Important Dates
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3/30-31- Montana Family Planning Training (Fairmont)
4/7- I&E Committee
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Quote of the Week
Let go of what you can't control. Channel all that energy inot the living fully in the now.
~Karen Salmansohn
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WMHS Welcomes New Staff | |
Welcome New Staff
The Women's and Men's Health Section is excited to announce that we have recently hired three new staff members and are fully staffed again.
Debra Dockter began her position January 4, 2016 as the Nurse Consultant. Many of you have already had the pleasure of meeting and talking with Debra. Debra has 24 years of experience in OB/GYN and family planning services working in Kansas, North Dakota, and Montana. She is very happy to be back in Montana! With all the changes over the last few years; ICD 10 coding/billing, QFP guidelines, periodic physical assessment, pap guidelines, best practice recommendations, and many other changes, she looks forward to the challenges and opportunities to work with your organization. Her contact information is ddockter@mt.gov 406.444.7331.
Katie Cole has been hired as the Health Education Specialist for the PREP/RPE program. Katie has previously worked for Department of Commerce working on grant administration before joining the Peace Corps. She has recently returned from two years in Ethiopia developing educational trainings for teachers, students and local NGO's that included WASH trainings, Active Learning Methodology, Project Design and Management, IT, Perma-garden/Agriculture, and Health/Nutrition trainings. Her contact information is kcole@mt.gov 406.444.3628. Shannon Koenig will be joining the WMHS team as our new Program Specialist on March 29. She joins us from the Office of Public Instruction and from previous work with DPHHS public health as the coordinator of the Newborn Hearing and Screening Program. In these roles, she has had extensive experience in budget, grant and data management. We are very excited about her experience and skills in on-site reviews and provision of technical assistance and training. Her phone number will be 406.444.3775. |
Data-driven Quality Improvement | |
The third in a five-part quality improvement curriculum, Module 3 - Data-Driven Quality Improvement, aims to build the capacity of Title X grantees to fulfill the QFP recommendation for family planning entities to "conduct quality improvement." This online course will teach users to explain how data guides quality improvement for family planning services, list three types of measures for monitoring quality, and analyze and interpret quality improvement data.
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Family planning should include men | |
Family planning should include men
Despite their role in childbearing, men are often overlooked in discussions about family planning--including among international family planning experts and government agencies around the world. It's commonly assumed that men and boys get in the way of effective contraception use by women and girls. This is partly true. But to address issues such as preventing unwanted pregnancies, contraceptive coercion, and sexual violence, working with men and boys is essential. Engaging them in family planning may even be a matter of human rights. Read more in our latest blog post.
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Spring Symposium 2016 | |
Top-notch Keynotes ~ and an Apple Watch ~
Spring Symposium 2016
Join the Montana FQHCs and other safety net providers
April 20, 21
Best Western, Helena
Bring your challenges! Together we'll find innovative solutions. Here are a few examples of approaches we can take together in Helena April 20 and 21:
Challenge: Physician shortage Challenge: Barriers to oral health for your patients in outlying areas Challenge: Too much data and no real sense of how to use it to improve outcomes Challenge: High rates of obesity and few options for addressing them in primary care Challenge: Data from a volume-based system must prepare us to report in a value-based system Challenge: The issue of climate change, so politicized, might bring serious threats to public and community health Challenge: Really making a difference in your community through policy change Challenge: Clinical pharmacy - key to so much in primary care - is not part of the team
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NFPRHA Membership Call | |
Register for the March Membership Call
Join NFPRHA's membership call on Wednesday, March 30, at 2:00 p.m. ET for a webinar from the National Health Law Program's (NHeLP) Reproductive Health Data and Insurance Accountability Project (Data Project). The call will examine the number of barriers providers face when providing family planning services to patients who use commercial or public health insurance. Staff attorneys from NHeLP will address the current legal framework for family planning services in commercial health insurance and Medicaid. Additionally, attendees will receive an overview and recent accomplishments of the Data Project, which NFPRHA members can use to track barriers and inform NHeLP's legal and advocacy efforts.
Please register here for the call. If you have any questions, please contact Julie Lewis, Policy Director, at jlewis@nfprha.org or 202-293-3114 ext. 214.
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Reaching Older Teens | |
Reaching Older Teens
Despite impressive declines, rates of teen pregnancy and childbearing remain highest-by a long shot-among those age 18-19. Learn about the exciting ways Arkansas colleges are working to prevent teen pregnancy in this TV report from KARK in Little Rock.
Visit our online college portal for National Campaign resources for college students.
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Your Birth Control + His Condoms | |
Your Birth Control + His Condoms
Earlier this month, The Guttmacher Institute released new data showing that rates of unplanned pregnancy have declined for the first time in three decades. The authors posit that a key driver of the decline is the increased use of highly effective contraception-intrauterine devices (IUDs) and the implant. But it's not all roses and chocolate. Just today the Journal of the American Medical Association released a new study which found that teen girls who used IUDs or the implant as their method of contraception were less likely to use condoms in their last sexual encounter. Are we successfully reducing unplanned pregnancy but forgetting about sexually transmitted infections (STIs)? |
340B Recertification Period | | 340B Recertification Period
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Pharmacy Affairs is required to recertify all participating covered entities enrolled in the 340B program to ensure covered entities are appropriately listed on the 340B database and are in compliance with 340B program requirements. The recertification period for Title X-funded health centers participating in 340B will run from May 11 to June 8, 2016. A recertification webinar will be held on April 27, 2016. More details to come.
Please note: All covered entities must be recertified by June 8 at midnight PT (June 9 at 3 a.m. ET). Any entities not recertified by the deadline will be removed from the 340B program and would need to reapply for the program. The next open registration period after recertification will be July 1-15, 2016, for an October 1, 2016, start date. Thus, these decertified sites would not have access to any 340B-priced drugs for a minimum of one quarter.
To ensure a smooth recertification, visit the 340B program database and verify that your health center's address is correct and that listed sites are still open and eligible to participate in 340B. It is the 340B covered entities' responsibility to keep their 340B database records up to date. Most importantly, verify that the 340B program contact information for the Authorizing Official and Primary Contact is up to date. The Authorizing Official will be responsible for completing the recertification process online. If your covered entities' Authorizing Official record is incorrect, please update it by submitting an online change request.
If you encounter any issues with the 340B program database or have questions about recertification, please contact Apexus Answers at ApexusAnswers@340Bpvp.com or 1-888-340-2787.
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