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9/30- MegaMemo Due
9/30-10/2- MPHA
10/7-8-Enrollment Summit
10/29-30- MFPA face to face meeting Helena |
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Quote of the Week
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
~Vivian Greene |
| Get Covered: Family Planning Webinars | |  Get Covered: Family Planning Webinars
With open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) just nine weeks away, NFPRHA is pleased to invite you to a series of webinars to help make the most of your organization's outreach and enrollment work.
Tuesday, September 30, at 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT
Countdown to Open Enrollment: Making the Most of External Events
Reaching out to your local communities is an important part of an outreach and enrollment plan. Join this webinar to hear best practices and tips to making your external outreach a success including materials, tactics, and scripts. Register here.
Thursday, October 16, at 3 .pm. ET/ 2 p.m. CT
Countdown to Open Enrollment: Best Practices for ACA In-reach
Your patient base is the most natural target audience for your enrollment efforts. Learn strategies for identifying possible eligible populations and communication opportunities to deliver messages about ACA enrollment. Register here.
Thursday, October 29, at 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT
Countdown to Open Enrollment: Visibility
Learn strategies to create a successful media plan that can amplify your ACA outreach and enrollment program, including best practices for using social media, reaching local reporters, and identifying news opportunities. Register here. |
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National Campaign Highlights | |
What's Behind the Good News? We all know teen pregnancy and birth rates are at historic lows. Why? Listen to a 30 minute discussion on WHYY public radio about this national success story and what's behind the historic declines.
A+ Astrology
Bedsider has teamed up with a favorite astrologer to launch a new series of horoscopes. Some signs might find out what to expect in their relationships while others may get insight into their health and wellness. Find out what the rest of September has in store for you.
Low Maintenance Contraception. Or, Learning About LARC.
The good people at ACOG and the CDC have another free and open to all webinar on Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC). This particular webinar will focus on the latest recommendations from ACOG and the CDC regarding low maintenance LARC. Sign up here.
Work and Contraceptive Coverage.
How does where you work affect your contraceptive coverage? A new infographic and fact sheet from the Kaiser Family Foundation is designed to help women identify whether their employer-based insurance is required to provide contraceptive coverage.
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Bridgercare Seeking Development Coordinator
The Development Coordinator is chiefly responsible for organizing and implementing Bridgercare's event planning, grant/donor cultivation and maintenance, marketing and advertising, and external communications. The ideal candidate will have experience and skills in non-profit organization, event planning, database management, donor relations, fundraising and written communications. Must be community oriented, personable, ambitious, well-organizing, and supportive of Bridgercare's mission.
Associate's or Bachelor's degree and a minimum of two years's experience in an administrative position, preferably in a not-for-profit development office, are required. Salary DOE. Benefits included.
Applicants should send a cover letter and resume to Stephanie McDowell at smcdowell@bridgercare.org or to 300 North Willson Ave, Suite 2001, Bozeman, MT 59715.
Applications will be accepted through September 22, 2014, 5:00pm MST.
AND... Outreach and Enrollment Coordinator
The Outreach and Enrollment Coordinator is responsible for assisting individuals to access affordable health insurance by providing information, application assistance, and follow up. This work will take place at Bridgercare and in the community at public events and venues. The ideal candidate will have experience related to the health insurance industry, medical office billing or public benefits support. Must be community oriented, personable, well-organized and supportive of Bridgercare's mission.
Associate's degree and 1 year of experience, prefer
Applicants should send a cover letter and resume to Tracie Weiss at or tweiss@bridgercare.org or Bridgercare, 300 North Willson Ave, Suite 2001, Bozeman, MT 59715.
ably in a not-for-profit agency, are required. This is a one year, grant funded position of 32 hours per week. Wage is $15 per hour. Benefits are included. |
| Webinar on Implementing ACA-Covered Preventive Services | | |
Healthier Pregnancy: tools and techniques to best provide ACA-covered preventive services
The passage of the Affordable Care Act has increased the availability of much needed preventive services to Americans. It is now time to make sure the public gains access to these vital services.
Learn how to implement the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations from practitioners in the fields of obesity, alcohol, depression, intimate partner violence, tobacco, and breastfeeding. This live in-person event and webcast will address the best ways to implement these services in pre- and perinatal care settings.
Experts will highlight the evidence behind the recommendations and describe best practices and models of care currently being used. The event will be offered for both in-person participants and those viewing a live webcast. Following the event, in addition to the archive of the presentations, a wealth of tools and resources will be made available on-line to help providers easily incorporate these practices effectively and efficiently into their own institutions.
September 23, 2014
PARTICIPATE VIA WEBCAST:
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time
OR
LIVE EVENT:
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time
The Ohio Union at the Ohio State University,
U.S. Bank Conference Theatre
1739 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43210
(Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view PDF files. This program is available for free.)
* Continuing Education will be provided * |
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Montana Outreach and Enrollment Summit | | Montana Outreach and Enrollment Summit
Please join us for the first annual Montana Outreach and Enrollment Summit. The Summit is a hands-on training opportunity for those working on outreach and enrollment with the new Health Insurance Marketplace. Attendees will receive up-to-date training on best practices for outreach, enrollment, health insurance literacy, working with special populations, and more. This training is open to all Montana assisters, and attendees will have the opportunity to meet other assisters in their region and plan together for Open Enrollment 2.
Who should attend:
- Navigators & Certified Application Counselors - anyone who is helping folks with the new Health Insurance Marketplace
- Assisters who have outstanding questions or who want to dig deeper into issues like health insurance literacy, regional coordination of outreach and enrollment events, best practices for doing outreach and enrollment in Indian Country, and much more!
- Assister organizations who want to better coordinate with statewide allies
Registration: $80
Includes lunch and dinner on October 7th and breakfast and lunch of October 8th.
Lodging: A block of rooms at the Holiday Inn has been set aside for the Summit. To reserve a room call (406) 443-2200 and ask for the "Montana Primary Care Association" room block.
Agenda: The Summit will begin at 11am on Tuesday October 7th and end at 3pm on Wednesday October 8th.
Workshops and breakout sessions include:
- Strategies for meeting the increased demand of Open Enrollment 2
- Best practices for doing outreach and enrollment in Indian Country
- In-reach strategies to reach and enroll all eligible patients
- Health Insurance Literacy
- Earned media 101
- Breakout sessions by experience level
Guest presenters include:
- The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
- The Office of the Commissioner of Securities and Insurance
- Billings Area Indian Health Service
- Enroll America
Register Now!
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