JULY 2025 | VOLUME 7

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YOUR MONTHLY NEWS FROM HCAN

2025 Nebraska Community Health Conference | Registration Now Open!

Join Health Center Association of Nebraska (HCAN) and Heartland Community Health Network for the 2025 Nebraska Community Health Conference: Strengthening Communities, Advancing Care on Tuesday, September 9th, 2025 at the Lied Lodge in Nebraska City, NE. 

The 2025 Nebraska Community Health Conference is an exciting opportunity to network with your peers, engage in timely education, and discuss innovative strategies for continued improvement and sustainability. 

FELDESMAN PRE-SESSION:

$50/pre-session

Monday, September 8th, 2025

TIME: 1:00pm-4:00pm

MAIN CONFERENCE:

$200/conference

Tuesday, September 9th, 2025

TIME: 8:00am-4:40pm CT

LOCATION AND HOUSING:

Lied Lodge at Arbor Day Farm

Address: 2700 Sylvan Road Nebraska City, NE 68410

Phone: (800) 546-5433

Rate: $159/guest room, plus applicable tax

Click here to make your reservation at the Lied Lodge at Arbor Day Farm.

Group/Block code: 2509HEALTH

QUESTIONS? Please reach out to Jenna Thomsen, HCAN's Director of Strategy & Development, at JLT@hcanebraska.org or (402) 504-4415.

Process Improvement Training - Registration Closing Soon!

HCAN is partnering with BecomeMore Group, a transformation and optimization team, to offer a Process Improvement Training, providing health centers with Lean Six Sigma Green Belt-level skills. This initiative builds continuous improvement capacity to drive sustainable quality and operational enhancements. Registration closes August 11th!

Register here.

FREE CE for Behavioral Health Teams: Behavioral Health in a Primary Care Setting Training Series

This 4-session webinar series is tailored to licensed behavioral health clinicians

working in primary care and other medical settings. This educational series will cover common clinical situations that present in the primary care setting, along with updates in practice approaches and common challenges.

Webinar 1: August 6, 2025 - Behavioral Health Interventions for Adult ADHD

Webinar 2: September 25, 2025 -Somatic Symptoms Disorders, Illness Anxiety Disorder, & Medically Unexplained Symptoms: The Role of Behavioral Health Clinicians

Webinar 3: October 29, 2025 Team-Based Treatment of Mood Disorders: Counseling

Interventions in the Primary Care Setting

Webinar 4: November 20, 2025 Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in Primary Care: The Role of Behavioral Health Clinicians

Click here to register.

FREE CME for Primary Care Providers: Mental Health Care in Primary Care Project ECHO Series

This educational 4-session series is tailored to PCPs (physicians & advanced practice clinicians) looking to expand their knowledge and confidence in treating mental health conditions in the primary care setting. The Project ECHO sessions will run for 60 minutes, and each session will include a didactic component (20-30 minutes) followed by 30 minutes of case/problem consultation with real-world cases from participants.

Session 1 (September 15, 2025) - Management of Adult ADHD in Primary Care

Session 2 (October 8, 2025) - Somatic Symptoms Disorders, Illness Anxiety Disorder, & Medically Unexplained Symptoms: The Role of PCPs

Session 3 (November 5, 2025) - Pharmacotherapy for Anxiety and Depressive Disorders in Primary Care: When “Plan A & B” Don’t Work

Session 4 (December 3, 2025) - Management of Suicide and Self-Harm Risk: A Primer for PCPs

Click here to register.

Maven Project | Statewide Pilot - June Data

In May 2025, HCAN & Nebraska's health centers began a pilot of the e-consult service Maven Project to try to help increase access to specialty care for all patients. Data for the month of June is shared here (data pull - 7/8/25) so that we can all see the progress of this statewide project.

All clinical prescribers at Nebraska health centers have access to Maven for e-consults. If you're a prescriber and have questions, reach out to your medical leadership or HCAN. 

Patient-Centered Mental Health in Pediatric Primary Care Program

When: August 21-23, 2025

Location: The Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker Hotel in Lincoln, Nebraska

The Patient-Centered Mental Health in Pediatric Primary Care Program is a nationally recognized and evidence-based program that trains pediatric physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other PCPs to become confident in diagnosing and treating mental health conditions. You will learn about common pediatric mental health disorders, along with psychopharmacology, assessment tools, and coding and billing.

The training is free and includes meals. Travel stipends are available - please reach out to Rachel, rlh@hcanebraska.org

For a flyer, please click here.

In-Person Anxiety, Depression, and ADHD Intensive for PCPs | Bridges to Mental Health

The seminar takes place over two days through a series of engaging and interactive presentations. Attendees earn 13 CME. The sessions and CME are free thanks to Clarkson Regional Health Services and generous ongoing support from the Hawks Foundation and others. Upon registering, you will receive more information including a session agenda.

When:

Kearney (August 14-15, 2025): Museum of Nebraska Art

Omaha (August 18-19, 2025): Lauritzen Gardens

Lincoln (November 6-7, 2025): Location TBA

Submission Content:

The Bridges to Mental Health Workforce Expansion Project trains primary care, specialty physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, and mental health workers to:

• Improve diagnostic and therapeutic skills

• Strengthen confidence to expand care

• Heighten awareness of common psychiatric disorders

To register, click here.

New HCAN video available | Preparing for Your Child's Check-Up Video

We are excited to share that HCAN has developed a video for parents of young children to help prepare them for their child's upcoming well child check. The video speaks to the importance of these check-ups for all children, not just babies, and helps them learn about what to expect at the appointment.

To help improve their well child check rates, we encourage health centers to use this video in their marketing, on waiting room TVs, or text message and email campaigns.

Spanish video can be found here.

Karen coming soon!

Implementation guide can be found here.

Practitioner NP-PA-CME Skills & Procedures Conference Summary

This comprehensive training offered three distinct procedural skill courses: Suturing Essentials (covering basic to advanced suturing techniques), Procedures & Skills 101 (including joint injections, aspirations, nail removals, carpal tunnel injections, and incision and drainage of abscesses), and Advanced Suturing (focusing on skills like cyst removal, lipoma excisions, and advanced laceration/incision closure). 

Jeni Murphy, Physician Assistant at Midtown Health Center, recently received a scholarship from HCAN to attend and has provided insights about her experience.

Click here to read about her summary.

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