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JANUARY 2023 | VOLUME 1
HCANHUB
YOUR MONTHLY NEWS FROM HCAN
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Calendar Year 2022 Uniform Data System Reporting is Open
EHBs is now open to receive 2022 Uniform Data System (UDS) reports. All HRSA-supported health centers are required to submit complete and accurate UDS reports by Wednesday, February 15.
For additional assistance:
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UDS Help Desk: Assists with UDS measures and requirements. Call 866-837-4357 (866-UDS-HELP) or email udshelp330@bphcdata.net.
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BPHC Contact Form: Helps with completing and submitting UDS Reports via EHBs.
- For additional guidance on viewing UDS standard reports, select Uniform Data System (UDS), UDS Reporting, Accessing UDS Reports in EHBs.
- For technical issues with EHBs, select EHBs Tasks/EHBs Technical Issues.
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HCAN is collecting patient stories!
We are launching a new collection form to collect patient stories to highlight the positive impact of community health centers. These are positive stories to help elevate the patient's voice and all the good work community health centers do. Please take a moment and share a story!
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Start the Year Off Right with Federal Tort Claims Act TA Resources
Happy New Year! Is your health center looking to update or improve its risk management plan? Are you planning for a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) site visit this year? Visit the FTCA TA Resources webpage for resources and tools including:
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Marketplace 2023 Open Enrollment: National Snapshot
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that nearly 15.9 million Americans have signed up for 2023 individual market health insurance coverage through the Marketplaces since the start of the 2023 Marketplace Open Enrollment Period (OEP) on November 1. This includes 11.9 million plan selections in the 33 Marketplaces using the HealthCare.gov platform for the 2023 plan year, through January 7, 2023 (Week 10), and 4.0 million plan selections in the 18 State-based Marketplaces (SBMs) in 17 states and the District of Columbia that are using their own eligibility and enrollment platforms, through December 31, 2022 (Week 9). Total nationwide plan selections include 3.1 million consumers (20% of total) who are new to the Marketplaces for 2023, and 12.8 million consumers (80% of total) who had active 2022 coverage and made a plan selection for 2023 coverage or were automatically re-enrolled.
In Nebraska, 99,469 individuals have signed up for a qualified health plan. Open Enrollment ends January 15th.
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Name: Samantha Wall
Organization: Health Center Association of Nebraska
Title: Health Equity & Access Advisor
Hometown
Ames, Iowa
How long have you been with your organization?
1 month
What resources do you use most in your role?
Lots of Zoom and Teams!
What is the best part of your job?
Being the connector for our health centers to resources and education so they are able to meet ALL their patient's needs, both medical and social.
Tell us a little more about you. (Interests etc.)
I've been involved with the maternal health nonprofit sector for some time and have a passion for helping to advance maternal health equity in our state. And I LOVE Diet Coke!
What is your favorite vacation spot?
St. John's in the US Virgin Islands! I'd love to go back!
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2023 National Learning Collaborative - Building Successful Health & Housing Partnerships
Application Deadline: January 20, 2023
Community partnerships are key for health centers who are supporting patients experiencing homelessness or housing instability. This four-session learning collaborative will provide an in-depth look at the types of partnerships that health centers can build to successfully support patients with various needs. In this series, we will discuss how to build and sustain successful partnerships within your community.
If you are a health center that is looking to build stronger community partnerships to support patients, apply for our 2023 National Learning Collaborative.
Who Should Apply?
This series is designed for health centers, primary care associations or Health Care Control Networks (HCCN) looking to build stronger cross-sector partnerships to meet community housing needs.
This learning series is for organizations interested in:
- Enhancing efforts to address Social Determinants of Health
- Learning how to engage with the housing sector and connect patients to resources
- Advancing efforts to build a community's safety net infrastructure
- Collaborating with a peer group of health centers to exchange expertise and solutions
- Discussion using live and recorded webinars, workbook planning, and one-one technical assistance (TA)
Session Details
All sessions in this learning series will take place from 3:00PM to 4:30PM EST.
- Session #1 – Wednesday, February 1, 2023: Introduction to Housing from a Healthcare Perspective
- Session #2 – Wednesday, February 15, 2023: Partnerships to Address Housing Insecurity
- Session #3 – Wednesday, March 1, 2023: Partnerships for New Housing Creation
- Session #4 – Wednesday, March 15, 2023: Bringing It All Together, Lessons from the Field
Start your application here.
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Lessons Learned: Implementing and Expanding Social Needs Screening Programs in Health Centers
Apply by January 18th, 2023
If you are part of EHR or IT staff, clinical or operations staff, leadership, quality and population health staff, and/or clinical staff, this virtual learning collaborative is for you!
The HITEQ Center has partnered with the Louisiana Primary Care Association to design this learning collaborative to learn about health center promising practices and key considerations to support the successful collection, monitoring, and addressing of social needs data. During the series, participants will explore the levels of maturity in the social needs screening implementation process. The levels of maturity include:
- Level 1: Coming to Consensus
- Level 2: Implementing a Social Needs Screening Tool
- Level 3: Responding to Positive Screens
- Level 4: Monitoring and Using Data
Gain information on concrete strategies and IT solutions that will help to improve internal systems, such as EHR utilization and care team workflows, and increase their capacity to advance individual and population-level health.
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Health Center Association of Nebraska | Website
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