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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...

Indigenous Agricultural Workers Fact Sheet (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This fact sheet provides research and data about Indigenous Agricultural Workers. It covers topics from History of Indigenous in Latin America, health in Latin America, health in the U.S, discrimination, working conditions, and barriers to health care. More Details...

Rural Federally Qualified Health Centers Financial and Operational Performance Analysis 2017-2020 (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This report, prepared by Capital Link with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), provides an aggregate financial and operational profile of rural Federally Qualified Health Centers. 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...

Federally Qualified Health Centers Financial and Operational Performance Analysis 2017-2020 (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This report, prepared with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration, provides an aggregate financial and operational profile of Federally Qualified Health Centers nationally from 2017 to 2020. More Details...

Diabetes Resources for Health Centers Serving Special and Vulnerable Populations (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In this webinar, NCHPH hosted a dynamic introduction to the rich collection of resources on diabetes prevention and management for Health Center Programs. More Details...

Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder for People Experiencing Homelessness (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This fact sheet presents an analysis of national health center data on buprenorphine-based Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) services provided at Health Care for the Homeless health centers in calendar year 2020, underscoring that while more health centers are providing MAT, regions with the highest overdose rates lack sufficient access to buprenorphine. More Details...

Building the Case for Implementing Postgraduate NP Residency and NP/PA Training Programs (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join us as we discuss the the drivers and processes of implementing a postgraduate nurse practitioner residency program at your health center, the benefits of implementing a postgraduate residency program, and the residency tracks for Family, Psychiatric/Mental Health, Pediatric, and Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioners. We are joined by Charise Corsino, Program Director of the Nurse Practitioner Residency Program, and Nicole Seagriff, Clinical Program Director of the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Residency Program, from the Community Health Center Inc. More Details...

The Impact of Health Literacy on Diabetes Mellitus (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: In diabetes, health literacy is related to diabetes knowledge, self-efficacy and self-care behaviors and glycemic control. Health literacy may also provide a better understanding of racial disparities observed in patients with diabetes. This webinar describes the concept of health literacy and its assessment and the evidence of its impact on patients with diabetes and offers suggested methods and tools that may be implemented to improve clinical care.  More Details...

Opportunities for HIV Prevention with PrEP (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: HIV prevention with pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective and a component of the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. initiative, yet use is not commensurate with need. Training and technical assistance is available for health centers to start or scale up PrEP programs. In this webinar, participants will become familiar with PrEP resources and hear how health centers have implemented programming to improve HIV prevention and expand access to PrEP. More Details...

Responding to Competitive Compensation Pressures (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Community Health Centers (CHCs) are revamping their compensation strategy to keep up with a shifting labor market and ongoing pandemic disruptions. Join us for a one-hour webinar to learn how the current labor market is influencing the health center workforce and how CHCs can enhance their compensation strategy More Details...

CMS Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule: Health Center Compliance and Equitable Implementation (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: On November 4, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule requiring health care workers at Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities to be vaccinated unless they have approved religious or medical exemptions. Under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), FQHCs are considered a “facility” and will need to comply as a condition for participating in the Medicare and Medicaid program. More Details...

A Community Toolkit for Addressing Health Misinformation (2021). Resource Type: Toolkit. Description: Health center providers have likely encountered patients who were reluctant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine due to false, inaccurate, or misleading information. This resource can help to ensure that people across the country have access to science-based public health guidance as the country continues to confront the pandemic. The toolkit is interactive and collaborative, using simple language and examples to help patients understand and identify misinformation and disinformation. More Details...

Successful Practices in Accountable Care Series: Numbers 1-24 (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This publication combines individual documents in the Successful Practices in Accountable Care series, which ran from 2016-2020. The volume includes case studies from successful organizations, as well as discussions of focus areas. More Details...

Integrated EP And Psychosocial Support Forum For HCs (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Please join the California Primary Care Association and Americares for a one-day session where community health centers and other health organizations will share their experiences preparing for and navigating through the global COVID-19 pandemic and to learn from strategies their peers used to support staff mental health while dealing with challenges and obstacles. More Details...

Assessing Telehealth Maturity in Health Centers: A report out on the progress of Massachusetts health centers in advancing telehealth during a pandemic (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar gave participants the opportunity to learn about the successes and ongoing work to advance telehealth in Massachusetts and critical areas for continued focus and resources to enable equitable access to telehealth. More Details...

Social Risk Coding and Documentation Module (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join Rishi Manchanda, MD, MPH, President and CEO at HealthBegins, and Sarah DeSilvey DNP, FNP-C, Director of Clinical Informatics at The Gravity Project as they discuss the importance of social risk coding and documentation. Learn about the new Evaluation and Management (E/M) coding guidelines, how to identify and code for social risk and health equity using the new guidelines, and opportunities for social risk coding to improve the care of your patients and increase access to revenue. 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...

Housing Insecurity and Health Centers: The Case for Screening and Beyond (2021). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Housing insecurity was on the rise across the country even before the pandemic, which destabilized so many lives. If health centers are serious about the Social Determinants of Health, they should prioritize housing as a profoundly influential SDOH, regardless of HCH designation. This webinar featured two leaders whose health centers do NOT have HCH funding but provide quality services for people experiencing homelessness all the same. We discussed data on homelessness across the country, what UDS shows on screening for housing insecurity among non-HCH health centers, strategies for screening inclusively, and the breadth of the HRSA definition of homelessness. We concluded by highlighting a new HRSA-funded publication that goes deeper on all of these issues. More Details...

The Biden Administration's COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: Frequently Asked Questions for the HCH Community (2021). Resource Type: Publication. Description: On November 4, the Biden Administration issued two rules to provide further guidance on the COVID-19 vaccine mandate announced in early September. One rule outlines the requirements for health care facilities, while the second rule outlines those for private employers with 100+ employees. The National HCH Council has previously endorsed organizations that issued vaccine mandates, and we are grateful to see these new guidelines announced because they will increase the number of people getting vaccinated. To help with initial planning, below are answers to frequently asked questions for how the new rules will impact the Health Care for the Homeless community. More Details...