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CHCANYS Annual Statewide Conference and Clinical Forum October 16-18, 2011 CHCANYS’ Statewide
Annual Conference and Clinical Forum will be held at The Saratoga Hilton and
City Center in Saratoga Springs, New York. This is an exciting and critical
year as CHCANYS celebrates its 40th Anniversary. Confirmed speakers include
Gina Capra, Director, Northeast Division, BPHC, HRSA, and Dr. Nirav R. Shah,
Commissioner, New York State Department of Health. Tom Van Coverden, President
& CEO, NACHC has been invited. The target audience for the conference
includes: health center CEOs and Senior Staff, CFOs and finance staff, Medical
Directors and clinicians of various of disciplines including mid-level
practitioners, Board Members and HR Directors. The conference is open to all
those interested in primary care. The conference will address timely
topics related to health policy and cover best practices in Health Information
Technology, finance, clinical quality areas of focus including behavioral and
oral health, and more. And on Monday night, we will be celebrating with a 40th
Anniversary Gala Dinner!
CHCANYS members are invited to submit nominations for awards to be presented during the 40th Anniversary Dinner. For the nomination form, which also includes information on the award requirements, please click here.
News from Policy If you have any questions about any of the policy items below, or about any aspect of CHCANYS’ policy and advocacy work, please contact Ed Graham, egraham@chcanys.org, or Beverly Grossman, bgrossman@chcanys.org.
National Health Center Week 2011: Mobilize Now! National Health Center Week 2011, scheduled for
August 7-August 13, is a prime opportunity for us to demonstrate the value of
the FQHC model and ensure that our voices are heard as Congress considers key
issues such as Medicaid cuts, FY2012 appropriations, deficit reduction, and
debt ceiling extensions. This year’s theme, “Celebrating America's Health
Centers: Serving Locally, Leading Nationally," highlights the more than
45-year record of health centers in providing affordable, high quality,
cost-effective health care to all people, regardless of ability to pay.
Start planning your National Health Center Week
events now. We are facing very really dangers to the community health center
program and this moment requires a grassroots effort on a scale that we have
not seen before. CHCANYS staff look forward to supporting you with National
Health Center Week and are available to assist you with ideas and technical
support as you plan your events.
Both NACHC and CHCANYS have set up online resource
centers for National Health Center Week. In addition, please feel free to
contact Kate Graetzer at kgraetzer@chcanys.org or 518-434-0767 ext. 10 with any
questions.
You can access the NACHC resource center here and the CHCANYS resource center here.
New Yorkers Deliver a Loud and Clear Message on Health
Center National Call-In Day Our thanks go out to all of you who made your voices
heard during last week’s Health Center National Call-In Day, organized by
NACHC. On June 30th, New York State advocates placed 1401 calls to
their Senators and Congressional Representatives, and together we sent a loud
and clear message: Don’t undermine community health centers and the vital
services they provide!
We still have a long road ahead of us and our federal
grassroots push will have to continue far into the fall. But you should all
feel proud of yourselves and your colleagues for showing that New York is ready
and able to mobilize.
For more information on NACHC’s Campaign for
America’s Health Centers, click here.
News from Health Center Support If you have questions
about CHCANYS’ health center support, please contact Rebecca Gaige, rgaige@chcanys.org.
DANY
Loan Repayment Program Announced The
New York State Department of Health has announced the Doctors Across New York
(DANY) Loan Repayment program. Applications and information are available here.
Applications for the program are due July
27, 2011 (initially), then continuously thereafter until March 30, 2012. There
will be no bidders’ conference for this procurement. Please note that many
questions you may have are already answered on the Practice Support RFA website
here.
Please also note that, to SAVE the
application form once completed, you have to DOWNLOAD it to your PC FIRST
BEFORE COMPLETING THE APPLICATION.
DANY Ambulatory Care
Training Program—Applications Due Aug. 12 The Department of Health has
released the Doctors Across New York (DANY) Ambulatory Care TrainingRequest for Applications (RFA). The Ambulatory Care
Training Program is part of DANY and is specifically designed to incentivize
sponsoring institutions to provide clinical training of residents in
freestanding ambulatory care sites. Funds are to be directed to sponsoring
institutions to defray the costs of clinical training in freestanding
ambulatory care sites.
The Doctors Across New York Ambulatory Care Training RFA is available here.
Refer to the RFA for important dates and additional information.
Grant Opportunity: Healthy
Smiles, Healthy Children—Due Aug. 15 The Foundation of the
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry is accepting applications for its
Healthy Smiles, Healthy Children (HSHC) Grant Initiatives, including its Access
to Care Grants. HSHC Access to Care Grants are matching/challenge grants of up
to $20,000 per year supporting local service initiatives that provide dental
care to under served/ limited access children. Letters of intent are due
August 15, 2011. For more
information on all the HSHC Grant Initiatives, click here.
News from Clinical Quality Improvement If you have questions
about CHCANYS’ Clinical Quality Improvement initiatives, please contact Kathy
Alexis, kalexis@chcanys.org.
Visit
CHCANYS’ Online Clinical Library! Don’t forget to visit CHCANYS’ Online Clinical Library, a
repository of clinical guidelines and best practices that you are helping us build! To go directly to
the Clinical Library page, click here.
Diabetes Care
Management
Free Webinar:
Improving Type 2 Diabetes HEDIS Measurement Scores Join
the North American Center for Continuing Medical Education, LLC and National
Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for a telewebinar on Achieving and Outperforming Type II
Diabetes HEDIS Measures.
A Conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Brenner Providing excellent health care and curbing health care spending
for patients who are chronically ill, who visit the emergency department
literally hundreds of times each year, and who lack the resources to manage
their health is a daunting challenge. As health care providers, payers, and
policymakers throughout New York State and across the country consider new
approaches to improve care and reduce costs, a team in Camden, N.J., is leading
the way with an innovative model to meet the needs of the highest-cost,
highest-need patients.
On June 9, 2011, Dr. Jeffrey Brenner, a family physician and the
founder and Executive Director of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers,
visited the New York State Health Foundation to discuss his successful efforts
to meet the needs of patients in one of the poorest urban communities in the
nation.
Dr. Brenner, whose work received national attention in Atul
Gawande's New Yorker article "The Hot Spotters, "highlighted his experiences organizing providers and payers to
address the highest-cost patients; the challenges and rewards of working with
complex patients and building trust; the use of team-based care models; and
whether the Camden model can be scaled up and replicated.
To learn more about the Camden demonstration and Dr. Brenner's
presentation click here.
FREE Diabetes
Self-Management Classes Brooklyn Partnership to
Drive Down Diabetes (BP3D) is offering two Diabetes Self-Management (DSMP)
courses this summer!
This is an empowering 6-week
course on how to manage diabetes, including monitoring blood glucose levels,
dealing with common symptoms, and learning new
ways to cope. It is free and open to anyone with diabetes in Brooklyn.
Classes will
take place at CAMBA in Flatbush, Brooklyn on Monday evenings from 5:30-7:30pm
starting July 11, 2011.
Participants
will receive Metrocards for each session
they attend. Participants who complete all paperwork and attend 4 out of
6 sessions will also receive a graduation certificate and gift card.
Light refreshments will be
served.
Registration is
required. Seating is limited to the first 25 registrants.
Please contact Willia Michel at 718-282-2500 x63245 or william@camba.org
for the exact address and to register. Please provide your full name, phone number, email address,
and whether you or someone you care for has diabetes.
Behavioral Health
Cyber Bullying Summit
2011 While advances in technology
have resulted in many great opportunities for our children, they have also led
to new threats to their safety and well-being. As part of its ongoing
effort to combat bullying among kids in today's digital age, the NYC Council
will be hosting a Cyber Bullying Summit on Monday, July 18th. Additional
details are listed below:
When: Monday, July 18th
Time: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Where: The Times Center
242 West 41st Street (b/w 7th & 8th Aves), Manhattan
Sponsored by The New York Times Company, this educational event will bring
together widely renowned leaders in technology and Internet safety.
Facebook, Microsoft, MTV and other social media outlets will be available at the
summit to speak to parents about what they can do to protect their children
from cyber bullying and encourage responsible online behavior.
Counselors, child advocates, and representatives from the NYC Department of
Education, the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development, and the NYC
District Attorney's Office will also be at the summit, as will cyber bullying
and cyber safety expert, Parry Aftab, founder of Wired Safety.com and creator
of CyberBullying.org.
You can read more about the event in the NY Daily News by clicking here.
If you would like to RSVP to the summit, please click here.
Free webinars sponsored by TeenScreen National Center TeenScreen National Center at
Columbia University offers a wonderful series of one hour webinars directed at
non-mental health clinicians and pediatric primary care providers. The series
offers a good overview on selected pediatric issues, including use of antipsychotic
medications, reimbursement for services, and improving teen mental health.
For the upcoming webinar as
well as all of the "archived" webinars, visit http://www.teenscreen.org/resources/events-webinars.
If you are not able to watch the webinars live, you can always watch them once
they are archived.
The Impact of Adverse
Childhood Experience on Adults (Webinar) Presented by:
Vincent Felitti, MD Principal
Investigator, Adverse Childhood Experience Study
When: July 20, 2011 2pm Eastern
After participating in
this webinar participants will:
Express an understanding that adverse childhood
experiences are surprisingly common although typically concealed and
unrecognized
Recognize that adverse childhood experiences still
have a profound effect 50 years later, although now transformed from
psychosocial experience into organic disease and mental illness
Recognize adverse childhood experience as one of the
main determinants of health and social well-being of the nation
Click here for
the official flyer for this webinar.
About this
series: The impact of
violence, abuse, neglect, disaster, war, and other harmful experiences
continues long after the traumatic event has ended. Exposure to trauma is a
pervasive issue that has significantly impacted the health and well-being of
millions of Americans and nearly everyone seeking services in the public health
and social services systems. Understanding how trauma affects the emotional,
behavioral, cognitive, social, and physical functioning of the people we care
for can improve our services.
All health
and social service providers are welcome, including medical care
providers, dentists, social workers, teachers, mental health workers,
substance use disorder treatment providers, corrections officers, and community
program staff, to name a few.
*This webinar will be
recorded, archived and available for viewing at the above link after July 22nd.
Family
Planning/Reproductive/Sexual Health
NIHCM Foundation and
National Chlamydia Coalition Webinar: Opportunities for Health Plans to Improve
Chlamydia Screening Rates The
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has the potential to improve
identification and treatment of chlamydia infections due to provisions that
expand access to coverage, without cost-sharing, for selected preventive
services, including chlamydia screening. To explore how health plans can
support increased chlamydia screening among their members, the National
Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation and the National
Chlamydia Coalition hosted a webinar entitled “Opportunities for Health Plans
to Improve Chlamydia Screening Rates“ on June 2, 2011.
The
discussion highlighted the adverse reproductive outcomes linked to chlamydia
infection, including infertility, and the direct medical costs associated with
the infection--more than $700 million annually--as an impetus for health plans
to be concerned about the low HEDIS rates for chlamydia screening. The webinar
included the following presentations:
Opportunities to Improve
Chlamydia Screening under the Affordable Care Act, Eduardo Sanchez, MD, Vice President &
Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
Chlamydia: Magnitude of the
Problem & Strategies for Prevention, Gail Bolan, MD, Director, Division of STD
Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB
Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Improving Chlamydia Screening
HEDIS Rates: Strategies of High & Low Performing Health Plans,Adam
Atherly, PhD, Chair, Associate Professor, Colorado School of Public Health
Chlamydia Practice
Improvement Project (CPIP),
Kathryn Armstrong, Health Educator, Molina HealthCare
An
archive of the webinar, including copies of the presentations, is available
here.
You
can view previous NIHCM webinars on maternal, child and adolescent health
topics here.
About
NIHCM NIHCM
Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that conducts research on health
care issues. The Foundation disseminates research findings and analyses that
promote and enhance access to health care and the efficiency and effectiveness
of health care services and delivery. Visit www.nihcm.org
for more information.
About
the NCC The
National Chlamydia Coalition (NCC), convened and led by Partnership for
Prevention, addresses the continued high burden of chlamydia infection,
especially among young women age 25 and under, and strives to attain the
overarching mission of reducing the rates of chlamydia and its harmful effects
among sexually active adolescents and young adults. The NCC is comprised of nonprofit
organizations, medical professional associations, advocacy groups, health
insurers, and local, state and federal government agencies. See www.prevent.org/NCC
for more information.
North American Forum on
Family Planning Date & Location: October
22, 2011 to October 24, 2011 in Washington, DC
For
more information, contact Susan Higginbotham at shigginbotham@societyfp.org or
access the Web site here.
Nurse Education
Introduction to Nurse
Case Management: An Online Course Date & Location: July 7,
2011 through July 28, 2011.
Nurse Training on Immunization Project (NurseTIP) The State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany
School of Public Health launched the Nurse Training on Immunization Project (NurseTIP) recognizing that nurses play an
integral role in the success of immunization programs and are often the first
point of contact in any healthcare visit. NurseTIP has the goal of increasing the knowledge
and competency of nurses in immunization by offering relevant content in a
variety of distance-learning approaches and engaging nurses in program
planning, dialogues with other nurses, and exploring strategies to promote
immunization. For more information on NurseTIP visit www.nursetip.org.
HIV/AIDS
CDC launches an online
social network 2011 marks 30 years since
the first report on HIV in MMWR. To mark this event, CDC launched the 30 Years
of HIV/AIDS online social network, which is a unique community allowing members
an opportunity to share personal stories, videos and much more from the past 30
years. Click here for more information: http://hivstory.ning.com/
Other Conferences/Trainings
2011 National Primary
Oral Health Conference The National Network for
Oral Health Access (NNOHA) conference will be held in National Harbor MD, Oct.
23–26, 2011. The theme of this year’s conference is “Envisioning a Better
Future for Oral Health Access.” For details on the conference, or to register,
visit their conference page here.
Public Health Webinar Series on Hemoglobinopathies
Hosted by: The Division of Blood Disorders, CDC
4th Thursday of every month from 2:00PM –
3:00PM ET
The
purpose of this webinar series is to offer a hemoglobinopathies learning
collaborative platform for providers, consumers, educators, and scientists.
Note:
Based on overwhelming response, the capacity limitations have been removed for
the web and audio portions of this series. The entire webinar series will be
recorded and made available for viewing.
Hemoglobinopathies Webinar Schedule 2011
7/28: Transfusion Issues for Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia Patients Dr. Rebecca Kruse-Jarres, Tulane
University School of Medicine
8/25: Administrative Data Sets Dr. Scott Grosse, CDC Division
of Blood Disorders
9/22: Emerging Pathogens and Blood Safety for Transfused Populations Sean Trimble MPH, CDC Division
of Blood Disorders
10/27: The Use of Hydroxyurea for Sickle Cell Disease Dr. Nancy Green, Columbia
University Medical Center
11/24: --- No Webinar This Month ---
12/22: TBA
If
you have ideas on topics for future webinars, would like the call-in number, or
have any questions or comments about this series, please contact Shae Pope at spope@cdc.gov.
First
Lady, Agriculture Secretary Launch MyPlate Icon as a New Reminder to Help
Consumers to Make Healthier Food Choices On June 2, 2011, First Lady
Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack unveiled the federal
government’s new food icon, MyPlate, a new generation icon intended to prompt consumers to think about building
a healthy plate at meal times. The new MyPlate icon emphasizes the fruit, vegetable, grains, protein
and dairy food groups. An accompanying website, www.ChooseMyPlate.gov, provides
consumers with more information on making healthy food choices. To read
the full press release, click here.
News from Emergency Preparedness If you have questions about CHCANYS’ Emergency
Preparedness work, please contact Matt Ziemer at mziemer@chcanys.org.
2011 Critical Asset Survey for CHCs The New York State Department of
Health has initiated the 2011 Critical Asset Survey for Community
Health Centers. You can
access the invitation letter, with instructions for completing the survey,
here.
The survey results will provide the Department with important information
regarding your needs in the event of a catastrophic accident or health
emergency and will allow the Department to plan for deployment of
emergency supplies and medicine to your health center. Please note: If you would like the assistance of a CHCANYS
representative regarding the survey, please contact Mario Gonzalez at
212-710-3810 or mgonzalez@chcanys.org,
as Mary Lou Caprara, the contact named in the invitation letter, is no longer
with CHCANYS.
News from HIT If
you have questions about CHCANYS’ HIT work, please contact Lisa Perry, lperry@chcanys.org.
Update: Medicare
e-Prescribing Incentive Penalties Do Not Apply to FQHCs As a follow up to questions
from our members about the Medicare e-Prescribing incentive penalties, CHCANYS
has just received confirmation from CMS that these penalties do not apply to FQHCs. The communication from CMS
reads:
The 2011 PFS Final Rule
discusses the eRx Payment Adjustment, and the context is Medicare Part B
Physician Fee Schedule claims/reimbursements.
Click here for the 2011 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule as it pertains to the eRx Payment
Adjustment.
See
pages 383 - 397 for information related to e-Prescribing (392 - 397 details the
2012 and 2013 Payment Adjustments).
The
following FAQ states that the 2012 adjustment will be made to Part B PFS
covered professional services. So if you do not submit claims for
Part B PFS reimbursement from your FQHC, there will be no reimbursements to
Adjust. https://questions.cms.hhs.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/10564
"In November 2010, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
announced that eligible professionals who are not successful electronic
prescribers in 2011 may be subject to a 1% payment adjustment in 2012 on their
Medicare Part B Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) covered professional services.
Section 132 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
(MIPPA) authorizes CMS to apply this payment adjustment whether or not the
eligible professional is planning to participate in the eRx Incentive
Program."
Also,
our analysis of Medicare Part B PFS claims will ignore claim line items
submitted with FQHC, Place of Service = 50, related to the 2011 eRx Incentive
Program and the 2012/2013 eRx Payment Adjustment.
News from Management, Finance and Compliance Save the Date! Special Webinar
on New York State HCRA Reporting and Compliance: July 28, 2011, 10:00 a.m. –
12:00 a.m. CHCANYS will host a webinar
presented by the New York State Department of Health/Bureau of HCRA Operations
and Financial Analysis on Public Goods Pool reporting requirements, common
challenges and general HCRA topics. There will be an opportunity to ask
questions both in advance and during the session. Topics will include:
Public Goods Pool
reporting requirements and common challenges - How to handle
fixed dollar patient portion revenue - How to handle
payments for Medicare covered services - How to handle
payment for NYS Medicaid and out of state Medicaid payments
HCRA Audits and
common areas of concern; what you can expect and what you should prepare
for
Delinquency Process
and Collection Process for Non-compliance
The Elector List
Your obligation to
pay surcharges on certain patient services revenue
*Registration will be required for this webinar. Watch
your inbox for an email containing registration information, coming soon.
HRSA Releases Program
Assistance Letter (PAL) 2011-06 HIV/AIDS Care and
Treatment in Health Centers This Health Center Program
Assistance Letter (PAL) provides information and resources regarding the
treatment and care of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). In alignment with
the National HIV/AIDS Strategy,
the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Bureau of
Primary Health Care (BPHC) will continue to support efforts to prevent new HIV
infections, provide access to high quality care for PLWHA, and reduce
HIV-related health disparities. For more information click here.
Please visit the NYS Office
of Medicaid Inspector General website here to access a series of archived webinars and resources on many topics
facing health care providers.
Update: Medicare
e-Prescribing Incentive Penalties Do Not Apply to FQHCs As a follow up to questions
from our members about the Medicare e-Prescribing incentive penalties, CHCANYS
has just received confirmation from CMS that these penalties do not apply to FQHCs. The communication from CMS
reads:
The 2011 PFS Final Rule
discusses the eRx Payment Adjustment, and the context is Medicare Part B
Physician Fee Schedule claims/reimbursements.
Click here
for the 2011 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule as it pertains to the eRx Payment
Adjustment.
See
pages 383 - 397 for information related to e-Prescribing (392 - 397 details the
2012 and 2013 Payment Adjustments).
The
following FAQ states that the 2012 adjustment will be made to Part B PFS
covered professional services. So if you do not submit claims for
Part B PFS reimbursement from your FQHC, there will be no reimbursements to
Adjust.
https://questions.cms.hhs.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/10564
"In November 2010, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced
that eligible professionals who are not successful electronic prescribers in
2011 may be subject to a 1% payment adjustment in 2012 on their Medicare Part B
Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) covered professional services. Section 132 of the
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) authorizes
CMS to apply this payment adjustment whether or not the eligible professional
is planning to participate in the eRx Incentive Program."
Also,
our analysis of Medicare Part B PFS claims will ignore claim line items
submitted with FQHC, Place of Service = 50, related to the 2011 eRx Incentive
Program and the 2012/2013 eRx Payment Adjustment.
News from Workforce Development If you have questions about CHCANYS’ Workforce Development Program, please email us at workforce@chcanys.org.
If your health center has a training or technical assistance program that you'd like to share with others around the state, or if you would like to subscribe others at your health center to Your CHCANYS, please email the pertinent information to Rebecca Gaige-Troxell at rgaige@chcanys.org. We welcome your feedback and comments.
