RHC LOCATION REQUIREMENTS & CHOWS

Primary care practices are undergoing significant changes in the United States. Many practices have
been purchased by local hospitals or systems over the past two years. Rural Health Clinics are at the center of this phenomenon. Many of our peers are in the process of being sold & purchased. Click on the blue link to read the complete article.    

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HRSA Region VIII Behavioral Health Learning Series for Rural Primary Care Providers

The first webinar is coming up soon – next Wednesday, September 5. The target audience for the Learning Series is rural primary care medical providers, such as physicians, physician assistants, and nurses. The series is not designed for professionals trained in behavioral health.

Prescribed CMEs from the American Academy of Family Physicians (2 credits per webinar) will be available for those who attend the live webinar(s).

Learning Objectives for the webinar series:

• Providers will enhance their ability to assess patients at risk for suicide, and to develop suicide prevention and intervention strategies for patients in rural primary care settings.
• Primary care providers will improve their selection strategies for psychotrophic medications, and enhance patient-provider communication skills related to depression, bipolar disorders, and anxiety disorders.
• Providers will learn to apply their chronic disease management skills to patients with substance use disorders, and enhance their ability to implement effective interventions for substance use disorders in primary care settings.

For more information and to register please click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum - FREE

Monday, September 17, October 15, November 19, 2012
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Central Time
On a monthly basis, a 90 minute webinar-based call will be held that features an insightful presentation and Q&A session based on experiences and lessons learned from efforts to establish a community paramedicine program somewhere in the U.S. There will also be a focused discussion on a particular "issue of the month", and an open discussion on issues or questions that participants wish to share.
Occurs the 3rd Monday of each month
Cost: FREE
Format: Webinar  
For more information please click on this link: Community Paramedicine Insights Forum (CPIF)

Webinar: “Teledentistry: Building Enhanced Dental Teams for Underserved Communities and Families”

Webinar : Wednesday, September 12th, 2012~ 12:00pm MDT

Improving Access to Quality Medical Care
The practice and delivery of healthcare is changing, with an emphasis on improving quality, safety, efficiency, & access to care. Telemedicine can help you achieve these goals! The University of Arizona Center for Rural Health & the Southwest Telehealth Resource Center invite you to a free webinar on the implementation and practice of telemedicine. For more information please click here

Strategies To Break Out Of Paralysis and Paradigms

From Surviving To Thriving:  Strategies To Break Out Of Paralysis and Paradigms
Tuesday, September 25, 2012  8:30 a.m. -3:30 p.m.
 Sheraton Crown Center , Kansas City, MO

Over the next five years healthcare in general – and rural healthcare in particular – will undergo massive changes. But what exactly will change, and how, and what steps can your organization take today to position itself to thrive in that uncertain future?

RURAL STRONG, an organization of professionals serving and supporting rural healthcare organizations, invites you to a conference Tuesday September 25 (immediately before the 2012 NRHA Conference in Kansas City) where you’ll hear from and interact with them as well as hospital executives and board members who have positioned their institutions to succeed in today’s and tomorrow’s marketplace.
Click here to check out the complete program and register online

 

JH Transition - INFORMATIONAL ALERT!

INFORMATIONAL ALERT
Connectivity Testing and Early Boarding Opportunities are Coming Soon!
Attention: Part A Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, J04901 (WPS), Indian Health Service, Tribal Organizations and Veteran Affairs Electronic Billers
Novitas Solutions will offer connectivity testing, on or about September 17, 2012, to Part A Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, J04901 (WPS), Indian Health Service and Tribal Organizations, and Veteran Affairs EDI submitters (JH Transition Segment IV) in advance of production submission at cutover. Testing is encouraged to ensure a smooth transition to the Novitas Solutions EDI telecommunications server. Watch the JH MAC Transition EDI Web site for information on connectivity and how to send a successful test to Novitas Solutions.
It is important that you NOT submit a test file to Novitas Solutions until after you receive your new login ID. Novitas Solutions will send a letter the week of September 10, 2012, containing your new login ID. This letter will be issued to your current EDI submitter ID, provided to Novitas Solutions by TrailBlazer. If you bill via a billing service or clearinghouse, they will receive the new login ID, and therefore, you will not receive a letter from Novitas Solutions containing a new login ID. 
Novitas Solutions will also offer the ability to transition to the Novitas Solutions telecommunications server prior to the cutover date via an effective option called “early boarding.” It is a proven means of mitigating disruption in EDI services during workload and/or systems transitions. Novitas Solutions will establish the interfaces to the TrailBlazer Part A Fiscal Intermediary Shared System (FISS) processing systems and all electronic claims submitted to Novitas Solutions will be processed just as if they were submitted to the TrailBlazer telecommunications server. For early boarding claim submissions, you will need to use your current contractor number and submitter ID and new Novitas Solutions login ID, once received, to access the Novitas Solutions telecommunications server. Those software vendors, billing services, and clearinghouses who are noted as certified vendors by TrailBlazer will receive the early boarding information letter to apprise them of all transition details. We strongly encourage all submitters to contact their individual software vendor to ensure their readiness to transition.

Novitas Solutions will provide notification via the JH MAC Transition Web site and the Segment IV JH Transition E-mail Lists when the connectivity testing and early board opportunities are available. 
https://www.novitas-solutions.com/transition/jh/edi/co-nm-ok-tx-wps-a.html
https://www.novitas-solutions.com/transition/jh/index.html
https://www.novitas-solutions.com/transition/jh/lists.html

Online Course – Establishing an Ethics Committee

The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice is offering an online course starting in September specifically for rural health facilities and critical access hospitals. The course runs from September 13 – November 1, 2012. This is a fully online course and mentoring program to assist small rural facilities and/or critical access hospitals establish and cultivate an ethics committee. This course will provide practical tools which can be put to use immediately – to create a new ethics committee or to improve upon a current ethics committee or program. Learn more and register.