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WVPCA Weekly Outlook
A Newsletter on Community Centered Healthcare
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WVPCA News - Outreach and Enrollment
State News - National News - Funding Opportunities
Upcoming Training Opportunities
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U.S. Covid-19 case counts have doubled in recent weeks
Read the entire article from The Wall Street Journal here.
Dr. Rahul Gupta to be nominated to lead Office of National Drug Control Policy
Read the entire article from WV News here.
Most unvaccinated people have low incomes
Read the entire article from Axios here.
Dollar General hires chief medical officer as it looks to become a health-care destination in rural areas
Read the entire article from CNBC here.
Former Kanawha health officer Dr. Sherri Young joins CAMC
Read the entire article from The State Journal here.
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Ready to take your Azara DRVS utilization to the next level? Want to learn more about maximizing the Azara tools for performance improvements? Need to refresh your knowledge of the basic concepts DRVS? If so, please join the West Virginia Primary Care Association (WVPCA) and Azara Healthcare for the exciting AZARA ACADEMY webinar series. During these ninety minute webinars, health centers will have the opportunity to learn more about Azara DRVS, digging deeper into functionality and tools. Azara DRVS experts will demonstrate how DRVS can be leveraged for value based initiatives, care management, efficient patient visit planning, quality improvement, and other important functions and uses.
Click below for details of the webinar series.
After attending these sessions health centers will have the opportunity to schedule their NO-COST ninety-minute WVPCA AZARA ACADEMY Learning Lab session hosted by an Azara Coach. The Learning Lab will offer hands on training to assist the health center in further exploring the topics covered in the DRVS Academy sessions within their own organization. Please contact the WVPCA for more details.
Target Audience: All levels of DRVS users including but not limited to: CHC Leadership, Clinical Managers, Quality and Care Management Staff, Nurses, IT/EHR Managers, Behavioral Health and School Based Health Directors.
This event is intended for Community Health Center Staff at no cost for participants.
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Assister Training on the MLMS to “Go-Dark” |
Plan year 2021 Marketplace registration and training for agents and brokers will close, or “go dark,” on the Marketplace Learning Management System (MLMS) on Monday, August 2, 2021 at 6:00 PM ET, to prepare for the launch of Marketplace registration and training for plan year 2022. During this “go-dark” period, assisters will not be able to access the certification training. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services anticipates that the 2021 Assister Certification Training will be available later this summer.
Assisters who need to take the current training before the 2021 training is available should complete the 2020 Assister Certification training prior to its removal on August 28.
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One Month Left to Enroll in, or Change,
Health Insurance Marketplace Coverage
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Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report on current trends and challenges to accessing affordable health care in rural America. Analysts found that, although uninsured rates have fallen in rural areas, other barriers to care such as geographic distances, infrastructure limitations, and provider shortages contribute to rural health disparities. The report comes one month before the special enrollment period for qualified individuals and families ends on August 15. As noted in the HHS brief, 65 percent of the 1.9 million rural uninsured individuals in HealthCare.gov states may be able to find a zero-premium plan on the platform.
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CDC Guidance: The COVID-19 Vaccine Can Now be Co-administered with Other Vaccines |
COVID-19 vaccines and other vaccines may now be administered without regard to timing. This includes simultaneous administration of COVID-19 vaccine and other vaccines on the same day, as well as coadministration within 14 days. It is unknown whether reactogenicity of COVID-19 vaccine is increased with coadministration, including with other vaccines known to be more reactogenic, such as adjuvanted vaccines or live vaccines. When deciding whether to coadminister another vaccine(s) with COVID-19 vaccine, providers should consider whether the patient is behind or at risk of becoming behind on recommended vaccines, their risk of vaccine-preventable disease (e.g., during an outbreak or occupational exposures), and the reactogenicity profile of the vaccines.
If multiple vaccines are administered at a single visit, administer each injection in a different injection site. For adolescents and adults, the deltoid muscle can be used for more than one intramuscular injection.
Best practices for multiple injections include labeling each syringe with the name and the dosage (amount) of the vaccine, lot number, the initials of the preparer, and the exact beyond-use time, if applicable and separate injection sites by 1 inch or more, if possible.
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Vaccinated Teachers and Students
Don't Need Masks, CDC says
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Vaccinated teachers and students don't need to wear masks inside school buildings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in relaxing its COVID-19 guidelines.
The changes come amid a national vaccination campaign in which children as young as 12 are eligible to get shots, as well as a general decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths.
"We're at a new point in the pandemic that we're all really excited about," and so it's time to update the guidance, said Erin Sauber-Schatz, who leads the CDC task force that prepares recommendations designed to keep Americans safe from COVID-19.
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Upcoming Grant Writing Development Series |
The West Virginia Partnership for Health Innovation (WVPHI) announces their Grant Writing Development Series opportunity. This is an innovative cohort-based grant writing training for individuals working for a healthcare organization (e.g., public health, behavioral health, hospitals, community health centers, health departments, nonprofit organizations focused on social determinants of health, etc.) in West Virginia.
The Goals
- Increase the skills and knowledge of participants to identify, write, and develop competitive grant applications.
- Create supportive partnerships among professionals to advance the health and well-being of West Virginians.
- Put knowledge into action through grant writing and grant review practice.
Process
- Up to 20 participants working in the healthcare field in West Virginia (e.g., public health, behavioral health, hospitals, community health centers, health departments, nonprofit organizations focus on social determinants of health, etc.).
- Must participate in all sessions and actively apply what you are learning by creating your own proposals.
- Complete registration
- WVPHI will notify you of your acceptance by or before July 22, 2021.
This free webinar is available through the West Virginia Partnership for Health Innovation’s Covid Capture Healthcare Sector Team. For more information, contact Deb Koester at DebKoester.wvphi@gmail.com.
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World Hepatitis Day 2021 - Hepatitis Can't Wait |
World Hepatitis Day (WHD) takes places every year on July 28, bringing the world together under a single theme to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and to influence real change. In 2021 the theme is ‘Hepatitis Can’t Wait’.
On World Hepatitis Day, everyone from across the world is encouraged to take action and raise awareness of hepatitis because Hepatitis Can’t Wait.
With a person dying every 30 seconds from a hepatitis-related illness – even in the current COVID-19 crisis – we can’t wait to act on viral hepatitis.
- People living with viral hepatitis but are unaware can’t wait for testing
- People living with hepatitis can’t wait for life saving treatments
- Expectant mothers can’t wait for hepatitis screening and treatment
- Newborn babies can’t wait for birth dose vaccination
- People affected by hepatitis can’t wait to end stigma and discrimination
- Community organizations can’t wait for greater investment
- Decision makers can’t wait and must act now to make hepatitis elimination a reality through political will and funding.
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U.S. Life Expectancy Falls Behind |
The U.S. life expectancy continues to fall behind that of other countries, according to research published in the peer-reviewed journal BMJ by the British Medical Association. “The US has experienced a massive decline in life expectancy in 2020 on a scale that hasn’t be seen since World War II,” says study author Dr. Steven Woolf of Virginia Commonwealth University. The life expectancy gap between the U.S. and comparable countries already increased from 1.88 years in 2010 to 3.05 years in 2018. Researchers found the gap substantially increased to 4.69 years between 2018 and 2020. COVID-19 was a significant factor.
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Funding and Financial Opportunities |
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HRSA Announces $50 Million in Funding to Optimize Use of Virtual Care in Health Centers |
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has announced the availability of up to $50 million for HRSA-funded health centers to further efforts to advance virtual care. This competitive, one-time funding opportunity will support health centers in optimizing the use of virtual care to increase access and improve clinical quality for medically underserved communities and vulnerable populations.
Application Due Date:
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Tuesday, August 17, 5 p.m. ET in HRSA’s Electronic Handbooks (EHBs)
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Upcoming Training Opportunities |
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NEW DATE:
Today with Macrae: Health Center Program Updates
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Join Jim to hear the latest information on funding, the Health Center COVID-19 Vaccine Program, and more.
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
3:00 - 4:00 PM ET
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If you prefer to join by phone:
833-568-8864
Enter meeting/webinar ID:
160 464 1708
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HIV and Aging Webinar: Identifying and Incorporating into Practice Screening Tools for People with HIV who are Aging in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program |
Join the HIV/AIDS Bureau for a national HIV and aging webinar.
This webinar will feature two Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) providers, who will present on how specific screening tools that assess functional and cognitive impairments can be selected for use and integrated in clinical settings.
Presentations will also consider how challenges and barriers can be navigated to assist in the development of effective plans of care and treatment. The target audience for this webinar is RWHAP providers and people with HIV.
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
1:00 PM ET
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Reducing Health Disparities by Addressing Integrated Behavioral Health in a Maternal Child Health Care Setting |
COVID-19 has exposed and exacerbated behavioral health disparities experienced by minority and vulnerable populations, including pregnant and post-partum women, their children, and families.
This webinar explores the intersection of COVID-19, health disparities, and integrated behavioral health care within a maternal child health context.
Presenter Sharon Morello brings over 25 years of experience working with pregnant women and new mothers experiencing mental health and substance use disorder challenges.
She will discuss recent behavioral health data trends within this population, outline opportunities for providing behavioral health care within a health center setting, and offer integrated behavioral health care strategies to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes.
Tuesday, July 29, 2021
2:00 PM ET
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2020 Uniform
Data System Trends
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Join a HRSA webinar to learn about 2020 Uniform Data System (UDS) trends in health center patient demographics, staffing and clinical quality measures. Gain insights on how health center awardees and look-alikes continued to deliver quality primary health care services to their communities during the pandemic, including expanding telehealth use and offering new lines of services such as COVID-19 screening and testing.
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
3:30 PM ET
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Community Health Center Resources |
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Jackson Kelly attorneys provide limited consultation to all members of the WVPCA at no charge, as part of the WVPCA contract. There is no limit to the number of calls which any member may make. All inquiries within the scope of professional competence of firm attorneys will be addressed. Inquiries which require expertise not available through the firm will be promptly identified and, when requested, Jackson Kelly will assist in referring the matter to accounting firms, insurance agents, or others as circumstances warrant.
All inquiries, responses and consultation services provided by the firm lawyers will be provided without additional charge beyond the retainer amount, except for matters which require formal opinions, representation of record in litigation, transactional work, e.g. the purchase or sale of real property, or matters which require continued representation, research or consultation beyond a single inquiry or document review.
Justin M. Harrison is a labor & employment lawyer with Jackson Kelly PLLC. He is available for consultation through a special retainer relationship with the WVPCA. Justin can be reached at 304.340.1358 and via email at justin.harrison@jacksonkelly.com.
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Risk Management Manual for Health Centers Now Available! |
The Risk Management Manual for Health Centers is now available on the ECRI Institute Clinical Risk Management Program website! Designed to support a proactive approach to risk management at health centers and free clinics, the Manual provides background, tips, and how-tos in a manageable format.
Specific areas that are covered include:
Risk Management Programs & Plans
Claims and Lawsuits
Role of the Risk Manager
Patient Grievances and Complaints
Communication with Patients
Credentialing and Privileging
Communication among Providers, Staff, and Community Partners
Tracking Systems for Diagnostic Tests, Referrals, and Hospitalizations
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This project is/was supported partially/fully by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U58CS06834 State and Regional Primary Care Associations. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government. |
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