Category: HRSA

Upcoming HRSA Webinar – Addressing the Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and Substance Use in Maternal Health Care, November 7

October 31, 2024

Upcoming HRSA Webinar – Addressing the Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and Substance Use in Maternal Health Care, November 7

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Office of Women’s Health invites you to a webinar, “Addressing the Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Substance Use in Maternal Health Care”.

The webinar will feature speakers from HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), Office on Women’s Health.

Attendees will learn about the National Strategy to Improve Maternal Mental Health Care as well as HRSA and OASH’s initiatives that are integrating prevention and care for IPV, substance use, and maternal health.

Cost: Free

When: Thursday, November 7, 1:00 p.m. CT

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Best Practices Guide: Using Telehealth in Hybrid Care

October 29, 2024

Best Practices Guide: Using Telehealth in Hybrid Care

A hybrid care approach uses a combination of virtual and in-person appointments to deliver appropriate care.

Hybrid telehealth, also called integrated care, combines in-person health care appointments with telehealth. This approach prioritizes the joint decision between the patient and their provider regarding whether and when a virtual visit is appropriate. A hybrid care approach offers flexible access to health care. This is especially useful for people who have difficulty getting to the provider’s office or need frequent care.

This best practice guide provides detailed information and resources for providers and health care organizations on how to use a hybrid care approach that integrates telehealth and in-person care.

What’s in the guide:

  • How to get started
  • Developing a strategy for hybrid care
  • Billing for hybrid care services
  • Preparing patients for hybrid care

Click Here to Access the Guide

Licensure Compacts: Increasing Access to Behavioral Health Care

October 29, 2024

Licensure Compacts: Increasing Access to Behavioral Health Care

Telehealth plays a significant role in meeting the need for behavioral health services and behavioral health professionals are subject to state licensure regulations, including for telehealth.

Learn how licensure compacts can improve access to behavioral health care.

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Click Here to Learn more about Licensure for Behavioral Health

New Funding Opportunity: Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Professionals – HRSA-25-068

October 28, 2024

New Funding Opportunity: Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program for Professionals – HRSA-25-068

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to improve access to behavioral health services.

The purpose of the Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals and improve the distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce. The program has a specific focus on understanding the needs of children, adolescents, and young adults at risk for mental health, trauma, and behavioral health disorders.

The BHWET Program for Professionals prepares the workforce by emphasizing interprofessional team-based models of care, integrating behavioral health training in primary care settings and recruiting a diverse workforce interested in serving high need and high demand areas. The program also invests increasing the number of clinical supervisors.

Eligible Applicants

  • Public and private institutions of higher education
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • Hospitals and rural health clinics
  • State and local governments
  • Domestic faith-based and community-based organizations
  • Tribal governments and organizations

Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. ET on January 21, 2025

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New Funding Opportunity: Graduate Psychology Education Program

October 25, 2024

New Funding Opportunity: Graduate Psychology Education Program

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to increase access to behavioral health services in high demand areas.

The Graduate Psychology Education Program (GPE) -HRSA-25-067 provides training to  doctoral health service psychology students, interns, and post-doctoral residents in integrated, interdisciplinary behavioral health. The program will prepare trainees to provide behavioral health services in community-based primary care settings. The program also supports faculty development in health service psychology.

HRSA will award approximately $22.8 million to up to 50 grantees over a period of three years through this opportunity.

Eligible Applicants:

  • Public and private institutions of higher education
  • Hospitals and rural health clinics
  • HRSA-funded health centers and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
  • Nonprofit organizations
  • State and local governments
  • Tribal governments and organizations

Applications are due by January 21, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. ET

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Reminder: Hospitals and CAH Respiratory Illness Reporting Requirements Begin November 1, 2024

October 22, 2024

Reminder: Hospitals and CAH Respiratory Illness Reporting Requirements Begin November 1, 2024

In the CY2025 Medicare Inpatient Hospital Prospective Payment System Final Rule (starting on page 898), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added requirements for hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to electronically report information related to flu, COVID-19 and RSV via the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).

CDC has posted instructions for Reporting Requirements, Frequency, and Pathway as well as templates, training slides, and additional resources.

Reporters may use either the weekly reporting pathway OR the daily reporting pathway to satisfy requirements for Hospital Respiratory Data for CMS CoP; reporters do NOT need to provide data into both pathways to meet the requirement.

Got questions? Please read the linked sources above or reach out to your CMS Regional Representative.

Click Here to Access NHSN Respiratory Data (HRD) Reporting

Telehealth Resources for Patients and Providers

October 17, 2024

Telehealth Resources for Patients and Providers

The Department for Health and Human Services (HHS) has the following telehealth resources for patients and providers:

  • Telehealth for emergency preparedness
    • Telehealth is important for providing medical care during an emergency, such as a pandemic or natural disaster. Providers can use telehealth to perform quick assessments, triage patients, and deliver patient care.
    • This best practice guide provides detailed information and resources on using telehealth for emergency preparedness.
  • Preparing patients for Telehealth
    • The transition to telehealth is an adjustment for patients as well as health care providers. By preparing your patients for remote medical care, you help ensure their comfort and maintain quality care.
  • Telehealth for special needs children (Patient Resource)
    • Telehealth can be used to support children and families with unique health care needs.
  • Telehealth Events
    • Find upcoming webinars, conference, and other events around telehealth.

OSHA Request for Information: Extending COVID-19 Recordkeeping and Reporting for Employees in Healthcare Settings – respond by December 9

October 17, 2024

OSHA Request for Information: Extending COVID-19 Recordkeeping and Reporting for Employees in Healthcare Settings – respond by December 9

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) seeks comments on their request to extend requirements for collecting information specified in OSHA’s COVID-19 Recordkeeping and Reporting in Healthcare Standard, which applies to settings where any employee provides healthcare services.

The requirements include:

  • Establishing and maintaining a log of each instance identified by the employer that an employee is COVID-19 positive;
  • Make the individual log entry available upon request for examination and copying, and
  • Reporting to OSHA each work-related COVID-19 fatality and each work-related COVID-19 in-patient hospitalization within specific timeframes of the employer learning of them.

OSHA would like to hear from the public:

  • Whether the information collection requirements are necessary for the proper performance of the agency’s function to protect workers;
  • If OSHA’s estimate of the burden (time and costs) of collecting the information is accurate; and
  • What are some ways to minimize the burden on employers who much comply.

OSHA will summarize responses when they submit their request to the Office of Management and Budget to extend the requirements.

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Request for Information: Medicare $2 Drug List Model – Respond by December 9

October 17, 2024

Request for Information: Medicare $2 Drug List Model – Respond by December 9

In response to an Executive Order to lower prescription drug costs, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) developed a model to test whether a simpler approach to offering low-cost, clinically important generic drugs can improve medication adherence, lead to better health outcomes, and improve satisfaction with the Part D prescription drug benefit for people with Medicare and for prescribers.

This RFI aims to obtain input from a broad range of interested parties to support continued development of the model. CMS’ primary areas of interest include:

  • Drug List Development Process;
  • Maximizing Plan Participation;
  • CMS Outreach Efforts;
  • Part D Sponsor Outreach and Education Efforts for Beneficiaries;
  • Assessment of Model Impact;
  • Drug List Modifications.

CMS is interested in hearing from all stakeholders, including, but not limited to:

  • Medicare beneficiaries
  • Advocates
  • Medicare Part D plan sponsors
  • Pharmacy benefit managers
  • Prescribers
  • Pharmacists
  • Pharmacies
  • Policy experts
  • Researchers
  • Drug manufacturers
  • Wholesalers
  • Distributors
  • All other interested parties

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Click Here to Read Executive Order

Process for Submitting Response:

  • Deadline to respond: December 9, 2024, 11:59 p.m. PST
  • Comments can be submitted here