Newsletter - February 2020
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Join over 500 health professionals discussing strategies to improve health care and oral health care for Hispanics/Latinxs. CME provided.
*February 28 is the last day to submit an abstract for poster presentations!
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NHMA will work with Congress to offset the Trump administrations FY 2021 Budget, which was announced this week. It proposes long- and short-term cuts slashing the budgets of healthcare agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, the CDC, CMS, HRSA, and AHRQ.
Read more
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On January 27, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an
order
that allows the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's public charge regulations to take effect, except in Illinois.
U.S. Citizens and Immigration Services
announced that applications and petitions file or submitted electronically on or after February 24, 2020 will be under the new regulations. The regulations will add non-cash benefits such as health, nutrition, and housing benefits to the public charge assessment.
NHMA signed on to the following letters in January 2020:
- NHMA joined other Partnership for Medicaid members to request the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare to withdraw its new proposed rule, Medicaid Program: Medicaid Fiscal Accountability Regulation. Read the letter, here.
- NHMA sent letters to Attorney General James from New York and Attorney General Becerra from California to express support for the T-Mobile Sprint merger. This merger would benefit the health and well-being of Hispanic and underrepresented communities by powering revolutionary medical technologies that depend on access to reliable high-speed broadband services. Read the letter to California AG Becerra and New York AG James.
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- NHMA 2020 Annual Hispanic Health Conference
- NHMA/NIDDK Medical Faculty Development Program
- NIH All of Us Research Program
- NHMA Chapters
- NHMA Medical School Liaison Program
- NHMA - CDC PACT - Let's Stop HIV Together
- NHMA Seasonal Influenza Campaign (access our Flu Toolkit, here)
- NHMA Heart Disease Campaign
- NHMA College Health Scholars Program
- NHMA Stop Vaping Campaign
- NHHF Scholarship Gala Photos
- NY
- LA
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**NHMA Premier Members have the benefit of joining advisory committees! We are looking for committee members for our new and upcoming Health Literacy and Opioid Safety campaigns. Please reach out to Briah Stokes to sign up:
bstokes@nhmamd.org
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***We are also looking for middle and high school students to serve as ambassadors and help with effective messaging for our new Stop Vaping campaign with CVS Health - Aetna. This group will conduct its first meeting in March 2020. Please reach out to Briah Stokes with any recommendations:
bstokes@nhmamd.org
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Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos Appointed to the U.S. Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA)
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ADM Brett P. Giroir, the Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, swears in Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos as a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.
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NHMA Members are hard at work being catalyst for change in their communities. Each serve in many different ways.
The 4 major values of an NHMA membership are
Advocacy, Education, Leadership Development and Networking.
Our major benefits for health professionals consist of:
- Opportunities to be nominated for commissions and advisory boards in the Federal government, private sector, and other national health professional associations.
- Opportunities to mentor medical students and residents.
- Discounts at the NHMA Annual Conference (where you can also earn CME credits).
- Opportunities to share your research either by being a speaker or poster presenter at our annual conference.
- Network with other healthcare professionals at one of NHMA Regional Events.
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Our major benefits for health professional students:
- Opportunities to mentor college students
- Discounts at the NHMA Annual Conference
- Opportunities to share your research by being a poster presenter at our annual conference
- Network with health professionals at one of NHMA Regional Events and Annual Conference
Ways You Can Get Involved With NHMA:
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Anyone who would like to advance NHMA's mission and goals is welcome to join our network as a Premier or Basic member. Click below to see our membership options:
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If you have received an award or attended an event and would like to be featured in our monthly Membership Update, please contact
communications@nhmamd.org
by the first Friday of every month.
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The
All of Us Research Program is a momentous effort funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance individualized prevention, treatment, and care for all people of backgrounds. The program’s aim is to enroll 1 million or more volunteers and receive sample from communities who have been underrepresented in research, making the program the largest and most diverse resource of its kind. Read more about the program here:
https://www.nhmamd.org/resources/nih-all-of-us/.
NHMA is looking for providers to share information and promotions materials in their practice or waiting rooms about the
All of Us Research Program. These information will discuss what the
All of Us Research Program is and why it is important to participate in this momentous undertaking. If you are interested in receiving information to give to your patients, please go
here to sign up. If you have any questions, please contact Ben Melano at
bmelano@nhmamd.org.
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We are seeking physicians and health care providers that treat Hispanic/Latinx patients to create a short video on the importance of getting the seasonal influenza vaccine, and physicians and providers treating Hispanic/Latinx patients with HIV to create a short video on the importance of HIV prevention/treatment.
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Hoy Health and NHMA developed the Prospanica HoyMEDS
®
Prescription Savings card. The NHMA HoyMEDS
®
Prescription Savings card helps you save money on your prescription medications. And every time you use the NHMA HoyMEDS
®
Prescription Savings card, a portion of each transaction will be donated to NHMA Foundation Scholarship Program.
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Volunteer to teach health workers abroad! You can improve global health by sharing your skills and knowledge with colleagues overseas.
Health Volunteers Overseas
(HVO) is seeking volunteers for short-term (1-4 week) assignments in Central and South America Projects include:
- oral surgery and hematology in Peru;
- dermatology and internal medicine (including sub-specialists) in Costa Rica; and
- oncology in Honduras.
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**We'd like to send a reminder urging our members and partners to complete a 2020 Census form online or by mail or phone, by April 1. No responses will receive a home visit follow-up from late April to early July 2020.
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Friday, February 28, 2020 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm ET
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gouverneur
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NHPA 2nd Annual Conference
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College Health Scholars Program Conference
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Other Events:
NHMA 24
th
Annual Conference:
Thursday, April 30 - Sunday, May 3, 2020
at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park
Visit our website for more information:
https://www.nhma-conf.com/
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Consider being a Speaker, Poster Presenter, participant in our Academic Development Session!
Centene Executives Dinner:
Friday, May 1, 2020
at the NHMA 24
th
Annual Conference.
Virtual Events:
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Twitter Chat
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National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day with LULAC
Friday, April, 10, 2020
Twitter Chat
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National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day
Friday, April 17, 2020
Webinar
: National Transgender HIV Testing Day
Monday, May 18, 2020
Twitter Chat
: HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
Friday, June 5, 2020
Webinar
: HIV Long-Term Survivors Day
Friday, June 26, 2020
Twitter Chat
: National HIV Testing Day
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We ask that you consider making a $25 donation to help NHMA & NHHF touch the lives of health professionals in various stages of their career:
1) NHHF Health Professional Student Scholarship and Mentoring
2) NHMA Resident Leadership Program.
3) NHMA Leadership Fellowship
Join NHMA as a member and participate in our many programs and communications campaigns. Become our supporter!
Sign-up for the AmazonSmile Program and 0.5% of your Amazon purchase will be donated to support the NHHF & NHMA mission.
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