Univ. of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration Policy Forum: “How Much Do DSPs Make? Putting Wages in Context”
Forum
Reminder for RCPA and PACHC Telehealth Forum on March 16
RCPA and our Delta Center Grant partner, the Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers (PACHC), invite people with first-hand experience and advocates using or trying to use telehealth services to share your experiences.
The discussions and subsequent recommendations will guide the PA Delta Center team in its advocacy in developing regulations, bulletins, and practices that ensure equity and access to services for all communities. These forums are to bring advocates and stakeholders to the table to provide life experience and perspectives that can shape policy development. We hope you will join us for one of these events, as your participation will be key to our ongoing work in ensuring a healthy and sustainable telehealth footprint in Pennsylvania.
People who are volunteering to join the forum for free will be paid a stipend of $20/hour for their time or given an equivalent in a gift card.
To register for the first forum on March 16, visit here.
To register for the second forum on March 30, visit here.
If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Eyster of RCPA.
Forum: Unpacking the Pediatric Behavioral Health Crisis
Title: A Panel Discussion: Unpacking the Pediatric Behavioral Health Crisis and Key Steps to Address Short- and Long-Term Needs
Date: Thursday, January 27, 2022
11:00 am–12:00 pm EST
Registration: Attendees can register online for the event and add it to their calendar.
Description: Join us for a panel discussion highlighting aspects of the ongoing pediatric behavioral health crisis, seeking your input, and discussing a path forward for ways to better support children and families. As you likely know from your professional and/or personal experience, far too many children and youth across the country are unable to access timely, quality mental health care. What was a crisis before the pandemic has only worsened. According to the CDC, since March 2020, mental health visits have increased for children (ages 5–11) by 24% and youth (ages 12–17) by 31%. In the first half of 2021 alone, children’s hospitals reported cases of self-injury and suicide in ages 5–17 at a rate 45% higher than during the same timeframe in 2019.
This event will be recorded.
A national campaign, Sound the Alarm for Kids, is bringing together organizations calling on Congress to act now to prevent further unaddressed harm to our nation’s children. Every child in America should have the right to live up to their full potential. The mental health crisis is a national emergency – and we’re in the fight of our lives to end it.
ANCOR Forum: Members Only Briefing on OSHA and CMS Vaccine Regulations
HCBS Virtual Policy Forum: “The Direct Support Workforce and COVID-19″
HCBS Virtual Policy Forum: “The Direct Support Workforce and COVID-19: What We Know and What We Need to Do”
Join Megan Sanders from the University of Minnesota’s Institute on Community Integration as she summarizes the results of a 12-month follow-up survey on the direct support workforce and their experiences supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities during the COVID-19.
This webinar will be held on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 from 11:00 am–11:45 am ET.
Click here to register.
Related resources to the above DSP workforce study report:
- Access Initial COVID-19 and DSP Workforce Survey short-report here.
- Access 6-month follow-up survey report here.
- Access 12-month follow up survey report here!
- DSP vaccination awareness PSA short-videos. Use these free in your health + wellness digital campaigns.
CMS Plans Special Open-Door Forum on Physician Self-Referral Law
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has planned a special open-door forum to discuss the final rule that was released on November 20, 2020. This final rule clarified the regulations that interpret the federal physician self-referral law (known as the Stark Law). It supports CMS’s “Patients Over Paperwork” initiative by reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens on physicians and other health care providers. It also reinforces the Stark Law’s goal of protecting patients from unnecessary services and the practice of being led to less convenient, lower quality, or more expensive services because of a physician’s financial self-interest. This final rule will be published in the December 2, 2020 Federal Register.
Agenda topics for this special call include:
- Exceptions that Facilitate the Transition to Value-Based Care Delivery and Payment Arrangements
- New Guidance and Clarifications Related to Key Terminology of the Stark Law
- Flexibilities to Enhance Compliance and Reduce Burden
This open-door forum will be held on December 2, 2020 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Eastern Time. To participate, use the information below:
Dial-In Number: 1-888-455-1397
Participant Passcode ID #: 2037400
A transcript and audio recording of this open-door forum will be posted to the Podcast and Transcripts webpage.
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