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Updated Analysis: A Data Driven Approach to Understanding Factors Contributing to Health Inequities (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This resource, an updated version of A Data Driven Approach to Understanding Factors Contributing to Health Inequities (released in 2022), was developed with support from Cedars-Sinai and HealthLandscape. In this analysis, we review more than 100 factors for the 57 FQHC members of the Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County (CCALAC) for 2017-2021. (Released in 2023) More Details...

Optimize Your Care Team to Improve Chronic Hypertensive Disease Management (2023). Resource Type: Online Self-Paced Learning Modules. Description: This webinar focuses on advancing the mgmt of hypertension & improving patient outcomes through optimization of care teams. We explore how care team optimization, grounded in evidence-based practices, enhances health outcomes & provides vital support for our workforce. During this session, you hear from Ingrid Andersson from Mary’s Center on using RNs to enhance chronic care management, with a special emphasis on patients dealing with hypertension. Through comprehensive discussions & case studies, you explore the latest promising practices that focus on the pivotal role of collaborative teams in achieving superior patient outcomes. More Details...

Assessing Provider Capabilities, Attitudes, and Preferences about Telehealth: HITEQ Center Question Bank, April 2023 (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: As health centers are charting their path forward with telehealth after the public health emergency ends, it will be critical to have methods in place to comprehensively assess the current experiences, capabilities, attitudes, and preferences of providers. Telehealth program improvements should be grounded in a real understanding of these factors to ensure readiness of all providers. 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...

NTTAP Webinar Series - May 2, 2023: Health Professions Student Training Webinar: Assessing Organizational Capacity (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In order to provide a high-quality educational training experience at your health center, Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) recommends assessing your capacity and infrastructure to effectively host health professions students. In the midst of competing priorities, best practices and tools will support this strategic workforce planning. Along with these best practices, panelists will discuss faculty’s roles and responsibilities, as well as hear directly from CHC staff. Additionally, this webinar will introduce the Readiness to Train Assessment Tool (RTAT™), a tool developed by HRSA-funded National Training and Technical Assistance Partners (NTTAP) at CHC to better understand organizational readiness to host health professions student training programs. More Details...

Issue Brief: Policies and Strategies to Address Food Insecurity in Agricultural Worker Communities (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This issue brief examines the policies that impact food security in agricultural worker communities. It provides an overview of federal and state programs as well as strategies to address food insecurity. More Details...

Impacto del COVID-19 En Los Trabajadores Agrícolas (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: NCFH has updated the COVID-19 Impact on Agricultural Workers fact sheet. It has new data and statistics surrounding cases and vaccine implementation among the group. More Details...

HITEQ Highlights: The Federal Telehealth Policy Landscape After the PHE: What's Staying (For Now) and What's Going: HITEQ Highlights Webinar (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Worried about what the end of the Public Health Emergency Act will mean for your telehealth services? This session covered what the status of the various temporary federal telehealth policies will be once the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ended on May 11, 2023. As health services have increasingly been provided through virtual care, one important policy discussed was the proposed rules that impact the prescribing of controlled substances using telehealth. More Details...

Preparing Mental Health Leaders (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Mental health practitioners are highly-trained individuals uniquely positioned to excel as leaders. During this webinar, presenters will provide knowledge, tips, and tools that highlight the importance of leadership training and career pathways focused on the advancement of the mental health workforce. More Details...

Abt Conversations: Insights from Community Health Leader Lathran Woodard (2023). Resource Type: Podcast. Description: Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) provide essential healthcare to people who are uninsured or underinsured. Increasingly, FQHCs are answering the call to bolster what have traditionally been public health and social services, and the question of how we support and enhance these resources is becoming more pressing. More Details...

The Managed Care Data Set - Video: Developed with Starling Advisors in 2022 (2023). Resource Type: E-Learning. Description: This is the second in a three module value based care basics series from the HITEQ Center. This module was developed by Starling Advisors in 2022. More Details...

Clinical Quality Measures for Eligible Professionals: 2023 Update: A crosswalk of Clinical Quality Measures for UDS and other reporting from The HITEQ Center (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This spreadsheet developed by the HITEQ Center provides a crosswalk of Clinical Quality Measures and their electronic specifications as defined in the 2023 update for Eligible Professionals (Clinicians). Fields include the crosswalk of measures with related information about CMS, NQF, and MIPS ID, and Telehealth Eligiblity, as well as inclusion in HRSA BPHC Uniform Data System (UDS) CY2023, Million Hearts, CMS Quality Payment Program (QPP) - APM Performance Pathway (APP) Measures, Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP)/ CMS ACO Shared Savings Program, CMS Core Set (Child Core Set Medicaid / CHIP): HEDIS Specified, CMS Core Set (Adult Core Set Medicaid): HEDIS Specified, Core Quality Measures Collaborative (ACO / Primary Care). Links are included throughout. More Details...

NTTAP Webinar Series - April 13, 2023: Quality Improvement Strategies in a Team-Based Care Environment (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join us for a webinar on quality improvement in team-based care! Building a quality improvement (QI) infrastructure within team-based care is an organizational strategy that will establish a culture of continuous improvement across departments and improve quality in all domains of performance. Participants will learn about: • QI infrastructure • Facilitating QI committees • Coach training within health centers Faculty will also provide an example of how trained coaches use QI tools to test and implement changes within an organization. More Details...

HIV/AIDS & U.S. Agricultural Workers (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: NCFH has produced an updated HIV/AIDS & U.S. Agricultural Workers fact sheet. Updates include more recent statistics from CDC and recent peer- reviewed literature on HIV studies among agricultural workers. It is available on the NCFH website to view and download at the link below. More Details...

HITEQ Highlights: Improve the Collection and Respectful Use of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI): Inclusive SOGI EHR Workflows (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Collecting sensitive patient information, including data related to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI), is a critical part of operations for many health centers, especially FQHCs. Though required by many funding and reporting systems, for example, Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Services, integrating how to capture these data in respectful and consistent ways may be a challenge. 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...

Clinical Data Elements for UDS eCQMs and their Lookback Timeframes: Useful for EHR transition planning; developed in 2023. (2023). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: Each electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) is composed of data elements in the EHR or health IT system that are evaluated according to the measure specifications. It is important to identify what data elements need to be transitioned to any new EHR for clinical quality measure continuity and accuracy. This resource identifies clinical data elements in eCQMs that should be considered when transitioning EHRs. These data elements are used in reporting or calculating eCQMs, so their availability or lack thereof in any new EHR system will impact reporting accuracy. More Details...

How People, Process, and Technology Factor Into Social Needs Screening: Instructional video, created March 2022 (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this video, viewers will learn how People, Process and Technology should factor into a health center\'s social needs screening workflow. More Details...

Community-Centered Approaches to Healthcare: Introduction to the CCHH Model (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This is a two-part webinar series in partnership with the Prevention Institute, with part one exploring the CCHH model and part two diving into operationalizing a community-centered approach. This was our first session in the series. More Details...