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Funding Opportunity: Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination Program – Apply by August 2

July 2, 2024

Funding Opportunity: Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination Program – Apply by August 2

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) expects to award up to four cooperative agreements for a total of approximately $7 million over four years.

The purpose of the Delta Region Maternal Care Coordination (Delta MCC) Program – HRSA-24-120 is to improve and increase access to care for pregnant women and new mothers during and after pregnancy.

Objectives:

  • Use care coordination strategies to enhance and expand access to perinatal services in the Delta Region
  • Utilize evidence-based, promising practices and/or value-based care models in the planning and delivery of perinatal services
  • Identify barriers to providing maternal health care in the region and strategies for addressing such barriers
  • Develop and implement deliberate and sustainable strategies of care coordination into policies, procedures, staffing, services and communication systems

Eligible applicants

  • Public, private, or nonprofit organizations located within the parishes and counties served by the federal Delta Regional Authority.

An hour-long technical assistance webinar for applicants will be held on Tuesday, July 9 at 2:00 p.m. CT.

Learn More – HRSA-24-120

HRSA Funding Opportunity: Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) – Workforce Expansion Program (WEP)

July 2, 2024

HRSA Funding Opportunity: Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) – Workforce Expansion Program (WEP)

The purpose of the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Workforce Expansion Program (WEP) is to increase the nursing workforce in rural (non-metro) and underserved areas to address the critical shortage of nurses, specifically in acute and long-term care settings.

The NEPQR-WEP enhances nursing education and clinical practice through additional training of associate and baccalaureate degree nursing students.

Apply by July 26, 2024

Questions? Contact Kirk Koyama, kkoyama@hrsa.gov, (301) 443-4926

Learn More about NEPQR – HRSA-24-098

HRSA Funding Opportunity: Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program

July 2, 2024

HRSA Funding Opportunity: Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program

The Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program is accepting applications through July 9, 2024, 7:30 p.m. ET.

This program will award up to $100,000 in student loan repayment to eligible professionals in exchange for a three-year, full-time service commitment to work or participate in a fellowship or residency in a Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program approved facility.

Eligibility

You must be:

  • A United States citizen, national or permanent resident
  • Fully licensed or credentialed in an eligible discipline
  • One of the following:
  • A full-time employee or a clinician who has accepted a position at a Pediatric Specialty LRP-approved facility, located in or serving a health professional shortage area (HPSA), a medically underserved area (MUA), or a medically underserved population (MUP)
  • A health-professional entering or receiving training in an accredited pediatric medical subspecialty, pediatric surgical specialty residency, or fellowship at a Pediatric Specialty LRP-approved facility located in or serving a health professional shortage area (HPSA), a medically underserved area (MUA), or a medically underserved population (MUP)

Learn More and Apply

FREE Cyber Security Tools and Services

June 28, 2024

FREE Cyber Security Tools and Services

Utilize free cyber security tools and services from Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – America’s Cyber Defense Agency.

Malware, phishing, and ransomware are common forms of cyber-attacks. CISA offers the tools and services needed to protect against and rapidly respond to attacks.

Featured Content on the CISA Malware, Phishing & Ransomware Webpage:

  • Stop Ransomware – A whole of government approach that gives one central location for ransomware resources and alerts
  • Shields Up – as the nation’s cyber defense agency, CISA stands ready to help organizations prepare for, respond to and mitigate the impact of cyberattacks.
    • When cyber incidents are reported quickly, they can render assistance and issue warning to prevent attacks
  • Cybersecurity Alerts & Advisories – CISA is continually monitoring cyber space and actively shares threats and vulnerabilities
  • Joint Ransomware Task Force (JRTF) – serves as the central bod for coordinating an ongoing nationwide campaign against ransomware attacks in addition to identifying and pursuing opportunities for international cooperation

Click Here to Learn More

Medical Record Phishing Scams

June 28, 2024

Medical Record Phishing Scams

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent an alert regarding phishing scams for medical records. This can include criminals faxing your office fraudulent medical records requests to get you to send patient records in response.

To Detect a Potential Scam Request, CMS state to look for:

  • Instructions which direct you to send records to an unfamiliar fax number or address
  • Referencing Medicare.gov or @Medicare (.gov)
  • Indicating they need records to “update insurance accordingly”
  • Poor grammar, misspellings, or strange wording
  • Incorrect phone numbers
  • Skewed or outdated logos
  • Graphics that are cut and pasted

If you think you got a fraudulent or questionable request

  • Work with your Medical Review Contractor to confirm if it’s real
  • Submit medical documentation through the Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation (esMD), or
  • CMS medical review contractor secure internet portals, when available

New Articles – Today’s Essential Health Workforce Updates

June 27, 2024

New Articles – Today’s Essential Health Workforce Updates

Check out these new articles, which were funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) through BHW’s Health Workforce Research Centers:

Upcoming PROMPT Learning Network Meeting, July 18

June 27, 2024

Upcoming PROMPT Learning Network Meeting, July 18

PROMPT is a Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Learning Network.

The goal of PROMPT is to:

  • Support Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and rural provider practices in transforming rural clinic practices to meet the ever-changing demands within the healthcare landscape
  • Improve clinical quality data capture and reporting
  • Improve quality performance and patient care in rural Missouri

PROMPT Learning network topics include:

  • Collaboration
  • Sharing of best practices
  • Quality improvement
  • Data analytics/data hygiene
  • Value based care
  • PCMH
  • Spotlight on RHCs

Additional Details:

  • Lunch will be provided at no cost to the attendees
  • Attendance to the PROMPT Learning Network Meeting is FREE but registration is required.
  • Funding is available for the RHCs to cover a one-night hotel stay for up to 2 rooms (July 17th – 2 double queen rooms) and mileage for one vehicle.
    • Please contact Charity Woodard at Charity@cabllc.com, if you need a room and be sure to include the number of rooms you need and will be in each room.
    • Room reservations will be made at the Fairfield Inn & Suites, 3621 W. Truman Blvd, Jefferson City, MO 65109.
    • Mileage reimbursement will be at the IRS standard mileage rate of .67 cents for one vehicle (roundtrip) from your work location. Mileage reimbursement forms will be handed out at the meeting.

Cost:  Free

When: Friday, July 18, 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Where: Missouri Soybean Association, 734 South Country Club Drive

Click Here to Register no later than July 12

NRHA Now Accepting Rural Health Fellows Applications

June 27, 2024

NRHA Now Accepting Rural Health Fellows Applications

NRHA’s Rural Health Fellows Leadership Program is a yearlong, intensive training that develops leaders who can articulate a clear and compelling vision for rural America.

Each year, NRHA selects 10 to 15 highly motivated individuals who have proven their dedication to improving the health of rural Americans through their educational or professional experience.

The goal is to educate and develop a network of diverse rural leaders who can serve in key positions in the association, affiliated advocacy groups, and local and state legislative bodies.

Applications for the 2025 Rural Health Fellows Program are now open.

Learn More

Click Here to Apply

Registration Now Open for NRHA’s RHC, CAH Conferences

June 27, 2024

Registration Now Open for NRHA’s RHC, CAH Conferences

Your chance to share with rural colleagues, network with partners, and learn from clinic and CAH experts from across the country is NRHA’s Rural Health Clinic and Critical Access Hospital Conferences Sept. 24-27.

These events offer more than 40 educational and networking opportunities designed for clinic and hospital professionals and board members serving rural America. Rates have been announced and registration is now open so act early to save and reserve your hotel room.

Additionally, an awards ceremony is planned to honor the top 20 CAHs in the nation.

Click Here to Learn More

Click Here to Register

NRHA Accepting Presentation Proposals – 2025 Annual Conference in Atlanta

June 27, 2024

NRHA Accepting Presentation Proposals – 2025 Annual Conference in Atlanta

The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) is now accepting presentation proposals for the 2025 Annual Rural Health Conference and Rural Hospital Innovation Summit, the nation’s premier events celebrating rural health.

These events are curated for anyone with an interest in rural health care, including:

  • Rural health practitioners
  • Hospital administrators
  • Clinic directors
  • Lay health workers
  • Social workers
  • State and federal health employees
  • Academics
  • Community members and more

This is an opportunity to share effective models, policies, research and information and provide your colleagues with insights and best practices addressing many of the access, quality and geographic issues confronted by rural communities.

Presentation submission information:

  • Submissions must be received no later than August 17, 2024
  • Only electronic abstracts will be accepted
  • Notification of acceptance will be sent out in late October
  • Presentations may not market products r services
  • If accepted, presenters must register for the conference

Have Questions? Call Gabriela Boscan at 202 639-0550

Submit a presentation proposal Here

Learn more about the 2025 Annual Conference