National Health Service Corps.  CHC Recruitment Tools Webinar:  MPCA staff on NACHC's HR Advisory Committee, are helping to coordinate a national CHC webinar to be held on August 4th .  The presentation will feature two presenters from the National Health Service Corps. who will specifically address topics important to CHCs, such as maximizing the use of NHSC's current offering of recruitment tools, such as the Job Board and the Virtual Recruitment Fairs. 

The learning objectives for this webinar are:

1. Increase awareness of tools currently available from the NHSC to successfully recruit Scholars and clinicians interested in repaying student loans. 
2. Be familiar with the process for determining eligibility for a NHSC Scholar placement and loan repayment.
3. Understand Corps member responsibilities and health center commitment when employing a NHSC members.

We have also asked the presenters to provide data on the scholar placement success rates in rural CHCs as a result of the recruitment tools they offer.

This will be a CHC focused time with NHSC.  Registration information coming soon.  Please contact Lara Salazar, Organizational Development Manager [email protected] , for more information.

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Corporate Compliance

Each month, tips will be shared on how to have a quality corporate compliance program at your health center. Having a good compliance program is necessary for Compliance with Office of Inspector General,  Section 330 regulations, and Medicaid/Medicare as well as being able to meet the future mandatory Affordable Care Act corporate compliance program condition for Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP program enrollment.  A good program demonstrates commitment to honest responsible corporate conduct, helps identify/prevent illegal and unethical conduct as well as improves quality of patient care.  A corporate compliance officer should be appointed at each health center who reports directly to the chief executive with periodic direct reports to the Board of Directors.   A good option,  especially for CHCs with smaller staffs, is to share compliance tasks with a committee.    Look for the personal qualities of integrity, sound judgment, leadership skills, assertiveness and approachability as well as expertise with health care industry operations and compliance.  If your health center has not designated a compliance officer, do so soon and send contact information to [email protected] to get on a list for any future mailings on compliance. 

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New Dental UDS Measure

BPHC released PAL 2015-05, which outlines approved changes for the CY 2015 UDS to be reported by Health Center Program grantees and Look-Alikes in early 2016. Among changes are the addition of a new oral health measure: "Quality of Care Measures Table 6B, line22. "Percentage of children, age 6-9, at moderate to high risk for caries who received a sealant on a permanent molar during the reporting period.

Dental Integration

Oral disease is a serious health problem for persons of all ages.  Qualis released a report on how preventive oral health can be included in primary care. 

For more information, see:

• The white paper- A new white paper, Oral Health: An Essential Component of Primary Care
• Executive Summary
• Case Examples
• A two minute video

"Medicare Fraud and Abuse: Prevention, Detection, and Reporting" Web-Based Training Course

The revised "Medicare Fraud and Abuse" Training Course provides education on how to identify fraud and abuse, related laws and penalties, what entities and safeguards protect against fraud and abuse, as well as prevention and reporting. Go to LearningNetwork, and scroll to Web-Based Training Courses at the bottom of the web page.

NCQA PCMH 2014 Standards Training is coming to Montana! 

Join us on August 12 - 13, 2015, in Helena, MT.  Click here to register, PCMH 2014 Standards Training.  Registration Deadline is July 13th!!!

Space is limited for the August PCMH 2014 NCQA Standards training.  This in-state opportunity will bring you the latest standards information and save you the cost of a NCQA training out of state. Space is limited, register today.  CHC staff can get a discount by using a special code.  (Contact Brenda if you need this information, [email protected])