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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...

Coffee Chat: Updated CDC COVID-19 Guidance & Winter Planning for the HCH Community (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Attendees joined us for a discussion about winter planning for people experiencing homelessness as we face numerous respiratory illnesses. We heard from the CDC about the updated COVID-19 guidance and Council staff shared the newly published COVID-19 Pandemic Manual. This was an informal discussion and people came to ask questions and share what is going well or challenges they were facing in there community. Guidance on Management of COVID-19 in Homeless Service Sites and in Correctional and Detention Facilities https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/homeless-correctional-settings.html NHCHC COVID-19 Pandemic Guidance https://nhchc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/COVID-Manual_Final-11-22.pdf More Details...

Streamline, MCN’s quarterly clinical publication providing information and resources to frontline clinicians working with mobile underserved populations.: Issues going back to 2001 available for you to download free of charge. (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: Streamline is MCN’s quarterly clinical publication. More Details...

Performance Measure Data Definition Worksheet (2022). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: The Performance Measure Data Definition Worksheet can be used during the Quality Improvement (QI) process to assess the alignment of your health center’s workflows and documentation and your EHR vendor’s reporting logic processes. More Details...

Performance Measure Data Definition Worksheet (2022). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: The Performance Measure Data Definition Worksheet can be used during the Quality Improvement (QI) process to assess the alignment of your health center’s workflows and documentation and your EHR vendor’s reporting logic processes. More Details...

Improving Care Coordination and Health Outcomes for Diabetic Patients through Medical and Dental Integration: Promising Practice (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: CommUnityCare in Texas shares how their organization implemented medical and dental integration through NNOHA Integration of Diabetes and Oral Health Learning Collaborative to help improve the health outcomes of patients with diabetes. More Details...

Diabetes Continuum of Care: Understanding Social Determinants of Health and Structural Barriers Affecting Diabetes Care.: Part 1 of the 2022 Diabetes Special and Vulnerable Populations Task Force National Learning Series (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This session is part 1 of 4 in the 2022 Diabetes Special and Vulnerable Population Task Force National Learning Series. This session was entitled \"Understanding Social Determinants of Health and Structural Barriers Affecting Diabetes Care\" More Details...

Advancing MLP in Health Centers Serving Special Populations: Case Studies Covered through an MLP Peer Learning Collaborative (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: In 2021, health center MLP practitioners gathered for a four-part learning collaborative designed to help them develop and improve their partnership models to better serve the needs of special populations. This factsheet summarizes the learning goals, case studies, and some of the salient points shared throughout the four sessions. More Details...

Data Dashboard – COVID-19: Health Care for the Homeless Comparative Data (2022). Resource Type: Other. Description: This new COVID-19 Data Dashboard features comparative data on testing results, testing capacity, clinic closures, telehealth visits, and virus disparity by race and ethnicity from health centers, health centers with only 330(h) funding, and all health centers with 330(h) funding. More national health center data is available on HRSA's website. New health center COVID-19 data is collected weekly, and we will continue to update these figures as new data emerges. More Details...

Farmworkers and COVID-19: FAQ (2022). Resource Type: Other. Description: This MCN blog post serves to provide answers to many of the frequently asked questions we have received concerning Farmworker Health and COVID-19. More Details...

Vaccine Ambassador Project Infographic (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This infographic provides an overview of a CDC-Funded Vaccine Ambassador Project led by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council and the National Association of Community Health Centers. The project began in 2021 and extended through 2023. More Details...

The Covid-19 Impact on Agricultural Workers fact sheet (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: The Covid-19 Impact on Agricultural Workers fact sheet has been updated with new information surrounding Mental Health and Access to Care as well. Covid-19 vaccination and case data has been updated as well. More Details...

Work as a Social Driver of Health: How La Casa Family Health Center Identifies Farmworkers (2022). Resource Type: Podcast. Description: What happens when health center care teams know more about a patient’s occupation? This data can be especially important if the patient is an essential worker, as the Health Choice Network, a health center-controlled network based in Miami, and their partners at La Casa Family Health Center in New Mexico, learned during the COVID pandemic when treating a high-risk group of dairy farmworkers. This episode of NACHC’s podcast, Health Centers on the Front Lines, takes us behind the scenes at a health center and its partner network as they change the culture around disclosure of occupation among patients. More Details...

Teledentistry Readiness Assessment (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This document outlines key areas for the successful implementation of teledentistry. It also includes a readiness assessment for community health centers to determine the level of readiness in their organization for teledentistry. More Details...

Medicaid Redeterminations & the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Implications for the HCH Community (2022). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This fact sheet describes how the HCH Community should prepare for Medicaid redeterminations as part of the PHE unwinding. More Details...

Capital Financing Strategies for Rurally-Located Health Centers Webinar (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this webinar, we explore the financing strategies available to rurally-located health centers considering a capital expansion project. Various financing opportunities, including targeted programs such as the USDA, New Markets Tax Credits, and the HRSA Heath Center Facilities Loan Guarantee Program, are discussed. We also highlighted the recent capital expansion project of El Dorado Community Health Center (EDCHC), a rurally-located center serving several mountain communities in El Dorado County, CA. More Details...

Protéjase de la Gripe y del COVID-19 (2022). Resource Type: Patient Material. Description: Este folleto de bolsillo contiene información sobre las vacunas contra la gripe y la COVID-19, quién es elegible para recibirlas y dónde encontrarlas. También contiene un cuadro rellenable para que las organizaciones agreguen su información de contacto. Este recurso fue creado por NCFH en asociación con MHP Salud. More Details...

Protect yourself from both the Flu and COVID-19 (2022). Resource Type: Patient Material. Description: This pocket-size brochure contains information about both the flu and COVID-19 vaccines, who is eligible to receive them and where to find them. It also contains a fillable box for organizations to add their contact information. This resource was created by NCFH in partnership with MHP Salud. More Details...

Managed Care Data Checklist: Companion Document to Video Module: Payer Data: The Managed Care Data (2022). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: This checklist will walk you, the health center, through a series of common considerations for contracts you may receive from payers with a specific focus on contracts that include value-based payment components. This document assists organizations in understanding the necessary data and data-related tools for managing population health within a managed care environment. More Details...