The Wyoming Telehealth Network newsletter is your source for information, resources and best practices in telehealth. We support healthcare entities, providers, and specialists through professional development, collaboration, and leveraging of telecommunications technology.
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Wyoming Telehealth Network Webinar |
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Join us for our next Webinar:
Part Three of a Three-Part Series on Telehealth Billing: Education and Advocacy: Overcoming Mental Health Parity Issues and Helping the Parity Effort in Wyoming
Presenter:
Marsha Waind, Telehealth Project Manager
University of North Dakota School of Medicine
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
12:00pm - 1:00pm (MST)
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This month features two Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) who are innovating in their field by utilizing telehealth.
Chelsea Paulus exemplifies Wyoming’s entrepreneurial spirit as she filled a gap in services by creating her own small business call Connect Speech Therapy. Karen Richard wanted to offer her SLP services in Laramie, but there were no job openings, so she took her talents to telehealth and was able to stay in the community she loved while doing what she loved.
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What is your proudest accomplishment with telehealth?
Chelsea: I am most proud of bringing awareness of telehealth to so many people- teachers, kids, parents, school administrators, pediatricians, ENTs, dentists, and other allied health professionals. When schools started to close in 2020, due to the covid-19 pandemic, many people reached out to me for advice. I am very proud that they felt I could help them take care of their students and patients when they couldn’t physically be together.
Karen: Working with the Wyoming Speech-Language-Hearing Association (WyoSHA), the Wyoming SLP-Audiology licensing board, and Senator Pappas in advocating for telepractice guidance within our state licensing regulations and joining the The Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact (ASLP-IC). Because of that work, we now have a chapter in our licensing rules outlining safe telepractice evaluation and treatment. Thanks to our legislatures, Wyoming was one of the first states to join the ASLP-IC, which will allow for communication practitioners to apply for a single license across participating states. ASLP-IC’s goal is to increase accessibility for practitioners and clients, create speeder processes to serve clients in their home states, improve portability for military spouses, and improve continuity of care.
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NRTRC 2021 Annual Conference |
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Join the Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource
Center's Virtual Conference!
Telehealth's Big Bang: From Challenge to Opportunity
April 21-22, 2021
Connect for discussions and interactive panels, all while learning from subject matter experts on important timely topics:
- Engaging patients to use telehealth for their care
- Keeping providers healthy and committed to virtual care
- Overcoming telehealth inequities
- Strategies for maintaining regulatory flexibilities
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NRTRC Telehealth 101 Online Training |
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The NRTRC is offering a Telehealth 101 online training course at no cost. For those new to telehealth, or looking for a refresher, this course provides information on how to create and grow telehealth programs. This course offers tools, tips, and lessons learned when setting up a telemedicine program. This course provides 1.75 hour of CME credit.
Workshop modules will cover creating a variety of best practices from getting started to the legal requirements of your telehealth programs.
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Telehealth Mini-Grants Available for Families |
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Mini-grants are now available to help Wyoming families offset the costs of technology for their children's telehealth medical appointments.
Telehealth is the use of technology to provide healthcare at a distance. This usually takes the form of video visits, but it can also include remote patient monitoring or phone calls. Telehealth visits are similar in many ways to in-person appointments.
Criteria for Wyoming families to participate:
● Participate in 2 online training sessions (via Zoom)
● Demonstrated need (child w/ special health care needs, upcoming therapy sessions and/or medical appointments that could be completed via Telehealth)
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Wyoming Department of Education
State School Nurse Posting
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The Wyoming Department of Education has posted a vacancy announcement for an ATAW99 (AWEC) State School Nurse.
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Center for Connected Health Policy Billing Guide |
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The Center for Connected Health Policy (CCHP) is providing an informational billing guide to assist those who have questions regarding telehealth billing. The guide is primarily about Medicare fee-for-service billing as policies vary from state-to-state for Medicaid and commercial payers.
The purpose of the guide is to clarify:
- Telehealth billing and how to get reimbursed
- Current legislation dictating billing requirements
- Requirements applicable during calendar year 2021
- The requirements relevant only during the periods of Public Health Emergency (PHE) extensions
- What may occur post-PHE
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School-Based Health Mini-Series |
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UW ECHO in Student Health and the Wyoming Telehealth Network have partnered to create a School-Based Health mini-series. This mini-series will provide a foundation in understanding how telehealth and school-based health centers can be used to support school nurses and increase student access to health. We will examine approaches from a local, regional, and national level.
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Join us at the next session of
School-Based Telehealth:
Building a Statewide Approach
Matt McCullough, Associate Director
Utah Education and Telehealth Network
Wednesday, April 7
3:45pm - 5:00pm MT
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Wyoming Telehealth Consortium |
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The Wyoming Telehealth Consortium is the central meeting space to discuss the programs, success/challenges, and discuss ideas on improving the use of telehealth in the state. The Consortium meets on the last Tuesday of every month, from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Anyone interested in building telehealth is encouraged to attend.
March 30, 2021
3:00pm - 5:00pm
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Early Childhood
Second Wednesday of the month
April 14, 2021
4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Telemental Health
Second Wednesday of the month
April 14, 2021
10:00am - 11:00am
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Wyoming Hospitals
Third Friday of the month
April 16, 2021
12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Public Health Nursing
First Thursday of the month
April 1, 2021
10:00am - 11:00am
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If you would like to contribute information to the newsletter, get involved with any special interest groups, or have your practice highlighted,
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Contact Information
Wyoming Telehealth Network
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities
1000 E. University Ave., Dept. 4298
Laramie, WY 82071
307-766-6407
wyomingtelehealth.org
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