Reminder: RCPA PH/BH Integration Webinar Series on OMHSAS/OMAP Vision on Sept. 11
August News Roundup Released From Self-Determination Housing of PA
Prepare Your Team for Health and Human Services at the 2023 RCPA Conference!
Prepare your team for challenging events through trainings and sessions being offered at the 2023 RCPA Annual Conference A Decade of Unity! Workshops will focus on some difficult topics but will be certain to improve your team’s treatment of patients as well as their own, personal well-being. View the full brochure here, and claim your early bird rate, your hotel, and your discount today so you can gain direct access to workshops such as:
- Ethics, Suicide, and Coercive Practices: Are We Doing More Harm Than Good?
- Examine cultural and societal values in relation to suicide, including a discussion on whether physician-assisted suicide is a human right.
- Reducing Health Disparities Through a Collaborative Approach to Value-Based Contracting
- Learn about Highmark Wholecare’s intervention into minority adolescent treatment for STIs, which reduced racial/ethnic disparities through Medicaid VBC payment models.
- Measurement-Based Care: Exploring the Value of a Coordinated Approach in Pennsylvania
- Analyze the implementation of measurement-based care models across Northeast Pennsylvania through Greenspace Health and Northeast Behavioral Health Care Consortium.
- Attracting and Retaining the Best Talent: Mitigating Bias in Hiring, From Sourcing Through Onboarding
- Discover ways in which bias presents itself during the hiring process and how to manage it so that you can find and keep great talent.
- The Dialectical Behavior Model of Living
- Study the Dialectical Behavior Model of Living in order to assist neurodivergent individuals in managing their social, emotional, and environmental processes.
- Debriefing: Supporting Staff and People Supported Through a Traumatic Event
- Be a leader for your team by utilizing debriefing tactics in order to help your employees when traumatic experiences happen in the workplace.
- Treating Problematic Sexualized Behaviors Through a Systemic Model
- Identify warning signs of problematic sexual behavior in adolescents and learn how to approach and treat such behaviors with cultural and ethical considerations.
- Machine Learning: New Tools to Improve Youth Mental Health Outcomes
- Hear from Gemma Services on how they improved their PRTF and Outpatient programs through a data analytics firm and the creation of an Insight Generator tool.
- RCPA Captive Health Plan: NON-CE Offering
- Learn about the RCPA Captive Health Care program, including benefits, costs, and savings potentials for your organizations.
Register today!
In addition to an impressive roster of speakers, our 2023 Conference will have an exciting array of sponsors and exhibitors. We thank those who have signed on thus far! If you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting, visit here for more details or contact Carol Ferenz, Conference Coordinator, with any questions you may have. Keep up-to-date and register today for #rcpaconf!
Don’t Miss Early Bird Registration for the 2023 RCPA Annual Conference!
Don’t miss your chance to catch the early bird registration rate for the 2023 RCPA Annual Conference A Decade of Unity! Early bird rates end Friday, September 8, 2023. View our registration brochure to see our full schedule, including networking and Connections Hall events, as well as information on booking your hotel room. Complete the brochure and reserve your seat at the early bird discount rate today!
We also wish to extend our thanks to those organizations that have already contributed and shown their support! Sponsor and exhibitor spots are filling up quickly, so complete the sponsor/exhibitor brochure today! As a reminder, sponsors, exhibitors, and advertisers who wish to be listed on the website, the mobile app, and in the conference program must submit all materials by September 8. In order to be considered for booth self-selection, a completed contract with payment must be submitted, and no reservation is considered complete without payment. If questions remain, please contact Carol Ferenz, Conference Coordinator.
PH/BH Integration Webinar: OMHSAS/OMAP Vision
RCPA Golf Outing Scheduled for October 9
RCPA will be hosting our golf outing to support the RCPA PAC on Monday, October 9, 2023, in conjunction with the Annual Conference. Conference attendees, exhibitors, sponsors, and presenters can now register to participate at the Dauphin Highlands Golf Course, 650 S Harrisburg St., Harrisburg, PA 17113. Registration starts at 10:00 am, lunch will be held at 11:00 am, and the shotgun start begins at 12:00 pm.
Not a golfer, but would still like to support the RCPA PAC? For your convenience, you can now make a personal online contribution, which will provide financial support to state legislators or representatives who have demonstrated a strong, consistent, and positive interest in our legislative priorities.
We would like to thank our tournament sponsor Erie County Care Management, Inc. for their support. Sponsorships are still available for this worthwhile cause. We hope you will consider becoming a golf outing sponsor; it is a great way for your organization to receive name recognition and an opportunity to support the RCPA fundraiser.
Many thanks to our beverage & hole sponsors to date:
- Novak Strategic Advisors
- Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
- Warfel Construction
- Firetree, Ltd.
- Christopher S. Lucas & Associates
- Ceisler Media & Issue Advocacy
- Pinnacle Treatment Centers, Inc.
- Salisbury Behavioral Health, a division of RHA Health Services
CMS Releases Video on Social Determinants of Health
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a short, animated explainer video, “Social Determinants of Health Items: Determining When a Proxy Response is Allowed,” for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRF), home health (HH), and long-term care hospital (LTCH) providers. CMS developed this video to assist providers in accurately determining when the use of a proxy response is allowed for the following Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) items: A1005. Ethnicity, A1010. Race, A1110. Language, A1250. Transportation, B1300. Health Literacy, and D0700. Social Isolation.
If you have questions about accessing the resources or feedback regarding the trainings, please email the PAC Training Inbox. Content-related questions should be submitted to the HH QRP Help Desk, IRF QRP Help Desk, or the LTCH QRP Help Desk.
MedPAC Publishes 2023 Data Book Focusing on Health Care Spending
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has published the 2023 Data Book Health Care Spending and the Medicare Program, which provides information on national health care and Medicare spending as well as Medicare beneficiary demographics, dual-eligible beneficiaries, quality of care in the Medicare program, and Medicare beneficiary and other payer liability. It also examines provider settings — such as hospitals and post-acute care — and presents data on Medicare spending and beneficiaries’ access to care in the setting (measured by the number of beneficiaries using the service, number of providers, volume of services, length of stay, or through direct surveys). Specifically of interest is information on dual-eligible beneficiaries, including individuals with disabilities, and information on alternative payment models.
Save on RCPA Conference Registration Fees With Early Bird Rates
Summer is flying by, and so, too, is the opportunity for early bird registration rates for the 2023 RCPA Annual Conference A Decade of Unity! Early bird rates end Friday, September 8, so be sure to register today and claim your seat, your hotel room, and your discount! View the full brochure for details as well as information on our roster of workshops, keynote speakers, and plenary sessions. You’ll be able to earn CEs from workshops such as:
- Getting Past the First Meeting to the Contract Negotiation
- Learn how to present a solution in health and human services to health plan payors based on what the payor needs and looks for.
- Bridging Generational Differences in the Workplace
- Explore the generational diversity in your workforce and how to leverage each generation’s strengths to your competitive advantage.
- Transforming Organizational Wellness and Self-Advocacy Through an Evidenced-Based Practice: Improving the Lives of Employees and Individuals in Our Care
- Identify the benefits of and methods for implementing a wellness program to improve employee wellness and support consumers and families served in MH/IDA.
- Revealing the Potential of Smart Home Technologies for People With Disabilities Through Research and Resources
- Examine smart home technologies, their uses for people with disabilities, and the expanding field of research and resources for the tech.
- Our HAIR (Health Access Initiative for Recovery): Making a Difference With Health Equity
- Listen to an in-depth overview of Community Care’s “Our HAIR” program, which was developed as a targeted intervention to address racial disparities in access to behavioral health care.
- Implementing and Sustaining Evidence-Based Practices
- Develop evidence-based practices for childhood trauma via CenClear’s Healing After Trauma program.
- Selective Contracting or Managed Care: Either One Will Change Your World
- Learn about the impact selective contracting and managed long-term services & supports will have on the IDD community.
- Findings on Stakeholder Engagement for the PA Master Plan for Older Adults
- Discuss what the Master Plan is intended to accomplish and learn of preliminary findings from the stakeholder engagement process.
Register today!
In addition to an impressive roster of speakers, our 2023 Conference will have an exciting array of sponsors and exhibitors. We thank those who have signed on thus far! If you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting, visit here for more details or contact Carol Ferenz, Conference Coordinator, with any questions you may have. Keep up-to-date and register today for #rcpaconf!
OMAP Pediatric Shift Care Stakeholder Update Call Rescheduled & Survey Date Extended
The Pennsylvania Office of Medical Assistance Programs (OMAP) Pediatric Shift Care Team is conducting a survey to identify individuals interested in participating in the development of education and training content for a new online learning portal. More will be shared about this effort during the upcoming Stakeholder Update Call, which is taking place on August 15 from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm.
If you are interested in participating in the initiative, please take this short 2-minute survey: Pediatric Shift Care Subject Matter Expert Interest Survey. The survey has been extended and will close on August 18, 2023, following the Stakeholder Update Call.
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