MAY 2024 | VOLUME 5

HCANHUB

YOUR MONTHLY NEWS FROM HCAN

Celebrating 100 Medical Assistant Apprenticeship Graduates!

HCAN is excited to announce that this month, our Medical Assistant apprenticeship reached a major milestone: 100 total Medical Assistants have graduated from the apprenticeship program!

In the summer of 2022, HCAN launched its Medical Assistant (MA) Apprenticeship to allow health centers to upskill existing staff and recruit new employees with an innovative training program. The MA Apprenticeship combines on-the-job learning with a preceptor with online self-paced modules to help students achieve their MA certification within 4-6 months. 

HCAN's next MA Assistant Apprenticeship cohort starts in July 2024, learn more here: https://hcanebraska.org/page/MedicalAssistantApprenticeship

Dental Clinic Leadership Conference

Date: June 13-14, 2024



Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview

400 West Douglas Avenue

Wichita, KS 67202

Community Care Network of Kansas and the Health Center Association of Nebraska (HCAN) are co-hosting the second annual two-day Dental Clinic Leadership Conference at the Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview in Wichita, Kansas | June 13 – 14, 2024.

Click the link below to review conference sessions, confirmed speakers, and to register! This event is FREE to FQHC staff: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/c1541369fd304e929ade49b82b40c8c3

Achieving Financial Success at Your Health Center:

A 4-Part Series

Interested in how to achieve better financial success for your Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)? Join Health Center Association of Nebraska (HCAN), Community Care Network of Kansas (CCNK), and Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas (CHAD) for a 4-part virtual training series. Presented by experts from BCA, Inc. and Mankin Consulting, LLC, each session targets a slightly different audience to highlight the importance each department plays in financial management, compliance, and operational efficiency.

Participants will gain valuable insights on: fee schedules, HRSA and grant compliance, Medicare/Medicaid cost reporting, the 340B Drug Discount program, revenue cycle management, front office operations, and collaborative strategizing.

Session 1: CFO/Controllers June 11th, 11am-12:30pm CT

Session 2: Revenue Cycle June 18th, 11am-12:30pm CT

Session 3: Front Office/Operations June 25th, 11am-12:30pm CT

Session 4: Collaborative Roundtable July 9th, 11am-12:30pm CT

For more information click here.

Click Here to Register.

Registration Open: 2024 Nebraska Antimicrobial Stewardship Summit

Date: May 31, 2024

Time: 7:30 am- 3:30 pm (Central)

Where: Embassy Suites LaVista Hotel & Conference Center

This Summit will highlight the importance of antimicrobial stewardship and focus on implementation strategies to promote facility-wide incorporation and improved antimicrobial use and patient outcomes.

Click Here to Register before Tuesday, May 21st:

https://asap.nebraskamed.com/2024/02/14/save-the-date-friday-may-31-ne-antimicrobial-stewardship-summit/

2024 UDS PAL Now Available

The final Program Assistance Letter is now available and can be found here.

Final changes for 2024 UDS reporting include:

• Align with current Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) electronic-specified clinical quality measures (eCQMs)
• Number of patients screened for family planning needs, including contraceptive methods

2024 UDS Changes Webinar: June 5, 2-3:30 pm Eastern

Click Here to Register:

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_R5CBIpDITy6Bpe9Ai4zrtg#/registration

National Minority Health Month 2024 Reading List

This brief bibliography developed by the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) Knowledge Center contains resources focused on health disparities facing racial and ethnic minority and American Indian/Alaska Native populations and the social determinants of health (SDOH) that can shape their health outcomes.

The reading list highlights the five SDOH domains:

Economic Stability

Education Access and Quality

Health Care Access and Quality

Neighborhood and Built Environment

Social and Community Context

The resources in this list are available to read and download for free.

To find the resources and a list of books click here

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