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Sunday
11:00am - 01:00pm EDT - February 13, 2022
Track: Health Center Governance
Credits Available:
0.00 None
Health centers operate in a changing and increasingly complex health care environment. It is important that health center board members understand the role of the board and their responsibilities as board members. Board Member Boot Camp starts with a review of board roles and responsibilities and an overview of the legal duties of board members. This offering also provides a deep dive into several areas of responsibility including quality oversight and financial oversight, and an introduction to advocacy for board members. Participants will also gain an understanding of where to access additional resources about health center board roles. Boards of directors play a vital role in the overall success and sustainability of health centers. This segment will review the roles and responsibilities of the board. It will also include discussion of the legal duties of board members and the importance of the board-CEO partnership. This section will include some discussion of the board’s oversight of the Health Resource and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Program. 


Objectives:
  • Outline overall health center board roles and responsibilities.
  • Explore the role of the board compared to the CEO, and discuss components of the board-CEO partnership.
  • Define the legal duties of individual board members.
Sunday
01:30pm - 02:30pm EDT - February 13, 2022
Track: Health Center Governance
Credits Available:
0.00 None
The board is responsible for safeguarding the organization’s assets. This segment covers the establishment of financial priorities for the health center, budget approval, internal control policies and procedures, long-range planning, financial statements, and the audit. 


Objectives:
  • Outline the board's financial oversight role.
  • Outline various questions board members can ask related to financial oversight.
Sunday
This section will combine two critical focus areas for health center boards:  Providing Oversight of Quality - Providing quality health care services is central to the mission of health centers. The governing board has a critical role in providing oversight of the quality assurance and quality improvement program. This segment defines quality and discusses the board’s oversight role related to quality.  Board Member Advocacy - This segment will include an introduction to advocacy for board members.   At the conclusion, participants will have an opportunity to reflect on items they will take back to their boards or implement to make themselves a more effective board member.  


Objectives:
  • Define quality and explore its importance for health centers.
  • Outline the board’s role in providing oversight of quality.
  • Discuss ways board members and the board can engage in advocacy.
Monday
(Invitation Only and Separate Registration Required)

02:00pm - 03:15pm EDT - February 14, 2022

Monday
02:00pm - 03:15pm EDT - February 14, 2022
Track: Policy Analysis,Health Center Essentials
Credits Available:
1.25 Medical Doctors (CME) | 1.50 Accountants (CPE) | 1.25 Social Workers (CE) | 1.25 Other (CEU) | 0.00 None
Since January 2021, the Biden Administration has made expanding access to health insurance coverage a major policy priority. From expanding Medicaid eligibility to increasing financial assistance for Qualified Health Plan (QHP) enrollments, more Americans than ever have access to health insurance coverage. This session will feature speakers from CMS’s Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO), who will describe key federal priorities around the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) – Healthcare.gov – and the impacts on health centers and the patients you serve. Topics include increased investments in Navigator funding and related reporting requirements, changes to Advanced Premium Tax Credit eligibility, health center inclusion in Essential Community Provider lists, network adequacy, Certified Application Counselor Designated Organization (CDO) enrollment, and more. The session will also feature the perspective of a PCA and health center that receive CMS’s Navigator funding. Both organizations will describe the benefits and challenges of implementing the Navigator program and how federal investments in outreach and enrollment impact the patients and communities they serve.


Objectives:
  • Describe CMS’s priorities around strengthening the efforts of health centers to enroll patients in and contract with QHPs in the FFM – Healthcare.gov.
  • Identify the operational challenges of organizations implementing the federal CMS Navigator program and how this impacts health center operations.
  • Pose questions and provide feedback to CMS representatives.
Monday
02:00pm - 03:15pm EDT - February 14, 2022
Track: Health Center Governance
Credits Available:
1.25 Medical Doctors (CME) | 1.50 Accountants (CPE) | 1.25 Social Workers (CE) | 1.25 Other (CEU) | 1.50 None
Health center boards are responsible for ensuring the long-term sustainability of the health center and that the center meets the needs of the community it serves. Staying informed on changes in the health care landscape that impact the health center and incorporating key issues into the center’s strategic plan and board oversight are critical ways a board helps ensure sustainability. This session will surface some of these big issues – both connected to the pandemic and beyond – and how boards are addressing them in partnership with the center’s CEO. The session will also include tips for how board members and staff that work with boards can incorporate big issues, including key learnings from the Policy & Issues Forum, to inform ongoing board education, health center strategy, and board oversight.  


Objectives:
  • Consider various “big issues” in the health center landscape and the impact on health center governance.
  • Identify tools that can assist boards in considering “big issues.”
  • Articulate action steps or practices to take back to your board.
Monday
02:00pm - 03:15pm EDT - February 14, 2022
Deila Davis, Speaker; Amy Cunniffe, Speaker; Sarah Egge, Speaker; Pauline Jamry, Moderator
Track: Policy Analysis,Advocacy and Mobilization
Credits Available:
1.25 Medical Doctors (CME) | 1.50 Accountants (CPE) | 1.25 Social Workers (CE) | 1.25 Other (CEU) | 1.50 None
NACHC's Federal Affairs team will provide an update on relevant topics related to health center funding and 2022 policy priorities including the Build Back Better Act, appropriations and mandatory funding, infrastructure, workforce, telehealth, and 340B.


Objectives:
  • Acquire information about the latest congressional actions that will enable them to advocate for policy, funding, and legislative initiatives that benefit CHCs.
  • Identify NACHC policy and funding priorities that will help health center leaders and board members with strategic planning.
  • Identify health center 2022 funding and legislative priorities.
Monday
02:00pm - 03:15pm EDT - February 14, 2022
Track: Policy Analysis
Credits Available:
1.25 Medical Doctors (CME) | 1.50 Accountants (CPE) | 1.25 Social Workers (CE) | 1.25 Other (CEU) | 1.50 None
This session will present emerging, novel health center research soon to be published by the Health Resources and Services Administration, University of Chicago, and University of California Los Angeles. Health centers’ cost-benefit savings for specific populations, their work during the COVID-19 pandemic, and their telehealth optimization will all be discussed, as well as the positive implications these findings have for their patients' health and the greater fiscal and physical well-being of our country.


Objectives:
  • Understand how utilization, cost, and quality differ between Medicaid beneficiaries who obtain most of their primary care at HRSA-supported health centers and those who obtain primary care in non-health center settings.
  • Identify patient, organization, and market-level characteristics associated with positive financial performance among HRSA-supported health centers.
  • Understand HRSA’s National Program Performance Evaluation goals and approach; and discuss implications of evaluation findings including access to care, quality of care, and health equity.
10:00am - 11:15am EDT - February 15, 2022

Tuesday
10:00am - 11:15am EDT - February 15, 2022
Track: Population Health & Quality Improvement
Credits Available:
1.25 Medical Doctors (CME) | 1.50 Accountants (CPE) | 1.25 Social Workers (CE) | 1.25 Other (CEU) | 1.50 None
In this two-part session, the UDS Mapper Team will highlight recent COVID-19-focused work including research and COVID-19 mapping tools. In part one, research will be presented on COVID-19 and the increased use of health center behavioral health services. Pandemic-related stress and social isolation have led to an increase in substance use disorder and mental health issues, and presenters will discuss preliminary findings which show significant increases in health center behavioral health utilization in 2020. In part two, recently unveiled UDS Mapper COVID-19 mapping and analysis tools will be highlighted. County- and state-level datasets in these tools include COVID-19 cases and deaths, health center reported data, and community-level indicators. The short demo will feature data relevant to health centers during the pandemic, including how to identify populations and communities at higher risk of contracting COVID-19 or experiencing more severe illness.


Objectives:
  • Describe the characteristics of health centers with varying levels of behavioral health services utilization.
  • Access COVID-19 tools in the UDS Mapper.
  • Evaluate county- and state-level COVID data for your health center.
Tuesday
10:00am - 11:15am EDT - February 15, 2022
Track: Advocacy and Mobilization
Credits Available:
1.25 Medical Doctors (CME) | 1.50 Accountants (CPE) | 1.25 Social Workers (CE) | 1.25 Other (CEU) | 1.50 None
As we have witnessed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, social media platforms have been a powerful communication tool to quickly share changing public health pandemic guidance and emphasize the importance of advocacy. Health care teams are being bombarded with questions from patients based on inaccurate information they are reading and watching across the major social media platforms of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Snap Chat, and TikTok. As one of the most trusted sources of medical information among their patients, health center care teams are well-positioned to professionally join the social media discussion and bring accurate health information to their patients on the social channels they follow. In this session, participants will learn how to use social media channels to amplify their professional expertise, advance advocacy efforts, and effectively share accurate health information and raise advocacy awareness for issues disenfranchising our communities. Discussion topics will include how to develop a presence, where to find content, how to participate in what’s trending and best practices that apply to various channels, as well as best practices for identifying and responding to misinformation.


Objectives:
  • Strengthen clinicians' knowledge and ability to identify and respond to misinformation, starting with COVID-19 vaccinations, spread through social media channels.
  • Increase understanding of how to use various social media channels to effectively disseminate public health information to patients and the broader community.
  • Identify core steps to build and maintain a professional social media presence including risks and rewards.
Tuesday
10:00am - 11:15am EDT - February 15, 2022
Track: Policy Analysis
Credits Available:
1.25 Medical Doctors (CME) | 1.50 Accountants (CPE) | 1.25 Social Workers (CE) | 1.25 Other (CEU) | 1.50 None
From 2017 to 2019, health centers accounted for nearly 12 million mental health visits. This includes health centers increasing the number of behavioral health patients they serve by approximately 26 percent. As the need for behavioral health services continues to grow, health centers will continue to be at the forefront of meeting this need and must be supported by policies that enable them to continue effectively serving their communities. This session will focus on the important role health centers already play in addressing the behavioral health needs of patients, the need to improve behavioral health integration and the behavioral health workforce, and policy changes that can help behavioral health services continue and grow at health centers.


Objectives:
  • Elevate the important role health centers already play in addressing the behavioral health care needs of patients.
  • Discuss how the behavioral health workforce and behavioral health care integration can be improved, whether through existing best practices (including the Delta Center for a Thriving Safety Net Project) or other approaches.
  • Identify policy changes needed, at the state and national levels, to allow health centers to continue and increase their capacity to address the behavioral health needs of patients.
Tuesday
10:00am - 11:15am EDT - February 15, 2022
Track: Policy Analysis
Credits Available:
1.25 Medical Doctors (CME) | 1.50 Accountants (CPE) | 1.25 Social Workers (CE) | 1.25 Other (CEU) | 1.50 None
This session will provide a federal policy and litigation 340B update. Panelists will discuss the future of 340B, the Alternative Dispute Resolution process, and the importance of health center advocacy. 


Objectives:
  • Acquire information about 340B federal policy updates relevant for health centers.
  • Provide 340B litigation updates relevant to health centers.
  • Identify advocacy opportunities to protect 340B.
Tuesday
12:30pm - 02:30pm EDT - February 15, 2022
Deila Davis, Speaker; Pauline Jamry, Speaker; Susan Burton, Speaker; Joseph Kennedy, III, Speaker; Henry Bonilla, Speaker; Joe Dunn, Speaker; Blake Hall, MBA, Speaker; Jana Eubank, Speaker
Track: Advocacy and Mobilization
Credits Available:
2.00 Medical Doctors (CME) | 2.40 Accountants (CPE) | 2.00 Social Workers (CE) | 2.00 Other (CEU) | 0.00 None
This session will provide advocates with tips for an effective meeting with members of Congress. NACHC experts will also walk through the policy agenda, specific asks, and advocacy strategy. This is the best opportunity for advocates to learn about the 2022 Policy and Advocacy Agenda in detail and prepare for their meetings on the Hill.


Objectives:
  • Implement tips for more productive Hill meetings and for fine-tuning overall advocacy efforts.
  • Effectively communicate policy agendas to members of Congress.
  • Identify strategies, with NACHC Policy staff, to better communicate the mission of the Health Center Movement.
03:30pm - 04:45pm EDT - February 15, 2022

Tuesday
03:30pm - 04:45pm EDT - February 15, 2022
Track: Workforce Investment in the Future
Credits Available:
1.25 Medical Doctors (CME) | 1.50 Accountants (CPE) | 1.25 Social Workers (CE) | 1.25 Other (CEU) | 1.50 None
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on each member of your health center team, while the challenges of meeting the health needs of your community continue. Now, more than ever, it is essential to have a nurturing work environment that addresses staff needs for recovery and healing. As we are reminded during many preflight messages, if you are traveling with someone needing assistance, put your mask on first. What steps can you take to create a healing environment for your health center staff, from front desk to clinical team members and from community outreach to the administrative team? During this session, you will have the opportunity to share with colleagues who have implemented systems to address recovery and healing for their health center staff.


Objectives:
  • Explain the importance of addressing recovery and healing for health center staff as a systems issue.
  • Share the elements of successful models to address recovery and healing for health center staff, including lessons learned.
  • Implement actions at your health center to address recovery and healing for health center staff.
Tuesday
03:30pm - 04:45pm EDT - February 15, 2022
Track: Health Center Essentials
Credits Available:
1.25 Medical Doctors (CME) | 1.50 Accountants (CPE) | 1.25 Social Workers (CE) | 1.25 Other (CEU) | 1.50 None
As the health care industry strives to provide excellent person-centered care, high-quality clinical care is not enough; it is imperative also to address non-medical factors that influence health. Research shows that social determinants of health (SDOH)— the social and economic factors that impact health— account for up to 75 percent of health outcomes. Ultimately, this means that where we live, work, eat, and unwind all greatly affect our health. This panel session will discuss how value-based care models are key to addressing SDOH and unmet social needs and promoting health equity.


Objectives:
  • Understand how value-based models are key to addressing SDOH and unmet social needs and promoting health equity.
  • Engage effectively with payers and policy makers on value-based payment models.
  • Discuss policies and systems-level enablers to support health centers with value-based payment models that include reimbursement for assessing and addressing social needs.
Tuesday
03:30pm - 04:45pm EDT - February 15, 2022
Sarah Baizer, Speaker; Matt Salo, Speaker; Judith Solomon, JD, Speaker; Stephanie Brooks, Speaker
Track: Policy Analysis,Innovation & Transformation
Credits Available:
1.25 Medical Doctors (CME) | 1.50 Accountants (CPE) | 1.25 Social Workers (CE) | 1.25 Other (CEU) | 1.50 None
This session will focus on the current federal and state Medicaid policy landscape, including ongoing policies and actions related to the expiration of the federal public health emergency (PHE) declaration. Likely topics include the many Medicaid and Affordable Care Act-related provisions included in the Build Back Better Act; the pandemic-era dynamics of the Medicaid population and how states will structure their Medicaid programs after the pandemic; and NACHC's recent research on this subject.


Objectives:
  • Understand critical policy background information about the myriad set of Medicaid and ACA-related policies in the Build Back Better Act.
  • Identify efforts to protect their existing Medicaid enrollee populations and boost outreach and enrollment efforts to those without coverage.
  • Become familiar with the background and survey analysis related to NACHC's recent research on the importance of continued coverage for the current Medicaid population.
Tuesday
03:30pm - 04:45pm EDT - February 15, 2022
Track: Policy Analysis
Credits Available:
1.25 Medical Doctors (CME) | 1.50 Accountants (CPE) | 1.25 Social Workers (CE) | 1.25 Other (CEU) | 1.50 None
Please join NACHC’s Director of Regulatory Affairs and experts from Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP as they provide an overview of NACHC’s 2021 regulatory accomplishments and 2022 policy priorities. Panelists will discuss issues related to COVID-19 vaccine mandates, CMS reimbursement challenges, Title X, and other emerging topics.  


Objectives:
  • Gain valuable background information about the variety of NACHC policy priorities.
  • Identify emerging policy issues for 2022.
  • Understand health center regulatory needs and the impact of COVID-19.
Tuesday
03:30pm - 04:45pm EDT - February 15, 2022
Bradford Fitch, Speaker
Track: Policy Analysis,Advocacy and Mobilization
Credits Available:
1.50 Accountants (CPE) | 1.25 Social Workers (CE) | 1.25 Other (CEU) | 1.50 None
Utilizing data from congressional staff and the field, the president and CEO of the Congressional Management Foundation will share best practices for long-term sustainable advocacy. 


Objectives:
  • Gain an understanding of who Congress and state legislators listen to.
  • Utilize what congressional staffers believe are the most effective communications tactics for influencing undecided members of Congress.
  • Conduct effective in-person and virtual meetings, influence legislators at telephone-virtual town hall forums, and build effective relationships in their states/districts.
10:00am - 11:15am EDT - February 16, 2022

Wednesday
10:00am - 11:15am EDT - February 16, 2022
Track: Health Center Governance
Credits Available:
1.25 Medical Doctors (CME) | 1.50 Accountants (CPE) | 1.25 Social Workers (CE) | 1.25 Other (CEU) | 1.50 None
Since the founding of health centers, diverse, patient-majority, community-based boards have been at the heart of the movement, and a commitment to equity has been at the core of the health center mission. This session will explore strategies boards can use to integrate justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in health center governance (inclusive of policy and strategy). If participants are unfamiliar with the concepts of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion related to governance, they are encouraged to watch NACHC’s short module, Considerations for Health Center Boards: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in Governance, in advance of the session.


Objectives:
  • Explore various strategies for impact through JEDI and governance.
  • Consider how to navigate pain points in addressing JEDI in governance.
  • Articulate action steps or practices to take back to your board.
Wednesday
10:00am - 11:15am EDT - February 16, 2022
Track: Innovation & Transformation,Health Center Essentials
Credits Available:
1.25 Medical Doctors (CME) | 1.50 Accountants (CPE) | 1.25 Social Workers (CE) | 1.25 Other (CEU) | 1.50 None
Extreme weather events frequently cause disruptions in clinic services, reduced access to care, and loss of revenues. Often this is due to loss of electrical power. This session will review the development of solar-powered microgrids for resiliency during power outages from extreme weather events and reduction in everyday utility expenses. Participants will explore the cost-benefit analysis, new and proposed rebates, incentives, and federal energy equity initiatives, and financing options.   


Objectives:
  • Identify the benefits of a solar-powered microgrid in health center weather and emergency resilience.
  • Understand the concepts of a solar cost-benefit analysis and various financing options currently available and proposed.
  • Identify the opportunities solar presents for long-term cost savings, energy efficiency, and community benefit.
Wednesday
10:00am - 11:15am EDT - February 16, 2022
Track: Innovation & Transformation
Credits Available:
1.25 Medical Doctors (CME) | 1.50 Accountants (CPE) | 1.25 Social Workers (CE) | 1.25 Other (CEU) | 1.50 None
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical need for health centers to harness information technology and telehealth modalities in order to meet the needs of communities regardless of geographic location, transportation resources, or other factors influencing the ability to deliver care in person. Virtual services are critical for populations experiencing disproportionate adverse social determinants of health that impede access to in-person care, including people living in remote rural settings, or transgender and gender-diverse communities. Health centers have had to adapt and innovate rapidly in order to provide continuity of high-quality servicing using telehealth modalities. In many ways, policy changes regarding delivery of telehealth services within and across state lines will continue to determine the extent to which health centers will be able to responsively serve all marginalized patients and communities in the U.S.


Objectives:
  • Describe recent innovations in telehealth modalities by health centers responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Explain policy considerations that influence the ability of health centers to deliver high-quality services remotely to all patients and communities they have the potential to serve.
  • Apply strategies for health centers to continue to incorporate emerging telehealth models and adapt to the shifting policy landscape regarding telehealth.
Wednesday
10:00am - 11:15am EDT - February 16, 2022
Track: Health Center Essentials
Credits Available:
1.25 Medical Doctors (CME) | 1.50 Accountants (CPE) | 1.25 Social Workers (CE) | 1.25 Other (CEU) | 1.50 None
Screening for and addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) are widely recognized as essential for delivering whole person care, improving health equity, lowering total costs of care, and participating in value-based care. Current events underscore the critical importance of addressing SDOH, with populations served by Health Center Program grantees and look-alikes being disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.  The health center model of care uniquely positions health centers to play active roles in integrating SDOH services and aligning with community-based organizations. Furthermore, health centers are committed to improving health equity. Recent CMS guidance provides new clarity on Medicaid and SCHIP authority for reimbursement of SDOH screening and interventions in particular circumstances. Through this session, NACHC will educate health centers and PCAs on the opportunities to use PRAPARE and SDOH screening tools to improve the delivery of care through enhanced data collection and relationships with safety-net programs.


Objectives:
  • Obtain a high-level overview of the CMS Medicaid and SCHIP Authority for Reimbursement of SDOH Screening and Interventions RFA.
  • Understand the importance of tracking SDOH needs using standardized SDOH screening tools such as PRAPARE.
  • Discuss the experiences of organizations using PRAPARE to improve the delivery of care for Medicaid patients through enhanced data collection.