January 31, 2024
RHIhub This Week – Now Available
RHIhub This Week keeps you informed on:
- latest rural news
- funding opportunities
- publications and events
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January 31, 2024
RHIhub This Week – Now Available
RHIhub This Week keeps you informed on:
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January 31, 2024
Upcoming Webinar: HRSA Loan Guarantee Program
Many health centers face challenges and/or delays in obtaining affordable loans for their capital projects because of credit or collateral shortfalls. A loan guarantee from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Facility Loan Guarantee Program (LGP) can enhance a health center’s credit profile and cover up to 80% of the principal amount of loans made by non-federal lenders.
Join Capital Link’s webinar on February 6 for an overview of the HRSA LGP and get a preview of an upcoming HRSA Loan Guarantee Program Learning Collaborative, starting at the end of February 2024.
Please contact Chloe Bahnan cbahnan@caplink.org, if you have questions.
When: Tuesday, February 6, 2:00 -3:00 p.m. ET
Register Here
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January 30, 2024
Call for Questions – Physician Fee Schedule Webinar
The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) has coordinated with the Rural Health Information (RHI) Hub and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to hold a webinar on February 27, at 3 pm ET, to discuss the CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule final rule.
This webinar will focus heavily on the community Health Integration Services and the Behavioral Health billing codes for Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT)/Mental Health Counselors (MHC). CMS will also review telehealth policies outlined in the PFS final rule.
FORHP is working to gather questions from rural stakeholders as CMS is developing the webinar in response to questions that are received.
Additional Information
Please submit questions by close of business, Thursday, February 1.
Submit Questions to Jemima Drake: jdrake@hrsa.gov
Registration for this webinar will be available soon.
January 30, 2024
Free Online Training for Health Care Providers
These online, on-demand training sessions were developed by the New Hampshire Disability and Health State Program and were selected in partnership with the Center’s for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) disability and Health 10- State Programs Workgroup.
Why Take this Training:
Trainings:
Register for Providing Health Care and Screenings to Individuals with Disabilities
Register for Accessible and Adaptive Communication
Learn More
January 29, 2024
Webinar – PARHM and AHEAD Models: A Comparison of Programs and Lessons Learned from the PA Implementation Experience
In September, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new voluntary state Total Cost of Care (TCOC) model, the stated Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) model.
The goals of AHEAD are to:
AHEAD builds on other state models including the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model (PARHM).
Join the Rural Health Redesign Center for this two-part webinar, to hear directly from the team of rural healthcare experts that led the implementation of the PARHM. Learn how the AHEAD and PARHM models compare and understand lessons learned from the Pennsylvania implementation experience.
What You Will Learn:
When: February 7 and February 21, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET
Please register for each webinar separately
Click Here to Register for February 7
Click Here to Register for February 21
January 29, 2024
NRHA Webinar – Reimagining Rural Health Marketing, March 7
Learn cost-effective techniques and insights for building patient volumes in primary care and outpatient procedures. Today’s rural health care consumer is savvy and selective, but they are also loyal if you form a meaningful relationship and experience.
When: Thursday, March 7, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. CST
Register Here
January 26, 2024
NRHA Webinar on Telehealth for Rural Hospitals
Rural health is the perfect environment to benefit from the renaissance in digital health. Join the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) for an insightful webinar, Bridging Gaps in Rural Health with the Telehealth Center of Excellence Framework for Mississippi Hospitals and Beyond. The University of Mississippi Medical (UMMC) takes center stage, sharing a telehealth framework for revolutionizing healthcare access in rural Mississippi.
This webinar will consolidate experience and insights to address the unique healthcare challenges faced by rural hospitals and help you discover how advanced telehealth technologies and dynamic virtual workforce solutions combine to reshape healthcare delivery, ensuring comprehensive and timely services for rural communities.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from UMMC, one of only two federally designated Centers of Excellence in Telehealth by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and Equum Medical.
When: Wednesday, March 6, 2:00 – 3:00 P.M. CST
Click Here to Register
January 26, 2024
RHIhub This Week
New in the Rural Monitor, Produce Prescription Programs Offer “A Holistic Approach’ to Addressing Rural Food Insecurity and Diet-Related Disease, and much more.
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January 26, 2024
MBQIP 2025 Updated Resources
The Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Program (MBQIP) has updated resources for the next phase of MBQIP.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is framing them as the MBQIP 2025 Core Measure set. These documents will show what measures are currently included in MBQIP, and new measures for reporting, beginning in calendar year 2025.
January 26, 2024
RQITA Monthly Edition, January 2024
Included in this issue:
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