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National Hispanic Health Foundation
November 19: West U.S. Gala
Reception: 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM PT
Scholarship Award Ceremony: 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM PT
December 4: East U.S. Gala
Reception: 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM ET
Scholarship Award Ceremony: 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM ET
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NHMA Virtual Events
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
COVID-19 Twitter Chat Series Session 2: COVID-19 & Telehealth
Wednesday, August 29, 2020
Thursday, September 23, 2020
NHMA Virtual Chapter Policy Forums
September 9, 2020
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
October 14, 2020
October 15, 2020
October 16, 2020
San Antonio/RGV/El Paso - COVID-19 and Border Health
October 20, 2020
October 22, 2020
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The NHHF National Hispanic Health Professional Student Scholarship applications are OPEN!
For more information and to register, go here.
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NHMA COVID-19 Education and Advocacy |
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NHMA Board of Directors, Chapter Leaders and our networks – National Hispanic Health Professional Leadership Network, Council of Medical Societies, Latino Heath Organizations have provided their priorities to improve the health of Latinos through the following activities:
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Developed a Resource hub at HispanicHealth.info
- NHMA Chapter leaders have met three times to share their COVID-19 collections with NHMA, including video messages in Spanish.
- NHMA sent a letter with input from above network to support COVID-19 Relief Legislation (CARES Act, HEROES Act) to Speaker Pelosi, Senate Leader McConnell
- NHMA sent letter to support COVID-19 Relief Legislation (CARES ACT) to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
- NHMA sent letter voicing concern on the Trump Administration’s Immigration Changes during COVID-19 to Congressional Hispanic Caucus Health Task Force
NHMA COVID-19 Resource Hub - HispanicHealth.info We invite you to send links to reports, articles, videos on COVID-19 and Physicians/Health Professionals Caring for Latinos and on Latino Messages. Please send your materials to Briah Stokes at bstokes@nhmamd.org.
NHMA has participated in meetings with partners on COVID-19 to share priorities for Federal advocacy. Read more here to see how our partners are involved.
#1 May 28 – Managing Chronic Care Patients w/ COVID-19 *Please go here to watch this webinar for CME credit
#2 June 24 – COVID-19 and Latino Mental Health *Please go here to watch this webinar
#3 July 22 – COVID-19 Impact on Health Care Delivery *Please go here to watch this webinar
**If you are interested in speaking on our monthly NHMA Virtual Briefing Series on your experience and strategies in dealing with COVID-19 and the suggestions for the health care delivery system - please send the topics you can address in an email to Elena Rios, MD at erios@nhmamd.org.
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Legislative Update & Action Alerts |
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The Democratic and Republican leadership continue to negotiate the next COVID-19 relief bill. The House passed the HEROES Act in May 2020 and the Senate Republicans introduced the HEALS Act on July 27, but it has not been voted on. On July 31, the $600 weekly unemployment benefit expired along with federal eviction protections. President Trump on signed an executive order and three memoranda on August 1, which are meant to provide economic aid to those who are struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic, with additional benefits for the unemployed and tax cuts for workers.
ACTION ALERT – Contact Your Senators
The House Appropriations Committee passed their FY 2021 Appropriations Budget. The Labor-Health Human Services-Education (L-HHS-Ed) Appropriations bill included a report language for both of NHMA’s requests, a Minority Leadership Fellowship Program and a Junior Faculty Research Accelerator Program. The Senate has yet to release their FY2021 L-HHS-Ed bill.
Read more on NHMA Legislative Updates here.
NHMA Convened its 2020 Congressional Briefing on July 29, 2020
Senator Bob Menendez and Congressman Mario Diaz Balart opened the meeting with encouraging words about their priorities to support policies to decrease COVID-19. Of note, NHMA endorsed Sen. Menendez' bill on Health Disparities and COVID-19 to call for a new Action Plan from the Office of Minority Health.
VADM Jerome M. Adams, MD, MPH, US Surgeon General discussed HHS prevention programs to educate the public about protecting oneself from COVID-19 and enrollment of individuals to clinical trials for vaccines to treat the disease. NHMA was recognized for its campaigns and leadership.
NHMA President, already working with CDC education efforts and the HHS vaccine consultancy workgroup, urged HHS to target Hispanic population and hotspots, especially this week in Rio Grande Valley. Dr. Minerva Romero Arenas shared the critical needs of hospitals for PPE and workforce. Dr. Francisco Fernandez requested help in mobilizing the US Army and Navy who, although in the area, had not yet reached the local hospitals. Dr. Adams, who had previously worked in Rio Grande Valley, supported the need for more targeted assistance for the area.
Dr. Gladys Velarde addressed the key area of COVID-19 impact on Latinos with heart disease and called for continued awareness for physician and patient education about the need for constant treatment of chronic heart disease patients.
Thank you to our partner, AMGEN.
Watch the congressional briefing here.
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NHMA has various opportunities for our members and partners to engage with other health care providers and patients. Some of these opportunities include providing short educational video messages on COVID-19, cardiovascular disease, and patients living with HIV; mentoring health professional students, spokespersons for the NHHF Stop Vaping Campaign, and more.
We encourage your participation.
- NIH All of Us Research Program - supported by All of Us Research
- NHMA Chapters
- NHMA Medical School Liaison Program
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Looking for liaisons for LMSA Chapters! If interested, sign up here.
- NHMA - CDC PACT - Let's Stop HIV Together - supported by CDC
- NHMA Cardiovascular Disease Campaign - supported by Amgen
- NHMA College Health Scholars Program - supported by HHS OMH
- NHMA Chapters
- NHMA Opioid Project - supported by Allied Against Opioid Abuse
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Looking for advisory committee members! If interested, sign up here.
- NHHF Stop Vaping Campaign - supported by CVS Health-Aetna Foundation
- NHHF Health Literacy Program & COVID-19 - supported by Centene Corporation
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Looking for advisory committee members! If interested, sign up here.
- NHMA 24th Annual Hispanic Health Conference
- Has been postponed to March 18-21, 2021
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We are seeking physicians and health care providers that treat Hispanic/Latinx patients to create a short video on cardiovascular disease and the importance of being heart healthy, and physicians and providers treating Hispanic/Latinx patients with HIV to create a short video on the importance of HIV prevention/treatment. We are also seeking physicians to discuss COVID-19 and treating patients with the virus.
Check out other educational videos our members have done on COVID-19, cardiovascular disease, HIV, and more, on our YouTube channel.
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**Interested in becoming an NHMA leader? Join our committees, Council of Young Physicians, Council of Residents, Chapter Steering Committees today! If interested, please contact Vincent Gearity: vgearity@nhmamd.org.
We are seeking liaisons (physicians or residents) to meet with Latino medical students at medical schools in the NHMA Chapter Cities: Sacramento or Los Angeles, California; Albuquerque, NM; Phoenix, AZ; El Paso, San Antonio, or Harlingen, TX; Chicago, IL; New Orleans, LA; New York City, NY; Boston, MA: Philadelphia, PA; Washington, DC Metro Area; Atlanta, GA; and Miami, FL. If interested, please contact: nhma@nhmamd.org.
COR and CYP have started recruiting Members for the NHMA Chapter Steering Committees and other networking activities for the year and invite interested Young Physicians to join CYP or Residents/Fellows to join COR.
Of note, NHMA does provide awards for both groups that are presented at the March 2021 Annual Conference.
NHMA Members are hard at work being catalyst for change in their communities.
The 4 major values of an NHMA membership are Advocacy, Education, Leadership Development and Networking. Our major benefits for health professionals:
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Opportunities to be nominated for commissions and advisory boards in the Federal government, private sector, and other national health professional associations.
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Opportunities to mentor medical students and residents.
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Discounts at the NHMA Annual Conference for registration fees & briefings for CME credits.
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Opportunities to share your research either by being a speaker or poster presenter at our annual conference.
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Network with other healthcare professionals our 16 NHMA Chapter Forums.
Our major benefits for residents/health professional students:
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Opportunities to mentor college students.
- Discounts at the NHMA Annual Conference.
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Opportunities to share your research or service learning as a poster presenter at our annual conference.
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Network with health professionals at one of NHMA Chapter Forums and Annual Conference.
Ways You Can Get Involved With NHMA:
Click below to see our membership options:
If you have received an award or attended an event and would like to be featured in our monthly Membership Update, please contact communications@nhmamd.org by the first Friday of every month.
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Dr. Eddie Ramirez exhibiting mentoring pre-med success!
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Congratulations to Pilar Guerrero, MD, for being appointed, pending confirmation by Illinois Governor Pritzker, to the Illinois State Board of Health. Dr. Guerrero sits on the NHMA Board of Directors, is an attending emergency medicine physician at the Cook County Health and Hospitals System, and an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Rush Medical College.
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Thanks to the COVID-19 leadership of NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot and California Director of Public Health Sonia Angell, MD who both resigned this month.
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National Hispanic Medical Association has been invited to participate with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to invite our networks to encourage individuals to volunteer in the nation’s Operation Warp Speed Clinical Trials. The goal is to include a diverse group of 30,000 Americans to be tested to be able to offer COVID-19 vaccine doses to 300M Americans by end of this year and early next year: https://coronaviruspreventionnetwork.org/clinical-study-locations/.
NHMA also has a strong interest to nominate researchers to clinical trials – for the government and for pharmaceutical companies. Please send Wanda Salcedo your interest at nhma@nhmamd.org by Friday August 21.
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The NHHF National Hispanic Health Professional Student Scholarship applications are
NOW OPEN!
Check here for more information.
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As discussed during our meeting on July 17th, we are committed to increasing racial and ethnic diversity in our COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials. Underrepresentation in clinical studies and the lack of representative data makes it more difficult for regulators and physicians to understand the extent to which a medicine can impact subsets of the population at large. Breakthroughs in medicine that may be lifechanging for underrepresented patients will not be possible without enrolling people from those communities in our clinical trials. For more information, click here. |
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Malnutrition Awareness WeekTM
Date: October 5-9, 2020
NHMA has partnered with ASPEN, the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, for ASPEN Malnutrition Awareness WeekTM on October 5-9, 2020.
The webinars have limited capacity so register now to reserve your spot. Enter code MAW-NHMA to receive a 100% discount. Continuing education credit is available for most of the webinars. ASPEN is accredited to provide medical, pharmacy, nursing and dietetic credits.
Join the conversation online by using the hashtag #MAW2020. For more information and to register, visit www.nutritioncare.org/maw. |
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Today, Moderna and NIH launched enrollment in Moderna’s investigational vaccine - mRNA-1273. Other clinical trials are also about to start and NHMA urges our networks to enroll your patients in the trials to increase diversity and knowledge about COVID-19 future treatments and vaccines.
We need about 30,000 individuals for this trial alone, so sharing the link far and wide would be highly valued. Minority and elderly volunteers are particularly needed.
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OathMD, an advertising and marketing firm working exclusively with physicians who own their own practice, is offering the following services free for NHMA members: create advertisement material (digital, video, etc.) and market your practices on Facebook, Google, and other digital and traditional channels, and develop a website and app for your members. If interested, please fill out this quick survey. |
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CMS is asking health insurance providers to help increase awareness among their network providers that Medicaid and CHIP funding is available from the CARES Act Medicaid and CHIP Provider Relief Fund Distribution.
HHS expects to distribute $15 billion to eligible providers that participate in state Medicaid/CHIP programs or Medicaid managed care plans. Your network providers who also serve patients covered by Medicaid and CHIP may be eligible for these funds.
Please see the information below about this opportunity.
- Recorded Webcast
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A recording of the June 25 webcast is now available at https://www.hhs.gov/coronavirus/cares-act-provider-relief-fund/for-providers/index.html.
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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In order to better address your most important concerns, we have updated our FAQs to address common questions, including those submitted during the previous webcasts. The FAQs include expanded information on eligibility, application, payment process, and more.
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Medicaid and CHIP Provider Distribution Instructions and the Medicaid and CHIP Provider Distribution Application Form are available at hhs.gov/providerrelief. We recommend downloading and reviewing these documents to help you complete the process through the Enhanced Provider Relief Fund Payment Portal. Applications must be submitted by August 28, 2020.
- Additional Information
- For additional information, please call the Provider Support Line at (866) 569-3522; for TTY, dial 711. Hours of operation are 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Central Time, Monday through Friday. Service staff members are available to provide real-time technical assistance, as well as service and payment support.
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Health Insurance Providers are Innovating to Address Socioeconomic Needs during COVID-19 and Beyond. |
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HHS has announced that eligible providers can submit their application for funds from the Provider Relief Fund. Examples of eligible Medicare/Medicaid/CHIP/dental providers include:
- Providers who did not receive an initial payment that totals approximately 2 percent of their annual patient revenue
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Providers who did receive an initial payment, but missed the June 3rd deadline to submit their revenue information
- Providers who were ineligible for prior General Distribution funds due to a change in ownership or because they did not have Medicare fee-for-service revenue in 2019
- Providers who previously received Phase 1 General Distribution payment(s), but rejected and returned the funds and are now interested in reapplying.
All eligible providers will only receive funding of up to 2 percent of their reported total revenue from patient care. The deadline for applying for funds is August 28, 2020.
For the latest information on the Provider Relief Fund Program, visit: hhs.gov/providerrelief.
The full press release, can be found here: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/08/10/hhs-provider-relief-fund-phase-2-general-distribution-now-accepting-additional-applicants.html.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Darcie Johnston at Darcie.johnston@hhs.gov.
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We ask that you consider making a $25 donation to help NHMA & NHHF help our health professionals help their patients:
1) NHHF Health Professional Student Scholarship
2) NHMA Resident Leadership Program.
3) NHMA Physician Leadership Fellowship
Join NHMA as a member and participate in our Chapters and national campaigns and programs!
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