities in access to quality care. More Details...

The Board's Role in Strategic Planning/La Función de la Junta Directiva en la Planificación Estratégica (2023). Resource Type: Micro-Learning. Description: Strategic planning is the board and management team’s attempt to create the health center’s future, achieve its vision, advance its mission, and exert some influence over an uncertain future. This short module identifies key components of a strategic planning process and discusses the role of the board in strategic planning. More Details...

Health Centers Serving Veterans: Learn about the New PACT Health Benefits (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar . Description: This national audience webinar will provide health center administrators and provider teams with the most recent information regarding new health and service benefits passed by Congress in 2022, to be implemented by the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs. Specifically, the PACT webinar will explain the toxic exposure criterion and how health centers can screen and/or refer Military Veterans for the new benefits they've earned and deserve. More Details...

Community Health Center Chartbook: 2023 (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The annual Community Health Center Chartbook highlights data on Federally Qualified Health Centers, including Health Center Program Grantees and Look-alike organizations. The chartbook includes summary data on health center patients, services, staffing, quality outcomes, and impact on access to care and health equity. More Details...

Pharmacy Office Hours: Developing a Pharmacy Residency Program (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This session will showcase how an FQHC can develop a residency program, including the difficult decisions an organization will have to make, such as whether to be accredited, getting leadership buy-in, how to pay for/support the program, and how to successfully integrate the residents into practice. Kim Chen and Matthew Bertsch both run residency programs in FQHCs in Arizona and both have unique views and perspectives on program startup and development. This session will cover key points for pharmacists and members of the C-Suite and management team. More Details...

Creating a Happiness Advantage in Community Health Centers (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This case study examines how how strategically prioritizing happiness can become the biggest advantage an organization has in a competitive, highly demanding health care delivery environment. The study focuses on three areas--idnividual habits, team-based work routines, and organizational priorities and reinforcement. More Details...

A How-To Guide: An Overview of the 2021 National Health Center Training and Technical Assistance Needs Assessment Development, Fielding and Analysis: A collaborative project of the 21 National Training and Technical Assistance Partners (NTTAPs) (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This "how-to" guide summarizes the operational phases (development, design, fielding, data collection, analysis, application of findings) of the 2021 National Health Center Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Needs Assessment. The Assessment is a collaborative project of the 21 National Training and Technical Assistance Partners (NTTAPs) funded by HRSA to provide TTA to health centers across the country. More Details...

Medicaid SDOH Action Plan: Maternal health, behavioral health, family planning, managed care (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This short document will provide guidance to assist health centers to better serve their patients by highlighting Medicaid reimbursable services that address social drivers of health (SDOH) and guidance to assist health centers in obtaining payment for SDOH-related services. More Details...

Creativity & Healing: Connecting Through Art: The Zufall Health Experience (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Do the arts have a role in the healing journey? Join NACHC for the third session of a 4-part webinar series highlighting the benefits of integrating arts in health center programs for staff and patients. Learn how and why the arts are an integral part of Zufall Health Center programs and services and experience the benefits of creativity that are part of the everyday experience for Zufall patients and staff. More Details...

Emerging Best Practices for Monkeypox in Community Health Primary Care (2023). Resource Type: Microlearning. Description: This microlearning is a status update as of Fall 2022 on the national picture of Monkeypox contagion and what health centers and providers can do to encourage vaccination and reduce any associated stigma. More Details...