UCSF ADVANCED PRACTICE NEWSLETTER
November 2019
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CELEBRATING
NURSE PRACTITIONERS
NURSE ANESTHETISTS
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
NURSE MIDWIVES
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AHP = APP ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDERS
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IN THIS ISSUE
Although I have retired and the process of hiring a successor continues, I will continue to support APPs at UCSF Health and prepare this newsletter.
Highlighting APP Practice at UCSF Health
Inaugural APP Grand Rounds
APP UPDATES
Celebrate NP Week 2019
Governor Signs SB697
Review of UCSF Health APP Open Forum
NP3 Candidates
The Women of UCSF
The Recognize Application
Links to other UCMC's APP Practice
New INEX Portal
BCH/BCHO Monthly Noon Conference at MB
Reminder for Providers regarding Diabetes Supplies Ordering
APP Academic Stipend
ONE GOOD THING
Schwartz Rounds
GME Grand Rounds
Medi-Cal SPA Time Study for Ambulatory Providers
New APPs to UCSF Health for the 9th Cohort in 2019
Advisory Board Minutes - August 2019
California Healthcare News
UCSF Health Events Calendar
Center for the Enhancement of Communication in Healthcare
New APP AHA Re-Certification Workflow
True North Metrics
APP Students and SON Preceptor Opportunities and Preceptor Training at UCSF Health
Sharing your Expertise across the State and Nation
Caring for the Caregiver
RECOGNITION, PUBLICATIONS, AND PRESENTATIONS
Ryan Wilson, PA
Annika Ehrlich, NP
Monica Volz, NP
RESOURCES
Fun Discounts for UCSF Employees
Pager Box Update
2019/2020 APP Advisory Board
Required Training in LMS
Face Card Process
How To Correct The Staff Directory
APP Resource Manual Link
Adding New Privileges
Scope Of Practice Details
Licensing and Certification Responsibilities
CURES Sign Up for Scheduled Medication Prescribing
BRN Link
DEA
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HIGHLIGHTING THE ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDERS
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THE INAUGURAL APP GRAND ROUNDS
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We must commend the Education Committee of the APP Advisory Board for their successful launch of the first APP Grand Rounds. The committee will consider the frequency of the APP Grand Rounds and focus. This Grand Rounds was presented by Dr. Monica McLemore from the UCSF SON. The title of the discussion was "Understanding the Clinician Role in the Resolution of Health Inequities - Black Maternal Health as an Exemplar". If you were unable to attend, below is a link to the presentation. A promotional video is included below and if you have any suggestions for future presentations, I am certain the committee would love to hear from you.
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The committee members include:
Alisa Yee, NP
Jennifer Viner, NP
Megan Schoettler, PNP
Nick Carvelli, NP
Laura Weill, CNM
Onica Kuch, PNP
Lissa Gray, NP
Sarah Zhang, CRNA
Jen Osborn, NP
Kortney Parman, NP
Marina Ortega, PA
Emily Yee, NP
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CELEBRATE NP WEEK October 6th to 12th, 2019
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APP OPEN FORUM
November 7th, 2019
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Apologies to attendees and those attending via Zoom for the technical issues but hope it was informative. The Recognition Award was not announced at the meeting as the recipient was unable to attend with the date change. Carlos Mendoza, Senior Compensation Analyst in HR has been an incredible partner in understanding the nuances of APPs as part of the UCSF Health workforce. He has been instrumental in ensuring appropriate pay structure are implemented with the various titles of APPs in the organization and how they differ from the non-credentialed workforce.
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NP3 Appointment Candidates
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The following 3 candidates are being considered for NP3 Promotion as they complete the final interviews.
Emily Yee
Michelle Klosterman
Anne Arnhym
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WOMEN OF UCSF
Explore the stories, resources, and events supporting and highlighting the Women of UCSF.
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Please use the UCSF Health Recognize application to tell any staff member or provider how much your appreciate their expertise or support or guidance. It is free and easy and meaningful to the recipient. It functions through MyAccess.
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ADVANCED PRACTICE AT UC Medical Centers in California
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A UC wide Advanced Practice Leadership Strategy Committee was formed a couple years ago to create a dialogue and share common processes that were more mature at some health systems than others and support each other in our collective efforts. The Committee includes members from all professions as well as senior leadership and advanced practice faculty and administrators. The following logos are links to activities at each campus that may relate to advanced practice. These may include conferences and grand rounds. You will note that some are more mature in their online presence.
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BCH/BCHO Noon Conference
Monthly Education Meeting with light refreshments at Mission Bay
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Reminder Regarding Education and Diabetes Discharge Supplies
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Provider education about how to order correct discharge supplies for patients with diabetes.
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The UCSF Health Office of Advanced Practice
15 Academic stipends are offered each fiscal year to offset the cost of APPs presenting at a conference in their specialty. Podium/poster/panel presentations will be eligible. Other requirements listed in link below.
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Compliments of Diane Sliwka, MD
One Good Thing
Improving the Work Experience at UCSF
Issue 75
To make our True North "Our People" efforts more visible at UCSF, this communication provides a highlight of one enhancement, story or tip intended to improve the work experience for clinicians and faculty at UCSF Health.
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Schwartz Rounds offer healthcare providers a regularly scheduled time during their fast-paced work lives to openly and honestly discuss the social and emotional issues they face in caring for patients and families. The focus is on the human dimension of patient care. Clinicians and staff have an opportunity to share their experiences, thoughts and feelings on thought-provoking topics drawn from actual patient cases. The premise is that health care providers are better able to make personal connections with patients and colleagues when they have greater insight into their own responses and feelings
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GME Grand Rounds - inter-professional opportunity to share experiences.
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IMPORTANT
Ambulatory APP Providers ONLY
Please complete the LMS module for this training to be included in the next time study. Whether you are working clinically or not vacation during the recorded week, you are still included.
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The dates are randomly selected and to gain this valuable source of revenue, the time sheets must be completed and returned after signature in blue ink in a timely manner. We must have an 85% participation rate.
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Timestudies can be scanned or a picture of the timesheet can be emailed to Andrina Ong. They can be processed immediately where inter-campus mail can take a week.
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The following training link provides information that ALL ambulatory APPs must review to be included. ONLY APP providers that completed the LMS module will receive a link to the TIME SHEET when the next date is announced.
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APP NEW HIRES COHORT 10 2019
Please welcome these new APP professionals
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STARTING APP Cohort 9 for ONBOARDING July 2019
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THEY ARE A GROUP OF NP AND PA PROVIDERS COMING INTO MANY DIFFERENT CLINICAL SPECIALTIES ACROSS THE UCSF HEALTH ENTERPRISE.
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APP ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES
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CALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE NEWS
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A COUPLE ARTICLES RELEVANT TO ADVANCED PRATICE. YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE IF YOU WISH.
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Enhancing Relationship Centered Communication Skills Professional Development for Clinicians
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AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATION WORKFLOW FOR APP PROVIDERS RENEWING THEIR BLS, ACLS PALS THROUGH SAFETY TRAINING SEMINARS
They have a list of authorized APP providers. All others will be denied.
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UCSF HEALTH UPDATES REGARDING TRUE NORTH METRICS
Includes an article on price transparency.
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For more information, contact Mitchel Erickson, NP
Associate Chief of Advanced Practice
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ALL APP STUDENTS AT UCSF HEALTH FACILITIES
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All preceptors are required to ensure all students from ALL educational institutions have been vetted by UCSF prior to any educational activities, including employees. UCSF has many parts of the organization involved in this process. Their school needs an affiliation agreement with UCSF, they need health screening to be completed, they require online training for Health and Safety and APEX, and sign a HIPPA form.
Laura Frahm, RN in INEX is leading the effort to improve the on-boarding of all students and is building a portal that all schools and students must work through.
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Are you a Clinical Preceptor?
Are you interested in precepting or becoming volunteer clinical faculty?
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WANT TO SHARE YOUR EXPERTISE WITH APP COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE STATE, THE NATION, OR THE WORLD?
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MORE INFORMATION AND TO BE A PEER SUPPORTER, EMAIL THE FOLLOWING LINK.
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Presentations, Publications, Recognitions, and News
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Annika Ehrlich, NP
UCSF Health Headache Center
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Annika was a UCSF Health Academic Stipend Recipient and presented at the International Headache Congress in Dublin, Ireland (9/5/19-9/8/19) with the abstract poster:
Titled: Inpatient course of IV Valproate Sodium is a safe and well-tolerated intervention for the treatment of chronic migraine resistant to oral medications.
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Ryan Wilson, PA-C, MSPAS, MPH
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Presentation for Obesity Week November 6th, 2019 in Las Vegas, NV
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Monica Volz, NP
Neurology
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Publication of: "Patient Experience with Rechargeable Implantable Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorder"
In Stereotactic Functional Neurosurgery
August 2019
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RESOURSE INFORMATION AND LINKS
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UCSF HEALTH EMPLOYEE DISCOUNTS AND BENEFITS FOR WORK, LIFE, AND FAMILY
IMPORTANT LINKS:
Six Flags
- when buying tickets enter promo code UCSF
Tickets
California Academy of Sciences
- when buying tickets for 20% off use promo code UCSF
Tickets
SF Zoo
- use discount code 75001 for $3 off adults, $2 off children with one free train or carousel ride for each ticket
Tickets
Monterey Bay Aquarium
- discount using Store Name UCSF1002
Tickets
Travel discounts
- hotels, packages, cruises. Register for UCSF Passport Discounts, search UCSF Get Away Today
Site for information
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UPDATING YOUR PAGERBOX CONTACT INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT
In order for other providers to reach you or contact you outside the messaging feature in apex, pagerbox is another mechanism to utilize. This is an internal system and not available to patients. If you do not have a pager, please consider adding your contact information to the pagerbox system. You are only required to respond to pagerbox messages during your normal working hours. All Pagerbox services are now managed by UCSF IT Services.
Feel free to let me know of any problems.
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2018/2019 APP ADVISORY BOARD
Feel free to reach out to them through global Outlook
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Alisa Yee, NP
Mercy Vigil, CRNA
Shelley Gierat, CRNA
Jennifer Kerney, NP
Laura Kirk, PA
Maura O’Day, NP
Brandon Sessler, PA
Stacy Wong, NP
Eliana Agudelo, PA
Dana Morgan, PA
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Laura Weil, CNM
Annette Carley, NP
Gerri Collins Bride, NP
Lissa Gray, NP - Chair
Danielle Krieger, NP
Tara Valcarcel, NP - Co-Chair
Stacie Rohovit, NP
Michelle Klosterman, NP
Ryan Wilson, PA
Samantha Shenoy, NP
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Check for any Required Training
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THE APEX SMART PHRASE FOR AMBULATORY AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ENCOUNTERS
This phrase MUST be present in ALL encounter notes. ONLY this phrase will work to capture your wRVU attribution. The billing logic was designed for ONLY THIS DOT PHRASE (.ahpvisittype)
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FACE CARDS FOR APP PROVIDERS
Use the following web-link to complete the ordering process. The instructions are self explanatory. You do not pay but do need to create an account. You may upload a professional photo of your choice or use departmental professional photos for this purpose.
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Making yourself more visible at UCSF Health
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In an attempt to ensure all Advanced Health Providers are visible to the public, your patients, and your colleagues at UCSF, please check and to ensure your working title and contact information are correct. Click the link below and complete the log in process and correct what you can. If your title is incorrect then an additional step will be required as this function is controlled by HR. If you find your title needs to be corrected, email me at
mitchel.erickson@ucsf.edu
with your hire title and I will collect information in batches and forward to the correct person. The "Find a Doctor or staff member" portal update is delayed. UCSF Health is building a new web portal and is challenged with migrating data from the old platform to the new platform. Once ready, we will have capacity to add all the AHPs with photos and CV related data. We have been authorized to develop a dedicated AHP Web portal at UCSF Health. More to come.
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This link will bring you to the UC ME login page. Use the button on the far left at the bottom to access the APP Resource Manual.
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This can be completed at the UC Me page by clicking on REQUEST NEW PRIVILEGE.
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Look up your credentialed standardized procedures: Must be through VPN or UCSF computer.
Look up all the standardized procedures:
OMAG POLICIES
CIDP
FPPE/OPPE
This link will work from a any computer with/without VPN enabled using IE or Chrome.
Click on Professional Organization Links:
All prescribers of Scheduled Medications will need to register and review upon writing Scheduled Prescriptions
IMPORTANT - RELATED TO YOUR DEA LICENSE
If your DEA license was issued in another state, you need to go online to the DOJ website and change the location to California. Your DEA needs to be in the state where you practice as all state laws are different. YOU
DO NOT
HAVE TO PAY FOR DEA LICENSE OR RENEWAL AS YOU WORK FOR A PUBLIC INSTITUTION.
Very IMPORTANT message from BRN: They will no longer alert you via mail regarding license expiration. They will only contact you via email. It is your regulatory responsibility to ensure your contact information is accurate and up to date and you can be fined. As of Jan 1st, 2016 if you were licensed in California
prior
to March 1st, 2009 you are required to resubmit fingerprints via the new Live Scan Service. If your renewal seems to be in limbo for unclear reasons, this may be why. After Jan 2018, you will no longer receive a card license. Verification if online only.
This information was extracted directly from State organizations and agencies but does not infer any authority as to its content and you are reminded to check with your state authorities regarding statutes of practice in California.
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Renewal Applications Online to the DEA
REVISED ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING RENEWAL APPLICATIONS
Starting January 2017, DEA will no longer send its second renewal notification by mail. Instead, an electronic reminder to renew will be sent to the email address associated with the DEA registration. At this time, DEA will otherwise retain its current policy and procedures with respect to renewal and reinstatement of registration. This policy is as follows: If a renewal application is submitted in a timely manner prior to expiration, the registrant may continue operations, authorized by the registration, beyond the expiration date until final action is taken on the application.
DEA allows the reinstatement of an expired registration for one calendar month after the expiration date. If the registration is not renewed within that calendar month, an application for a new DEA registration will be required. Regardless of whether a registration is reinstated within the calendar month after expiration, federal law prohibits the handling of controlled substances or List 1 chemicals for any period of time under an expired registration.
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