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Ensure your community is healthy before they interact, with virtual AI-verified temperature and symptom checks. Learn more about how the Fever Free app is the safest, most efficient, and cost effective solution for organizations of any type and size. Stay in compliance with your workplace health screening protocols while giving your community back its peace of mind. This webinar will cover a real-time demonstration about how the app works, tons of Q&A, and an RCPA member testimonial!
Register here to participate.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is recognizing National Rural Health Day today to applaud the many contributions of rural communities and address the unique challenges that they face in accessing and delivering healthcare services. To celebrate, we are highlighting ways that we are working with rural leaders and our partners to increase access to critical healthcare across rural America. Learn more below.
USDA Leadership Discusses Rural Healthcare:
Real Stories of Small Towns Undergoing Big Changes:
Do you need help accessing rural healthcare funding opportunities?
For more information about National Rural Health Day, visit this webpage.
On Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 12:00 pm, the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) will host a webinar entitled Advocating for Addiction Reform.
This webinar will:
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The Office of Long-Term Living (OLTL) will be holding a second webinar on December 1, 2020 from 9:00 am – 11:00 am to provide information on the Act 24 cost reports and give agencies providing personal assistance, residential habilitation, and adult day services a chance to ask questions. Personal care homes and assisted living residences are also invited to attend. The first webinar, scheduled for November 20, 2020, reached capacity, demonstrating the interest in this topic. As a result, OLTL has scheduled another webinar to provide an opportunity for providers to participate.
The due date for the final report is December 21, 2020. No interim report is due for non-nursing facility providers.
Members interested in participating in this webinar must register as soon as possible as there is again a maximum capacity of 500 participants per webinar. Please limit attendance to no more than two individuals per organization. The session will be recorded, and the recording and material covered during the webinar will be made available online.
The Excel reporting template is provided for reference. Questions regarding Act 24 reporting can be sent here.
Please see the questions and answers (Q&A) document, which contains the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services’s (OMHSAS’s) responses to the questions submitted via the chat box during the webinar on Monday, November 16.
Here is a link to view the recording of the OMHSAS Stakeholder Webinar, which took place on Monday, November 16 from 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm.
If you have further questions, please contact your Rehabilitation and Community Providers Association (RCPA) policy director.
The Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) Subcommittee meeting agenda for the December 4, 2020 meeting has been released. The meeting is scheduled for 10:00 am – 1:00 pm and will be held via webcast. The information to participate is available below:
Webinar Link
Public Call-In Number: 1-415-655-0060 Pin: 570-909-331
Remote Streaming Link
The following documents were provided after the November 4 MLTSS meeting: