Registration is now open!
February 2, 2010,
March 2, 2010 & April 6th, 2010
FQHC Hepatitis C and TB Colloquium Series
This Colloquium has been created in efforts to address these needs and provide a forum for building community relationships that will facilitate proper care for our patients. This training module/forum will include FQHC clinicians and ALL other health personnel that participate in providing comprehensive services and management of these health conditions. This may include staff involved in, but not limited to, examining, evaluating, screening, diagnosing, treating, prescribing, and/or possessing any other knowledge of managing these disease processes.
Topics that will be included in the training series include:
- The State of Hepatitis C and TB in Baltimore City.
- TB referrals and Liver basics with Management
- Hepatitis Alphabet Soup, Viral Hepatitis Resources for FQHC’s
1.0 Contact hours have been applied for from the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN) for sessions on March 2 & April 6th.
Click here to register online today! or Click here to download an information brochure and registration form that can be faxed in.
There is no cost to attend this series, but you must register for each session.
March 4th 11:00am-4:30pm OR March 5th 8:00am - 1:30pm
Cultural Competency Training
Sheraton Hotel, 1570 North Dupont Highway Dover, DE 19901
The Cultural Competency Training will be offered on two dates (March 4th and March 5th) on in the morning and the other in the afternoon to accommodate your health centers staff’s busy schedules. MACHC has contracted with Dr. Larry Purnell, author
of The Purnell Model for Cultural Competence and Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach to lead these trainings.
Click here to view more information and to download the registration form.
There is no cost to attend this event - but all participants must register. Registration will close March 1, 2020 for this event.
Tuesdays, 12:00pm. - 12:30p.m.
H1N1 Weekly Conference Call Updates
Join the MACHC team and our EP professionals on weekly conference calls. These calls are to update your health centers on a play-by-play basis of H1N1 activities. Click here more details and how to join the call.
January 18, 2010
Delaware and Maryland Legislative Conference Calls
Please contact Deitra Bell at 301-577-0097 ext 123 or info@machc.com to learn how to participate in these calls.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Congressional Hill Visits with MACHC
MACHC is scheduling visits to Capital Hill for Thursday, February 25, 2010 during the NACHC Policy and Issues Forum. If you are a MACHC member and would like to plan a visit with your elected representatives to Congress, please contact Deitra Bell at deitra.bell@machc.com or 301-577-0097 ext 123.
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Click here for to link to MACHCs Calendar of Events
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UDS Deadline March 31, 2010
Grantees that submit their data
earlier than March 31, 2010 may have the opportunity to have a quality assessment conducted by a Reviewer prior to final submission. Technical assistance for UDS can be requested as early as January. Contact the UDS Support Line at 1-866-837-4357 or udshelp330@bphcdata.net for further assistance. Click here for more UDS information!
Confused by Meaningful Use? Click here to learn more about a February 17th, 2010 WebEx Conference discussing details of qualifying for this incentive program.
H1N1 Influenza Information Your Health Center Needs to Know
H1N1 Influenza's emergence has elicited a world wide public health response. Community Health Centers are on the front lines of this epidemic. MACHC has tools and information for your health center to help your staff identify potential H1N1 Flu patients, how to protect other patients and staff from exposure, Centers for Disease Control updates and more. Please click here to view this information. Recently added updates include a letter from Margaret A. Hamburg, MD Commissioner of Food and Drugs and Medicare Vaccination Rates.
National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program Updated and Easier!
Click here to learn more about the NHSC Loan Repayment program and recent changes.
Looking to the Past to Guide the Future
To view this video - please click here to visit filmmaker Steve Kolb's website.
MACHC's film, Looking to the Past to Guide the Future, was first shown at the 26th Annual Meeting and Conference. This 18-minute film was created to tell the unique history of the health center movement in Maryland and Delaware, MACHCs own story and the direction of health centers as we move forward.
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$260 Million for Community Health Center expansion included in President Obama's FY2011 Budget
In a press release issued on February 1st, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen
Sebelius highlighted critical investments in President
Obama’s 2011 HHS budget that will protect the health and
safety of America’s families. The Budget
includes an increase of $290 million for further expansions
of health center services, including the creation of 25 new
access points in communities without access to a health
center, and will facilitate the integration of behavioral
health into the existing health centers’ primary care
system. Click here to learn more about the President's budget.
Senate Passes Health Care Reform Bill
Early on December 24th, the Senate passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590). Click here to view more information about both the House and Senate versions of the health reform legislation.
Interested in Supporting Health Reform in Favor of Community Health Centers?
The National Association of Community Health Centers has developed templates for Letters to the Editor and Opinion Editorials in support of health reform legislation that supports community health center efforts in providing cost-effective quality health care. These templates are easy to use and can be editing to include your health center's name and your elected officials. Click here to learn more!
Health Centers Funding Through the ARRA
President Obama signed into law the 2009 Stimulus Package! Included in this massive legislative effort includes significant funds for health centers, including;
- $1.5 billion for capital reinvestment needs of community health centers including funds for construction, renovation, equipment, and acquisition of health information technology (HIT).
- $500 million has been allocated for health center services including expansion for new sites, services and for expanding current capacity for uninsured patients.
- $500 million for Primary Care workforce development, including additional funds for National Health Service Corps and Nurse Training Programs.
- Approximately $60,000 per eligible provider over five years for the development and implementation of Health Information Technology through Medicaid. FQHCs and FQHC-Look-Alikes are targeted for these payments.
Click here for the latest from HRSA and ARRA funding. This includes announcements for future funding opportunities as well as detailed information about recently released funds. Click here to view spreadsheet of funding.
Click here to view FAQ guide from the National Association of Community Health Centers.
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