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WMHS Scheduled Trainings
Medicaid Reimbursement for Postpartum LARC Insertion
Webinar: The Good Road of Life
SIECUS Highlights
Save the Date: Capacity Building Webinars
Life is Short - Smile!
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December 10, 2014

Quote of the Week 

As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December's bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same.
~Donald E. Westlake
WMHS Scheduled Trainings

Family Planning LogoAhlers Training

 

WMHS will be hosting five optional training sessions on Ahlers. These will be done by WebEx and recorded. Below is the training schedule. A reminder will be sent out the week before each of the trainings and will be sending out Outlook calendar requests.

 

Monday, January 12, 10-11am - Billing Session 1

Thursday, January 15, 10-11 am - Billing Session 2

Thursday, January 22, 10-11 am - Scheduling

Monday, January 26, 10-11 am - CVR entry

Thursday, January 29, 10-11 am - Web Reports

 

If you have any questions please contact A.C. Rothenbuecher at 406.444.3775 or [email protected].
Medicaid Reimbursement for Postpartum LARC Insertion

IUDPostpartum LARC Insertion

 

As you know, long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) are one of the most highly effective, yet under-utilized, methods with a <1% failure rate. 

 

The immediate postpartum period is a particularly favorable time for IUD or implant insertion.  Women who have recently given birth are often highly motivated to use contraception, they are known not to be pregnant, and the hospital setting offers convenience for both the patient and the health care provider.

 

Provision of LARCs to adolescents during the postpartum period is also linked to a reduction of repeat pregnancy as well as a reduction in the overall teen birth rate. 

 

For all of these reasons, we are very excited that effective January 1, 2015, Montana Medicaid will reimburse LARC insertion during the postpartum period.

 

What can you do?  Please encourage the use of LARCs among appropriate candidates, including teens.  Whenever possible, educate other providers of this change in Medicaid policy.  We are proud that Montana joins only seven other states that have made or plan to make this change to Medicaid reimbursement.

 

If you have any questions please contact Helen McCaffrey at 406.444.0983 or [email protected].

  
Webinar: The Good Road of Life 
The Good Road of Life Webinar
  

This webinar will be an overview of the culture-strengths based curriculum entitled, "The Good Road of Life (GRL)" developed by Clayton Small, PhD (Northern Cheyenne) and offered through Native PRIDE, an American Indian non-profit organization. The focus will be the prevention of at risk behavior for Native youth, including suicide, violence, substance abuse, and coping with trauma-stress.

 

Presenter: Clayton Small, Lead Trainer-Native PRIDE

Facilitator: Lucy Simpson, Executive Director-NIWRC

 

Date: December 17, 2014

Time: 1PM MST

 

  
SIECUS Highlights
SIECUS Highlights the Importance of Ensuring Equitable Access to High-Quality Sexual Health Care Services

 

SIECUS is proud to highlight an especially relevant report, Ensuring Equitable Access to High-Quality Sexual Health Care Services.  This report is part of SIECUS' work to define, frame, and support a public discourse on sexual health and well-being and create a sexually healthy America.  An individual's ability to access high-quality health care, particularly sexual health care services, and especially for those living with HIV/AIDS or are at greater risk for HIV infection, is essential to creating a sexually healthy America.  Addressing sexuality and sexual health openly and honestly can be a powerful force for achieving significant outcomes in public and individual health, gender equity, and social justice.

 

This report aims to address sexual health care in a comprehensive and integrated fashion by:

 

  • Providing a political and financial overview of sexual health care services, including the federal policies and funding mechanisms that support access to services, as well as the barriers to accessing services.
  • Offering a definition of high-quality sexual health care services that integrates the often segregated aspects of care including reproductive health care and STD testing and treatment.
  • Examining the unique sexual health care needs of five subpopulations: adolescents; gay men and men who have sex with men; transgender and gender non-conforming people; the incarcerated, including those in the juvenile justice system; and the aging.  These subpopulations are disproportionately affected by both negative sexual health outcomes and the lack of access to services. They are offered as examples, rather than the full breadth or any prioritization, of additional subpopulations facing sexual health and services disparities.
  • Providing specific recommendations for ensuring equitable access to sexual health care services.

It is our hope that by researching and summarizing what is currently in place and providing accompanying recommendations of what high-quality sexual health care services can look like in the future, this report will help move our field closer to ensuring accessible, affordable, and confidential sexual health care services for people at different ages and stages of life.  You can read the full report here.

Save the Date: Capacity Building Webinars

Capacity Building Webinars

 

Join Healthy Teen Network online to build your skills and capacity to serve youth with these upcoming webinars. Registration will open soon! (Healthy Teen Network members, as always, you receive a major discount on registration. Not a member yet? Join today.)  

 

The Frame Makes the Picture: Creating a Positive Picture of Pregnant & Parenting Teens
February 24, 2015 - 3:00 pm ET

Poverty Is Not Destiny and Pregnancy Is Not a Disease: A Youth 360� Approach to Health & Well-Being
April 14, 2015 - 3:00 pm ET

Making Your Data Speak: The Art and Science of Communicating Your Evaluation Results Effectively & Beautifully
June 9, 2015 - 3:00 pm ET

Fearless Facilitation 101

Stay tuned for details on another public in-person training coming this spring in Baltimore, MD: Fearless Facilitation 101. This interactive training is intended for new sexual health education facilitators/teachers who want to feel more comfortable and competent talking about sexual health with young people. Participants will gain confidence by assessing their current strengths and by learning tips and tricks for engaging youth and answering their questions effectively. Participants will also learn strategies for managing challenging behavior and situations that can arise when teaching about sexual health.
  
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