Health Centers Plan for
Community Health Center Week
August 4-10, 2019
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Mississippi Community Health Centers (MS-CHCs) are gearing up to be a part of nationwide celebrations August 4-10, 2019 to raise awareness about the mission and accomplishments of the past five decades
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Making plans for Mississippi’s Community Health Center week are (back row, left to right) Shirley Ellis-Stampley, CEO, Jefferson Comprehensive Health Center; Dr. Margaret Gray, CEO and President, Family Health Care Clinic; Winston Collier, Sr. Counsel & Director of Public Affairs, MississippiCare; Janice Sherman, CEO, Community Health Center Association, (front row, left to right) Marilyn Sumerford, Executive Director, ACCESS Family Health Services, and Jill Bishop, CEO, East Central Mississippi Health Care.
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MS-CHCs will join more than 1,800 community health centers around the country with local activities ranging from free health screenings, to visits from local officials to health centers, to news conferences, to patient and provider appreciate events, to fitness activities, like the
65x65
race and other events held in communities around Mississippi to promote obesity prevention.
The 21 health centers in Mississippi serve more than 300,000 patients and provide more than 200 access points of health care service. Nationally, 1,800 health centers serve 28 million patients – a number that continues to grow along with the demand for affordable primary care.
Click
here
for more information about National Health Center Week.
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Advocacy Update: Webinar to Address Health Center Funding
Coming up Wednesday, June 26 at 2 p.m. is the Health Center Funding Extension webinar. Don’t miss this important session for up-to-date information. Join the NACHC advocacy team as they discuss the latest updates in Congress, walk through the advocacy and communications strategy to secure long-term health center funding, and provide participants with tips, tools, and resources to reach legislators during National Health Center Week and the July and August Congressional recesses. Also the
“Health Center Funding Cliff 101” webinar
conducted last December is available to review prior to the webinar on the 26
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Click here to RSVP
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Using Telehealth to
Treat Substance Use Disorder in a CHC Setting
Friday, June 28, 2019 | 3 – 4 p.m. EDT
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This webinar will offer guidance and recommendations on ways your health center can integrate SUD-related telehealth services and identify potential issues you may encounter.
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W.K Kellogg Foundation-Mississippi
Host Stakeholder Convening
July 22, 2019
Facilitated by leadership from Trust for America’s Health, FQHCs and the MS Department of Health will convene to discuss an update on the healthcare landscape as well as local challenges and opportunities to partner. FQHCs are being asked to provide an update on the status of current initiatives and impacts to the overall safety net.
Please contact PCA leadership if you are interested in this opportunity or feel free to share ideas by emailing
jsherman@chcams.org.
You can also find information on current issues such as Social Determinants of Health published by Trust for America’s Health
here
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Deadline Draws Near
HRSA seeks public input and feedback: Service Area Overlap
HRSA seeks input from the field to inform service area-related policy considerations. A link to the related Request for Information (RFI) solicits additional ideas and suggestions from the public related to these topic areas.
Deadline
: Public feedback must be submitted on or before July 8, 2019.
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Certified Application Counselor (CAC) Designated Organization Application Is Open:
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is inviting organizations who would like to become Certified Application Counselor Designated Organizations (CDOs) to apply during CMS's Open Season beginning
June 12, 2019 - September 16, 2019.
CDOs oversee certified application counselors (CACs) who are trained and able to help consumers seeking health coverage options through the Marketplace. Any organization seeking to provide CAC enrollment assistance to consumers for Plan Year 2020 must be a certified CDO. In order to be designated as a CDO, you must submit an online application and enter into an agreement with CMS. If your health center completed the CDO refresh process last year and received a new CDO identification number and a welcome packet, then you do not need to reapply. In preparation for the next Health Insurance Open Enrollment Period, the deadline to submit an application to become a
Talking points as you begin to prepare your health center patients:
- All Plans will take effect on January 1, 2020
- Uninsured Mississippians can get short term plans to address the waiting period
- Premium subsidies with keep pace with the cost of benchmark plans
- Silver loading (subsidies) continue through 2020
- No penalty for being uninsured in 2020, although missing the open enrollment
window will require waiting the full 11 months before you can enroll.
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Medicaid Title 23 Medicaid Part 200 New Rule 5.7
This Administrative Code filing adds a new rule which requires EHRs and electronic signatures meet certified electronic health record technology (CEHRT) criteria and comply with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in regards to the access, transfer, storage, and signing of EHR, effective August 1, 2019.
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2019 Medicaid Providers Workshops Start in June
FFS, MississippiCAN & CHIP
For CHC Talking Points, please email the CHCAMS office.
The Division of Medicaid, in conjunction with its contractors Conduent, Alliant UM/QIO, and the MSCAN plans – Magnolia Health, Molina Healthcare, and UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, will conduct
“FREE”
Medicaid Provider Workshops June 11, 2019 through July 30, 2019 at locations throughout the state. These workshops are designed to provide information and changes related to Medicaid and managed care programs. Office directors, office managers, coders, practitioners, and billing staff are encouraged to attend. Click
here
for the schedule of meetings.
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Beginning August 1, 2019, Alliant Health Solutions will begin performing prior authorization reviews as the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) transitions to a new Utilization Management/Quality Improvement Organization (UM/QIO) vendor. Alliant was awarded the new UM/QIO contract earlier this year, and will replace the current vendor, eQHealth Solutions, to review and process prior authorizations for fee-for-service Medicaid.
To learn more about this change, please
read
the attached news notice and share it with your health center teams.
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Auto-HPSA Update – We’re up to
#7
on Previews Released
HRSA has emailed the seventh round of automatically designated Health Professional Shortage Area Designation (Auto-HPSA) Update Preview reports to health center and look-alike CEOs and project directors as identified through the EHB. Please click this
link
for the latest iteration of impact to Mississippi health centers, and contact Joseph Grice at
jgrice@chcams.org
if you have additional questions.
Option 2 Webinar Available on Auto HPSA Designation: H
RSA is hosting an additional training webinar for FQHCs and RHCs regarding the auto-HPSA Shortage Designation Modernization Project (SDMP) which will redesign the scoring process in the near future. Federally Qualified Health Centers and FQHC Look-Alikes that meet NHSC site requirements can join this webinar session:
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2019 Uniform Data System Manual Now Available
The 2019 Uniform Data System (UDS) Manual
serves as a comprehensive guide for health centers to understand UDS reporting requirements. It includes an overview of the UDS, instructions for completing each of the data tables, and information on how to submit the data through HRSA’s Electronic Handbooks. Changes for 2019 UDS reporting include data to better capture mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services, reporting virtual visits, the addition of an electronic-specified statin therapy for cardiovascular disease clinical quality measure (CMS347v2), and workforce development data.
HRSA recently held a technical assistance (TA) webinar highlighting changes for the 2019 UDS data collection and reporting activities.
Watch a recording
if you missed the webinar. Slides are available on the
UDS Resources webpage
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Early Bird Registration Ends June 30, 2019
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July 30, 2019 – August 2, 2019
Beau Rivage Resort & Casino
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Ready! Get Set! Go Lace Up Those Athletic Shoes!
It’s time to register for the annual 65x65 races hosted by community health centers across the state. This one-day, statewide effort provides a chance to have fun while calling attention to the disease of obesity and the healthy ways to fight it.
All 65x65 events are scheduled for Saturday, August 10th to celebrate National Health Center Week. Contact your health center for more information on local events.
Metro-area 5K/10K Race Details
7:30 a.m. Race Time
Saturday, August 10, 2019
Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.
Sign up
here
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Media Sponsor: Mississippi Today
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National HIV Testing Day June 27th
June 27th is
National HIV Testing Day
(NHTD), an annual observance to raise awareness about the importance of HIV testing and encourage people of all ages to get tested. According to a
May 2019 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), rates of HIV infection are decreasing at a slower rate among black women than among white women. Strengthening HIV prevention and care efforts for both black women and heterosexual black men could help reduce this disparity. This year's observance is especially important in light of the federal initiative to
End the HIV Epidemic
. The NHTD 2019 theme is
Doing It My Way
and focuses on how and why people can make testing a part of their lives on their terms and in their way.
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NHSC Starts New Rural Loan Repayment Program for Providers
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The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) recently launched a Rural Community Loan Repayment Program (LRP) for providers working to combat the opioid epidemic in the nation's rural communities. The application cycle will open soon, and you can
sign up for email notices
. The NHSC LRP will make FY 2019 loan repayment awards in coordination with the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) initiative within the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) to provide evidence-based substance use treatment, assist in recovery, and prevent overdose deaths across the nation. Learn more at the
NHSC Rural Community Loan Repayment Program
website. All FQHCs are automatically qualified sites, but only those in rural areas will be considered for this program.
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CHCAMS is officially accredited to provide
Direct Continuing Medical Education to Physicians.
Contact Desiree Stinson at 601-981-1817
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June 25, 2019 | online
Facilitating Change: Working Together, Engaging Others and Motivating for Change
Hear strategies for leading change in your health center in this presentation from Capital Link, including how to develop strong teams to implement new initiatives and communicate and gain commitment to increase the probability for stakeholders to accept and increase your organization's capacity to change.
Register here
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June 26-27, 2019|Canton, MS
(CHCAMS Sponsored)
2019 Mississippi Rural & Community Health Documentation, Coding & Billing Boot Camp
This advanced-level class focuses on clinical documentation, coding, and billing for rural and community health centers certified by HHS as Rural Health Clinics (RHC), or Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC).
Day 1: 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Day 2: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
MSU CAVS Extension Center | 153 Mississippi Parkway, Canton, MS 39046
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June 27, 2019 | online
Proactive Scenario Planning: Modeling Financial Implications
Hear about capital project planning scenarios in a changing environment and top-line financial implications of potential changes to reimbursement policies and Medicaid payments and how the changes impact capital projects using a tool Capital Link has developed.
Register here
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July 12, 2019 | online
UDS Mapper for the New and Advanced User
UDS Mapper is a collaboration between the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and is part of the HealthLandscape online mapping platform. There are monthly opportunities scheduled for those who are new to UDS Mapper and users familiar with it who would like to learn more about its uses and advanced tools.
- For those new to UDS Mapper: Register here introductory live demo and Q&A session for one of the monthly introductions--July 12, August 5 or September 9
- For advanced utilization of UDS Mapper: Register here for the July 23, 11:00 am to noon webinar and future advanced topics webinars.
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Deadline: Letters of Intent - June 24, 2019; July 28
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– full proposals invited
Women’s Foundation of MS
Proposals Ranging from $10,000-$25,000
Award grants to programs that drive social change – to improve the lives of women and girls statewide. Promote projects that promote the wellbeing of families i.e. literacy, meeting needs of children and parents together. For more information click contact: Latisha Latiker, Director of Grant Programming, 601-236-3002,
latisha@womensfoundationms.org
or womensfoundationms.org.
Deadline: July 15, 2019
The Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) has released two Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs). One is the 2019 State Maternal Health Innovation (State MHI) Program (HRSA-19-107) and the other is the Supporting Maternal Health Innovation (Supporting MHI) Program (HRSA-19-106). More information
here
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