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New Grantee Webinar Series
Webinar #1 – Understanding and Managing Your Grant
October 27, 2011
Online Registration Deadline: October 25, 2011
Speaker: Melissa Amin, Helen Harpold & Christopher Suzich, HRSA Division of Grants Management Operations
You have your Notice of Grants Award (NGA) and have opened your PMS Account, now what? This session will walk you through your roles and responsibilities in managing your grant, what you need to look for in the NGA and all of the reporting requirements. In addition, this session will address how to use the Electronic Handbook and any of your questions surrounding the EHB.
Webinar #2 - PCMH 101
November 17, 2011
Online Registration Deadline: November 15, 2011
A patient-centered medical home (PCMH) automates business and clinical processes, depends on clinical decision support tools, and connects patients with the health care team. Learn how your health center can start out as a patient-centered medical home from the moment it opens its doors!
Webinar #3 – Special Opportunities for Health Centers – FTCA
December 7, 2011
Online Registration Deadline: December 5, 2011
Speaker: Marty Bree, Of Counsel and Molly Evans, Senior Counsel, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell
Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) coverage is free of cost to Federally Qualified Health Centers and most health centers find that they can significantly reduce or eliminate their malpractice insurance costs by electing to participate in the FTCA program. This session will thoroughly explain FTCA coverage and the application process.
Webinar #4 – Recruiting, Managing and Pulling Your Team Together
December 20, 2011
Online Registration Deadline: December 18, 2011
Speaker: Barrett Hatches, Hatches Consulting
Recruiting and managing health center staff is not an easy task! The health center team is a unique group comprised of clinicians, finance and operations experts, front desk staff, as well as your board. How will you recruit the entire staff and manage them effectively and efficiently and all work together as a cohesive team? This session will focus on recruiting staff, communication among staff and how to create a unified management team.
Webinar #5 – Health Information Technology – How do I integrate technology into my health center?
January 10, 2012
Online Registration Deadline: January 8, 2012
In today’s high tech world there are extensive opportunities to improve your business and your patients’ health status outcomes using technology. As a new health center, you have the opportunity to structure your practice for maximum success both now and for the future. This webinar will provide you with the information you need to ensure that you have the right technology in place at your health center!
Webinar #6 – Common Governance Issues For New Health Centers – How to make your board advisory and not operational
January 25, 2012
Online Registration Deadline: January 23, 2012
As a new health center, many of your board members helped develop the FQHC and now are asked to step down from this operational role to more of a an advisory role. Making the transition from a “founding” or “operational,” board to a “community” and governing board may be a difficult transition. Learn ways to ease the transition and clarify the board member roles, while offering governance best practices, and cultivating productive relationships between the board and health center leadership. This session is applicable both to the health center CEO as well as board members.
Webinar #7 - Understanding and Serving Special Populations
February 7, 2012
Online Registration Deadline: February 5, 2012
Life circumstances may create unique healthcare needs for particular individuals or populations. This session will assist you in understanding what the unique needs are of the special populations you serve (homeless, migrant and public housing) and provide you with the resources you need to better serve them. As a new grantee, you are an integral part of their lives, assisting them with everything from primary care, oral health, behavioral health and even job training and housing.
Webinar #8 – Special Opportunities for Health Centers – The 340B Pharmacy Program
February 22, 2012
Online Registration Deadline: February 20, 2012
Mike Glomb, Partner, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell
One of the benefits of being a 330 grantee is access to the 340B Drug Pricing Program. The 340B Drug Pricing Program is managed by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA) and limits the cost of certain medications to 330 grantees. Participation in the program is voluntary, but results in significant savings estimated to be 20% to 50% on the cost of pharmaceuticals for safety-net providers. This session will address how to take advantage of this cost savings program.
Webinar #9 – Are You Prepared? How to build a comprehensive emergency management program.
March 14, 2012
Online Registration Deadline: March 12, 2012
Speaker: Mollie Melbourne, NACHC
Emergencies happen – all the time – and even small ones can have a big impact on a health center. Although the word ‘emergency’ tends to conjure thoughts of September 11, Hurricane Katrina, H1N1, and other newsworthy events, everyday occurrences such as fires, floods, ice storms, and power outages can severely limit a health centers ability to provide health care to its patients. Is your health center prepared?
Webinar #10 – Planning for the Worst – how to create and test an emergency management plan.
April 18, 2012
Online Registration Deadline: April 16, 2012
Speaker: Mollie Melbourne, NACHC
Now that you have developed a comprehensive emergency management program, it is time to develop and test the emergency management plan.
