January 2020 Edition
Training and Technical Assistance Offerings
DCPCA Training and Events Calendar

NEW Calendar Format!
 All DCPCA-facilitated trainings, Peer Groups, and events are now located in a single Google Calendar.
Upcoming Meetings
Billing and Finance Peer Group
Monday, January 13, 2020 & Monday February 10, 2020

  • Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST
  • Location: Zoom teleconference

For more information, contact Tricia Quinn, Director of Policy and External Affairs, at [email protected] .
Emergency Preparedness Task Force Peer Group
Thursday, January 16, 2020

  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
  • Location: Zoom teleconference

For more information, contact Megan Loucks, Director of Quality Improvement, at [email protected] .
Integrated Behavioral Health Peer Group
Friday, February 14, 2020

  • Time: 12:30 AM - 2:00 PM EST
  • Location: Bread for the City, 1525 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20001 + Zoom teleconference

For more information, contact Melissa Mayer, Quality Improvement Specialist at [email protected] .
DC PACT Speed Dating
Friday, February 14, 2020

  • Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
  • Location: Charles Sumner School,1201 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20036

DC PACT  (Positive Accountable Community Transformation) invites you to our Valentine's Day speed dating/networking event for social service and health care organizations!

Speed dating is a fun opportunity to meet and engage with organizations across the health and social sectors. Through the speed dating process you can identify available services that can meet the needs of your patients and clients while learning more about ways you can collaborate to improve the health environment.You probably won't find a date, but we guarantee you'll find some answers for your clients and patients! What better way to spend Valentine's Day?

For more information, contact David Poms, Policy Analyst, at [email protected] .

Patient Navigators for Cancer Peer Group
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

  • Time: 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST
  • Location: DCPCA,1620 I Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006

For more information, contact Megan Loucks, Director of QI at [email protected] .
Upcoming DCPCA-Sponsored Trainings
eCW New Front Office Staff Training
Wednesday, February 5, 2020

  • Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST
  • Location: DCPCA,1620 I Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006
  • Facilitator: Jim Costello, Deputy Director of HIT Operations, DCPCA
  • Registration Cost: Free for DCPCA Members

Learning Objectives:
  • Navigating eCW and customizing My Settings
  • Registering patients and creating appointments
  • Searching eHX for patients and creating new patients
  • Assigning insurance and sliding fee scale and collecting payments
  • Assigning and managing Patient documents
  • Creating Telephone encounters and Actions
eCW New Clinical Staff Training
Thursday, February 6, 2020

  • Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST
  • Location: DCPCA Conference Room - 1620 I Street NW, Ste. 300, Washington, DC 20006
  • Facilitator: Jim Costello, Deputy Director of HIT Operations, DCPCA
  • Registration Cost: Free for DCPCA Members

Learning Objectives:
  • Navigating eCW and customizing My Settings
  • Importing clinical data from eHX
  • Document in progress note
  • Navigating to CRISP query portal in eCW
  • Creating Telephone encounters and Actions
  • Using Templates and Order sets
Introduction to BridgeIT Designer
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
  • Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM EST
  • Location: DCPCA Conference Room - 1620 I Street NW, Ste. 300, Washington, DC 20006
  • Facilitator: Mike Smoot, EHR Data Manager, DCPCA
  • Registration Cost: Free for DCPCA Members

*Prerequisite for Day 2 training on 2/6/20*


Learning Objectives:
  • eCW to BridgeIT Database Copy Process
  • Accessing BridgeIT
  • The BridgeIT Toolbox
  • Review of Menu Items
  • Overview of the Primary Window
  • Understanding Your Data – Data Sources
  • Designing Projects Using Project Wizard
  • Creating Expressions
  • Importing Projects Into Your Workbook
  • Editing, Running & Saving Projects
  • Copying Projects

To register, please contact Mike Smoot, EHR Data Manager at [email protected] .
Follow-Up to Introduction to BridgeIT Designer
Thursday, February 6, 2020

  • Time: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM EST
  • Location: DCPCA Conference Room - 1620 I Street NW, Ste. 300, Washington, DC 20006
  • Facilitator: Mike Smoot, EHR Data Manager, DCPCA
  • Registration Cost: Free for DCPCA Members

*Attendance required at Day 1 training on 2/05/20*

Learning Objectives:
  • Answer follow up questions from the Day 1 training, review the take-home BridgeIT Exam, create a second custom report as a group and have a final question and answer period to wrap up.


To register, please contact Mike Smoot, EHR Data Manager at [email protected] .

Behavioral Health Billing and Coding Training
Friday, February 7, 2020

  • Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
  • Location: Webinar
  • Facilitator: Shellie Sulzberger, Coding & Compliance Initiatives (CCI)
  • Registration Cost: Free for DCPCA Members

Training Overview:  National subject matter expert Shellie Sulzberger will discuss best practices for coding behavioral health services. Learn how to accurately code for the care provided and increase your rate of payment and reduce denials. Ms. Sulzberger's guidance will be tailored specifically for integrated behavioral health services provided at DC health centers.

Who Should Attend:
  • Billing Managers and Specialists
  • Behavioral Health Staff
Quality Improvement (QI) Boot Camp Training
Thursday, May 21, 2020

Note our Friday, February 11th QI Boot Camp Training is full.
Please register for our next training in May.

  • Time: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM EST
  • Location: DCPCA, 1620 I Street NW, Suite 300, Washington DC 20006
  • Facilitator: Megan Loucks, Director of Quality Improvement, DCPCA; Berlinda Olivier, Quality Improvement Specialist, DCPCA; Melissa Mayer, Quality Improvement Specialist, DCPCA.
  • Registration Cost: Free for DCPCA Members

Training Overview: The Quality Improvement (QI) Boot Camp is geared towards any health center staff that support quality improvement, including both clinical and administrative staff. Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss and practice key QI principles including the Model for Improvement, PDSA process, SMART goals, Root Cause Analysis, process flow diagrams, and quality measures. We will apply the concepts learned to real-life case studies through hands-on group exercises.

Who Should Attend : Any health center staff that support quality improvement, including both clinical and administrative staff Members of QI teams.

Upcoming External Training Opportunities
HRSA Upcoming Trainings
Sexual Health and Wellness for LGBTQIA+ Older Adults 
Facilitator: The Fenway Institute
Part 1: Thursday, January 23 
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET 
Part 2: Thursday, February 20 
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET 

Peer Review: The Fundamentals 
Facilitator: ECRI Institute
Wednesday, January 8 
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET 

Cultural Dimensions of Pain
Facilitator: Migrant Clinicians Network, Inc., a HRSA-funded NCA
Wednesday, January 15
1:00-2:00 p.m. ET

Clinicians’ Coffee Chat: Using Telehealth to Manage Diabetes 
Facilitator: National Health Care for the Homeless Council, a HRSA-funded NCA 
Tuesday, January 21 
1:45-3:00 p.m. ET 

STAMP – Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Training and Mentoring Program.
STAMP is a unique initiative, in collaboration with HRSA’s SCD Treatment Demonstration Program, to engage primary care providers in tailored Project ECHO tele-mentoring sessions. These Project ECHO sessions are similar to virtual grand rounds led by hematologists and each session will cover a different topic. STAMP sessions begin on Wednesday, January 8th and will continue into March 2020. STAMP LINK: https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/sicklecell/#stamp

Speaker Series: Supporting Cervical Health Through Data and Practice 
Join us for the next session in HRSA’s Data for Decision-Making Speaker Series focused on cervical health. Speakers from CDC, the American Cancer Society, and a health center will share cervical health surveillance data, as well as promising practices and experiences promoting cervical health.
Thursday, January 30 
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET 


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2020 Target BP Control Data Submission
Date: Thursday, January 23, 2020
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST
Location: Webinar

Data submission for the Target: BP Recognition program officially opens on January 1, 2020. Whether you are a first-time or an experienced participant, these helpful tips will assist your organization in gathering and submitting data.

Target: BP resources:

GW Cancer Center Upcoming Trainings
GW Cancer Center has an online e-learning series that offers a number of training and education opportunities for health care and public health professionals to help advance patient-centered care and evidence-based public health practice. The Online Academy provides free online trainings that are accessible to clinicians and cancer control professionals across the country.
 
To sign up for this opportunity click  http://gwcehp.learnercommunity.com/cancer-institute

Billing, Coding, Documentation & Quality 2020 Webinar Series
Date: February 18 (Part 1) and February 25 (Part 2), 2020
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. EST
Location: Webinar

NACHC's free, two-part webinar series offers health center clinical providers, revenue cycle, coding, and billing staff guidance on clinical documentation, professional coding, and medical billing processes. Participants will learn the essentials of clinical documentation, professional coding, and medical billing processes to minimize errors and denials.

You will receive an overview of quality and accurate reporting for FQHCs, an explanation of frequently used key terms and concepts, and more. At the end of the training you will gain access to resources for continued learning and growth.

CLAS in Behavioral Health: Criminal Justice and Re-Entry Population
Date: January 15, 2020
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST
Location: Webinar

This webinar will discuss how healthcare organizations can ensure that awareness, adoption, and implementation of the National CLAS Standards incorporate this more inclusive definition of culture in order to better serve individuals involved in the criminal justice system and re-entry programs. The National CLAS Standards are a set of 15 action steps intended to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health care disparities by providing a blueprint for individuals and health and health care organizations to implement culturally and linguistically appropriate services.



Ending the Opioid Epidemic: 6-Part Webinar Series
This six-part interactive webinar series, held February 4 - March 10, has been designed to introduce diverse strategies for success in ending the opioid epidemic. Participants will hear from legal, social, medical, and community intervention experts in a strategy-gathering information exchange. The webinars will be an hour in length and will include Q&A as well as audience interaction via polling. We welcome you to join us for the entire series or for individual webinars!


Continuing Education credits for certified health education specialists (CHES), certified public health professionals (CPH-CE), doctors (CME), nurses (CNE), and social workers is pending. For more information about this course or assistance with registration, contact Ingrid Godfrey at [email protected].


Free Self-Paced Online Trainings: Additionally, check out our library of informative and engaging content in the Public Health On Demand training section. These distance accessible training opportunities are available to you anytime, anywhere, and from any device.

Sliding Fee Scale Webinar Series
A core concept of the Health Center Program is the idea that no patient will be denied care due to an inability to pay. However, many health centers struggle to establish a sliding fee scale that is reasonable, functional, and compliant. 

This four-part webinar series will provide an overview of the basic elements of all Sliding Fee Discount Programs (SFDPs) and share tips on how to apply the rules in a range of situations, from common everyday scenarios to specialty services provided by referral. Read the highlights below or the full descriptions here. Cost of the series is $800.


Apply for an IHI Training Scholarship via Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente sponsors Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) trainings for individuals representing safety net organizations only. If you are applying as a team, each team member should fill out a separate application form. Note that some training opportunities have restrictions; please contact your Hub/Regional Manager for details.

Please note: DCPCA members should apply for the MidAtlantic Hub. Once you are ready, you should expect to spend about 10 minutes filling out the application. You will need:
• Course name and IHI Course ID number
• Course start and end dates
• Short description of what you hope to learn
• Even if you are applying as a team, you each need to apply individually and also note the names and emails for each participant on your form.



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