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ANCOR initiated a letter to Majority Leader of the US Senate Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader of the US Senate Mitch McConnell, to share our support for the inclusion of an investment for expanded access to Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS), and recruitment and retention of direct care workers that support people who rely on HCBS, as part of the budget reconciliation legislation. RCPA was one of 462 organizations who signed on in support. The final letter was sent to the Senate earlier this afternoon.

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[From Incite Consulting Solutions]

I was recently at a meeting of behavioral health leaders and the CEO of a large provider organization was there. We got to talking about the workforce and he mentioned all the data his organization can generate now.

He said that if you want to thrive and grow in the health care world, you need to be able to crunch numbers and make tough decisions. I couldn’t help but wonder… are we losing the passion and compassion that drove so many of us into the behavioral health care field by increasingly focusing on having a head for business? How do we focus on metrics while not losing sight of what’s truly important?

It’s no surprise that so much of a behavioral health leader’s time is spent on fiscal and administrative issues. Revenue cycle, productivity, clinical workflows, EMR issues – these can make or break an organization. These are activities that require us to lead with structured, analytical thinking. They call on our strengths of judgment and perspective.

The challenge? For most of us we entered this field with a strong sense of mission. We wanted to help people live better lives. We were, and are, driven by empathy – not clinical expertise, administrative excellence, and management oversight. We’ve undervalued the value of heart, creativity, and empowerment.

What we do is centered on human interactions and relationships, maintaining H.E.A.R.T while advancing healthcare management is important.

You and your staff are passionate about changing the world for good, facing the challenges of providing better behavioral health services and the mission it serves. At times, this can conflict with the time and attention needed to implement business processes to measure our success. In a series of blogs this summer, we will explore how to find balance between these two important aspects of behavioral health work.

Interested in continuing the conversation? We want to know what your successes and challenges have been with H.E.A.R.T in your workforce during these difficult times. Please share your ideas and perspective with us here.

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Thursday, June 16, 2022, 11:00 am EDT
REGISTER

This multi-part conversation includes perspectives from the disability community, medical doctors, as well as Allegheny and Philadelphia county health departments. This event is sponsored by the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University, the LEND Center of Pittsburgh Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Mayor’s Commission for People with Disabilities in the Office of the Mayor, and the Department of Public Health City of Philadelphia, as well as the Allegheny County Health Department.

AGENDA

11:00 am — Welcome
11:10 am — People in the disability community will share their lived experience with COVID and specific challenges of these times.
11:30 am — Medical doctors will discuss current information about COVID and specific impacts to individuals with disabilities. They will also share new information about something called “Long COVID,” which is COVID symptoms that last beyond a few weeks.
12:00 pm — Department of Health professionals from Philadelphia and Allegheny Counties will give us status/statistics of COVID, what the counties are doing now, how they are assuring accessibility of resources, and how people can stay safe during a surge.
12:30 pm — Home and Community-Based Service (HCBS) policy gaps revealed by COVID will be discussed, including what we can do to close the gaps.

Visit here for more information.

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Monday, July 18, 2022, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Tuesday, July 19, 2022, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

These training sessions are intended for Administrative Entities (AE), Supports Coordination Organizations (SCO), and Provider QA&I Leads and will provide an overview of the Office of Developmental Programs’ (ODP) QA&I Cycle 2 Year 1 Review Process for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022/23. Attendees need only attend one of the two available sessions, as the same content will be covered during both sessions.

To register, select on the preferred date and time above.

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ODP Announcement 22-064 shares information regarding an online learning opportunity about Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) offered through TechOWL. AAC Essentials is an online learning opportunity designed to increase your understanding of AAC.

There are four courses, each for a different audience:

  • Supports Coordinators;
  • AAC Users;
  • Family, Friends, and Direct Support Professionals; and
  • Administrators and Leaders.

Each course offers short lessons ranging from operating and troubleshooting AAC to encouraging AAC. In each lesson, there are buttons for you to ask questions and speak to a Speech-Language Pathologist from TechOWL directly.

These courses are free. Once the course is completed, participants will receive a certificate of completion. All lessons can be explored without completing the course. Training may be accessed through the TechOWL website.

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ODP Announcement 22-065 is to inform all HCSIS users and stakeholders of the upcoming disablement of Internet Explorer and the redirection to Microsoft Edge browser. Beginning June 15, 2022, Internet Explorer will no longer be a supported browser for HCSIS. Users will need to use Microsoft Edge to run the application.

Microsoft Edge with IE mode is officially replacing the Internet Explorer 11 desktop application on Windows 10. As a result, the Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will go out of support and be retired on June 15, 2022, for certain versions of Windows 11.

For further outreach, please refer questions to HCSIS.

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Let’s Talk: Supporting People Through the Grieving Process
Thursday, June 23, 2022 • 2:00 pm — 3:00 pm ET
Register Now

People with intellectual disabilities have been left out of the grief conversation too many times and for far too long. Grief is hard, and supporting people through grief can be challenging, but when it comes down to it, just being there, really being there and actively listening, are the best things you can do to help someone through it. Direct support professionals wear many hats and grief supporter will be one of them at some point. On this month’s “Let Talk,” Amanda Gee shares how direct support professionals can support those who are grieving. This webinar is a companion to this month’s International Journal for Direct Support article, “Good Grief: Supporting People Through the Grieving Process.”

When It’s Time to Fade: Supporting People with High Risk Behaviors
Wednesday, June 29, 2022 • 12:00pm — 3:00pm ET
Visit here for more information, including details on registration.

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