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TPCA Members and Friends --
We're pleased to introduce
TPCA Update, a bi-weekly e-newsletter of the Tennessee Primary Care Association. Through this publication, we hope to keep you up-to-date on information that impacts health centers and the people and communities they serve. As we strive to share useful information in a timely manner,
TPCA Update will replace the
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Comments Due Feb. 7 on Medicaid Work Requirement
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Comments on TennCare's waiver amendment request to implement work and community engagement requirements are due to CMS
by 11 p.m. (Central time) on Thursday, February 7
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Amendment 38
would impact patients' ability to maintain their coverage, so it's important that CMS receives feedback regarding the proposal. You may upload your comments to the
Medicaid.gov comment portal
. Please contact TPCA Chief External Affairs Officer
Libby Thurman
if you have any questions.
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Sen. Alexander Introduces Bill to Support Community Health Centers
Senators Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Patty Murray of Washington have introduced legislation that will extend for five years federal funding for community health centers and four other federal programs that are set to expire at the end of the fiscal year.
Click here to read the full press release.
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Grantees with CY19 OSVs Will Need to Ask for Action Plan Privileges in EHB
(The following communication was received from BPHC Project Officer Timothy Montgomery.)
"Per April 3, 2018, edition of the Primary Health Care Digest,
Health Center Site Visits and HRSA’s Diabetes Quality Improvement Initiative -- As a part of HRSA Health Center Program Diabetes Quality Improvement Initiative and consistent with the
Site Visit Protocol, operational site visits in 2019 will include a review of the Uniform Data System (UDS) diabetes measure and action planning using root cause analysis. Health centers will identify three actions to improve or sustain their performance on the measure and input the action plan in the HRSA Electronic Handbooks (EHBs). Please see the attached
Performance Analysis chapter of the Site Visit Protocol.
Subsequent to the site visit, Project Officers will monitor health centers’ progress in implementing their action plans. Make sure your health center registers for Action Plan privileges in the EHBs
in advance of the OSV.
Watch this video to learn more.
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2019 NHSC Loan Repayment Program is Open
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) is accepting applications through
February 21, 2019. The NHSC Loan Repayment Program (NHSC LRP) offers licensed primary care clinicians in eligible disciplines the opportunity to receive loan repayment up to $50,000. In exchange, participants serve for at least two years at an NHSC-approved site in a designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA).
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BPHC Shares Resources on New Website
The Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) recently announced a new website of resources for PCAs, HCCNs, and health centers. The Health Center Resource Clearinghouse has information on a broad range of topics, as well as dates for upcoming events and partner spotlights. Click
here to visit the site.
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Upcoming CMS Communications to CDOs
(The following communication was received from the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) on January 25.)
CMS will be emailing CDO applicants who did not fully complete the refresh process over the next two months. This will include CDOs who applied but stalled during the application process, CDOs who were preliminarily approved but did not submit an agreement, or CDOs who submitted an agreement but needed to revise it. We will be requesting these CDOs take specific actions, in order to finish the CAC refresh process, to become a CDO. We will also be calling CDOs directly who have not responded to emails.
If you get any inquiries regarding CMS contacting CDOs, please assure CDOs that these emails and calls are legitimate. Advise the CDOs to carefully read their email and follow the directions. If they have additional questions, they should email the CACquestions inbox at cacquestions@cms.hhs.gov. It is important that the CDOs who receive emails or calls are responsive so that we can help them complete the refresh process.
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Report Highlights Health Center Role in Emergency Response
(From NACHC) -- Health centers have become adept at responding to natural disasters and other trauma events since their response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. In the last year alone, health centers have been at the forefront providing primary care services in the wake of multiple hurricanes, floods, and wildfires. A recent report highlights the unique role health centers can and do play in emergency preparedness and response.
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New CEO at Hardeman County Community Health Center
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UT Spotlights Dayspring's Response to Opioid Use Disorder
(From Tennessee Alumnus
) -- In 2015, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ranked Tennessee’s Campbell County third in the nation for opioids prescribed per capita. That wasn’t the future Dr. Geogy Thomas envisioned 18 years ago when he moved to tiny Jellico, located in Campbell County near the Kentucky border.
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