March 30, 2023

Missouri Healthcare Workforce Summit: Striking Balance Between Purpose, People, and Process in Today’s Workplace

Want to build a better workforce? Start with putting your people first! The core of a purpose-driven organization is a people-focused culture. When organizations care about their people, this builds trust. Employees that trust their employer are far more likely to have better overall job satisfaction, engagement, and retention.

Please join the Missouri Primary Care Association for the Missouri Healthcare Workforce Summit on May 3 – 4, 2023 at the Courtyard Marriott in Jefferson City. This workforce summit is designed to help you learn how to better invest in your people.

Topics covered include:

• Striking balance between purpose, people, and process in today’s workforce
• Onboarding
• Employee engagement
• Career ladders
• Burnout and workplace Stress

Dates: May 3, 2023, 10:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. and

May 4, 2023, 8:00 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Cost: $100 per participant (space is limited)

Location:

Courtyard Marriott

610 Bolivar St.

Jefferson City

Hotel Cost: $131 USD per night

MPCA has reserved a limited number of rooms at the special rate of $131 per night. This rate is available until April 11, 2023 by reserving with this link:     https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1675974470788&key=GRP&app=resvlink

Agenda

Summit Registration

March 21, 2023

Registration Now Open: CMS Health Equity Conference

Registration for the in-person Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) inaugural Health Equity Conference is now open. The conference will serve as an opportunity to gain invaluable insights and a better understanding of disparities that exist from leading experts in the field. Participants will have the opportunity to connect with peers, build relationships, and share research, best practices, and initiatives that are reducing disparities in CMS programs and increasing equity for underserved populations and gain the skills necessary to effectively address them moving forward.

Attendance is free and open to all. Reserve your spot now before all the spots are filled.

When: June 7 – 8, 2023; 8 AM to 5 PM

Where: Howard University, Washington, D.C.

Register by May 19, 2023

February 7, 2023

Conference – 2023 Missouri Immunization Conference

April 26 – 27, 2023, Columbia, MO

The 2023 Missouri Immunization Conference brings together bright minds to give talks that are action-oriented on a wide range of subjects related to immunizations to foster learning and inspiration, as well as provoke conversations that matter and actions that lead to increased vaccination rates for Missourians. The theme of this year’s conference is Vaccines: The Building Blocks of Better Health.

Participants will:

• Self-report increased confidence in their ability to advocate for vaccinations against preventable diseases
• Self-report an increase in knowledge about evidence-based strategies designed to address vaccine hesitancy, and combat misinformation
• Self-report increased confidence in their ability to educate patients on vaccine preventable diseases
• Self-report increased knowledge of key legislation and policies designed to improve the equitable distribution of adult vaccines

Target Audience:

• Physicians
• Advanced Practice Providers
• Nurses
• Pharmacists
• Public Health Professionals
• Hospitals & Ambulatory Care Staff
• Long-term Care Facilities
• Private Healthcare Providers

This program is jointly provided by the University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, the University of Missouri School of Medicine and the Missouri Immunization Coalition.

Register

March 3, 2023

Call for Speaker Proposals: 2023 SORH Regional Partnership Meetings

The National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) invites you to partner with them to bring meaningful education to our five State Offices of Rural Health (SORH) Regional Partnership Meetings in 2023.

NOSORH invites you to submit your proposal(s) to present rural innovations, research findings, model programs, resources, and projects to help SORH build partnerships and address the needs of rural communities to prepare for the future.

Please click here to learn more about the SORH Regional Partnership Meetings.

For any questions, please contact Trevor Brown, NOSORH Program Coordinator, at trevorb@nosorh.org or 248-357-2343.

Proposals are due by the end of business on March 8, 2023!

February 24, 2023

Missouri Immunization Conference 2023

Event information and registration is available online. April 26 & 27, 2023 at the Holiday Inn Executive Center – Columbia, MO

Purpose

The 2023 Missouri Immunization Conference brings together bright minds to give talks that are action-oriented on a wide range of subjects related to immunizations to foster learning and inspiration, as well as provoke conversations that matter and actions that lead to increased vaccination rates for Missourians. The theme of this year’s conference is Vaccines: The Building Blocks of Better Health.

Target Audience

• Physicians
• Advanced Practice Providers
• Nurses
• Pharmacists
• Public Health Professionals
• Hospitals & Ambulatory Care Staff
• Long-term Care Facilities
• Private healthcare providers

Learning Outcomes

1. Participants will self-report increased confidence in their ability to advocate for immunizations
2. Participants will self-report an increase in knowledge about evidence-based strategies to increase immunization rates, address vaccine hesitancy, and combat vaccine misinformation.
3. Participants will self-report increased confidence in their ability to educate patients on vaccine preventable diseases and how to prevent them.

Accreditation:

Physician

Activity approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Nurse

University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Contact hours will be awarded.

LPC, Social Work, Psychology, 50-Minute Hour CEs

The University of Missouri Continuing Education for Health Professions (CEHP) is part of an accredited university in the state of Missouri. As such, this program meets the requirements for Licensed Professional Counselors, Psychologists, and Social Workers with Missouri licenses.

February 24, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMS, will host its inaugural CMS Health Equity Conference on June 7-8^th, 2023. The free conference will be held at Howard University’s Armour J. Blackburn University Center in Washington, D.C. for in-person participation as well as streamed virtually for online participation. The conference will convene leaders in health equity from federal agencies, health provider organizations, academia, community-based organizations, and others, both in person and virtually. Conference attendees will have the opportunity to hear from CMS’s leadership on recent developments and updates on CMS programs; up-to-date research on health equity; discuss promising practices and innovate solutions and collaborate on community engagement efforts.

Based on the CMS Framework for Health Equity 2022-2032, conference attendees will share research, ideas, and initiatives that are measurably reducing disparities in CMS programs and increasing equity for all.

Academics, researchers, community organizations, and others are encouraged to submit presentation proposals beginning on February 27^th, 2023. Projects must be piloting or researching health equity solutions that align with the CMS Framework for Health Equity 2022-2032 priority areas. Key research findings and projects will be highlighted at the conference. 

Information and guidelines for submitting proposals can be found on the conference website. CMS will also be hosting a webinar on submitting proposals on March 16^th from 12-1pm EDT. Register for the webinar here.

CMS is pleased to host the CMS Health Equity Conference, and looks forward to your attendance.