July 10, 2024
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Free Webinar: How to Conduct an Ethical Investigation, July 18
July 9, 2024
Free Webinar: How to Conduct an Ethical Investigation, July 18
This educational webinar is for anyone who is involved or will be involved, in investigating or handling complaints related to health care compliance matters.
Why You Should Attend This Webinar:
- It’s FREE but Registration is Required (Click link below to register)
- Compliance in health care is complex and from time to time, an employer may need to investigate concerns about an employee’s workplace behavior
Investigating and resolving an allegation correctly and ethically strengthens and protects your organization.
A proper investigation gives management needed information and a factual basis on which to make its decisions. It also reinforces both fairness of the employee discipline process and your commitment to learning about employee concerns
The objectives and scope of investigations vary widely, but its overriding purpose is always to find out the relevant facts. Each investigation may be unique and handled differently and following standard techniques can help you investigate in a fair, ethical transparent and consistent manner.
This webinar will cover the common mistakes investigators make:
- In planning the investigation and understanding their role
- When dealing with the employee who raised the concern about actual or suspected misconduct
- When interviewing the investigation participants
- When documenting the investigation, especially the investigation report
Cost: Free
When: Thursday, July 18, 12:00 p.m. CT
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Webinar: Introduction to MRHA Connect
July 9, 2024
Webinar: Introduction to MRHA Connect
The Missouri Rural Health Association (MRHA) has announced an engagement competition on MRHA Connect – a groundbreaking, community-driven online platform designed to foster collaboration among rural Missouri
- Healthcare professionals
- Advocates
- Academics
- Subject matter experts
- Community leaders
Start engaging, collaborating and sharing today, to climb the leaderboard.
Joining MRHA Connect is simple. Visit Home – Missouri Rural Health Association (mrhassociation.org) and sign up for free to become a member of this dynamic community.
Don’t miss this opportunity to:
- Connect with your peers
- Share strategic advice
- Solve challenges
- Develop new approaches to rural healthcare in Missouri
Attendees at the Intro to MRHA Connect Webinar will be entered into a drawing to win a $50 gift card.
ACO Flex Model Office Hour – July 16
July 9, 2024
ACO Flex Model Office Hour – July 16
In this hour-long session, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Innovation will provide an overview of the new ACO Primary Care Flex Model (ACO Flex Model, which will focus on primary care delivery in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (SSP).
The ACO Primary Care Flex Model (ACO PC Flex Model) is a voluntary model that will focus on:
- Primary care delivery in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (Shared Savings Program)
- Testing how prospective payments and increased funding for primary care in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) impact:
- health outcomes
- quality
- costs of care
In Addition, the flexible payment design will empower participating ACOs and their primary care providers to:
- Use more innovative, team-based, person-centered and proactive approaches to care
The model, which starts January 1, 2025, aims to grow participation in ACOs and the Shared Savings Program and increase the number of people with Medicare in an accountable care relationship.
CMS has released a Request for Applications and the application portal is open until August 1 for new or renewing ACOs who submitted an application to SSP by June 17, 2024.
CMS plans to announce applicants selected to participate in October 2024.
This model seeks to increase accountable care relationships for people with Medicare, especially those in rural and underserved communities.
Office Hours: Tuesday, July 16, 2:00 p.m. ET
Click Here to Register for Office Hours
HHS Finalizes Section 1557 Nondiscrimination Rule – Impacts for RHCs – Monday, July 15
July 8, 2024
HHS Finalizes Section 1557 Nondiscrimination Rule – Impacts for RHCs – Monday, July 15
The National Association of Rural Health Clinics (NARHC) will host the free, FORHP-supported webinar, with information on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services final rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities and the RHC impacts, including:
- Requirement to post a notice of nondiscrimination
- Requirements to post notice of availability of translation and auxiliary aid services in top 15 foreign languages
- Requirement to establish and train employees on policies and procedures related to nondiscrimination
Additional time for Q&A will be provided.
Advanced registration is required.
Cost: Free
When: Monday, July 15, 2:00 p.,. ET
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USDA Funding Opportunity: Broadband Technical Assistance Program, August 20
July 8, 2024
USDA Funding Opportunity: Broadband Technical Assistance Program, August 20
The Broadband Technical Assistance (BTA) program provides financial assistance through cooperative agreements to eligible entities to receive or deliver broadband technical assistance and training.
Eligible Applicants Include:
- Federal-recognized Tribes and Tribal entities
- State of local governments, including agencies and subdivisions
- Territories or possessions of the United States
- Institutions of higher education (including 1862 Land-Grant Institutions, 1890 Land-Grant Institutions, 1994 Land-Grant Institutions, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- Nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) IRS status
- Cooperatives or mutual organizations
- Corporations
- Limited Liability Companies or Limited Liability Partnerships
Applications are due by August 20, 2024, 11:59 p.m. ET
Click Here to Learn More and Apply
National Medical Fellowships – Health Equity Leaders Program for Underrepresented Professionals, Apply by August 12
July 8, 2024
National Medical Fellowships – Health Equity Leaders Program for Underrepresented Professionals, Apply by August 12
This program provides students from groups that are underrepresented in health care, medical, and allied health professions with a learning opportunity in health equity services, scholarship, leadership and policy.
Eligible applicants must be:
- Currently enrolled in an accredited medical, graduate-level nursing, or physician assistant school
- Interested in working in underserved communities, and
- Part of a group NMF designates as underrepresented:
- African American/Black
- Hispanic/Latino
- American Indian
- Alaska Native
- Asian American (Vietnamese or Cambodian only)
- Native Hawaiian
- Other Pacific Islander
Click Here to Learn More and Apply
CDC Update on Avian Flu, July 16
July 8, 2024
CDC Update on Avian Flu, July 16
On July 16, through its Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity Group, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will give updates on highly pathogenic A (H5N1) virus, also known as avian flu.
On this hour-long call, speakers will provide clinicians with information on testing, using antivirals, and infection prevention and control recommendations.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) (H5N1) virus is widespread among wild birds and continues to cause outbreaks in poultry and spillover to mammals.
To date, there have been three human cases of HPA! A(H5N1) virus infection identified in dairy farm workers in the United States. The risk to the public from HPAI A (H5N1) viruses is low; however, people who have job-related or recreational exposure to infected birds or animals, including dairy cattle, are at greater risk of HPAI A(H5N1) virus infection.
Continuing education credits are available.
To join this call, please click the link below when it is time for the call to start.
Cost: Free
When: Tuesday, July 16, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET
Webinar Link: https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1618350375
Passcode: 143703
Webinar ID: 161 835 0375
Virtual Conference – SAMHSA Rural Recovery: Challenges & Solutions, July 10-11
July 8, 2024
Virtual Conference – SAMHSA Rural Recovery: Challenges & Solutions, July 11
Register for this two-day conference, held online, to learn how peer-based and other SAMHSA recovery support programs are meeting the challenges of providing help to individuals and families facing behavioral problems in Rural, Frontier and Tribal Communities.
The conference is sponsored by the office of Recovery at the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations (SAMSHA).
Cost: Free
When: Thursday, July 10-11, 10:00 a.m. CT
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New Resource: Rural SUD Info Center
July 8, 2024
New Resource: Rural SUD Info Center
The Rural SUD Info Center is an exciting new clearinghouse that highlights the work of three different Rural Centers of Excellence on Substance use Disorders (SUD), all of which are funded by FORHP’s Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP).
Visitors to the website will find current information and technical assistance opportunities on SUD through a rural lens.
Click Here to Visit the Rural SUD Info Center