PCMH Learning Network Lehigh Capital PA - March 26, 2024

March 26, 2024

We learned during the 2023 learning sessions that PCMH practices were seeking more education on how to more effectively utilize and integrate Community Health Workers (CHW) into their practices. This learning session will teach PCMH healthcare team members how to engage, train, supervise and retain CHWs.

Agenda:

8:30 a.m. to 8:35 a.m. – Welcome – Laura Line, PCMH Advisor, The Health Federation of Philadelphia

8:35 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. – The PA CHW Collaborative’s Strategies in 2024 to Support and Sustain the CHW Workforce CHW Collaborative Representatives from the Region: Rebecca Miller, Jamie Santana, Emily Nardella

8:50 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. – PA DHS’ Funding and Program Changes for CHWs – Gwen Zander, JD, Director of Managed Care Operations, Office of Medical Assistance Programs, PA Department of Human Services

9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. – 2024 Medicare Billing Policies for Community Health Integration Services involving CHWs – Carl Rush, MRP, Principal Consultant, Community Resources, LLC

9:15 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. – PA Certification Board’s Certified CHW Credential and Panel of Accredited CHW training Programs in Lehigh Capital Facilitated by Laura Line

  • Elizabeth Schaffer, MS, MPH, CHES, Health Educator, East Central PA AHEC
  • Diamond Poyer, MEd, CMC, CSMC, Program Manager, Temple University Harrisburg

9:35 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PA Navigate Update

  • Keith Cromwell, MEd, Program Director, Central PA Connect Health Information Exchange
  • Heather Dender, Customer Training Program Manager, findhelp

10:00 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. – Report Out on Action Steps by PCMHs

  1. Poll on CHW staffing
  2. Name one thing you plan to implement, based on what you heard today.
  3. All answer in chat at the same time at the facilitator’s signal.

10:25 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Wrap Up & Evaluation

Target Audience

Nurse

Physician

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the role of CHWs and how the PA CHW Collaborative is supporting the CHW workforce
  • Describe how to finance CHWs’ roles and services under new Medicare and Medicaid policies
  • Describe how CHWs can become certified CHWs and the available training programs in your region
  • Identify next steps for your PCMH team based on your team’s context and the lessons learned of other PCMHs in your region
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 2.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 2.00 ASWB
  • 2.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
03/26/2024
Course expires: 
06/30/2024
Event starts: 
03/26/2024 - 8:30am EDT
Event ends: 
03/26/2024 - 10:30am EDT

We learned during the 2023 learning sessions that PCMH practices were seeking more education on how to more effectively utilize and integrate Community Health Workers (CHW) into their practices. This learning session will teach PCMH healthcare team members how to engage, train, supervise and retain CHWs.

We learned during the 2023 learning sessions that PCMH practices were seeking more education on how to more effectively utilize and integrate Community Health Workers (CHW) into their practices. This learning session will teach PCMH healthcare team members how to engage, train, supervise and retain CHWs.

Agenda:

8:30 a.m. to 8:35 a.m. – Welcome – Laura Line, PCMH Advisor, The Health Federation of Philadelphia

8:35 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. – The PA CHW Collaborative’s Strategies in 2024 to Support and Sustain the CHW Workforce CHW Collaborative Representatives from the Region: Rebecca Miller, Jamie Santana, Emily Nardella

8:50 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. – PA DHS’ Funding and Program Changes for CHWs – Gwen Zander, JD, Director of Managed Care Operations, Office of Medical Assistance Programs, PA Department of Human Services

9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. – 2024 Medicare Billing Policies for Community Health Integration Services involving CHWs – Carl Rush, MRP, Principal Consultant, Community Resources, LLC

9:15 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. – PA Certification Board’s Certified CHW Credential and Panel of Accredited CHW training Programs in Lehigh Capital Facilitated by Laura Line

  • Elizabeth Schaffer, MS, MPH, CHES, Health Educator, East Central PA AHEC
  • Diamond Poyer, MEd, CMC, CSMC, Program Manager, Temple University Harrisburg

9:35 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. PA Navigate Update

  • Keith Cromwell, MEd, Program Director, Central PA Connect Health Information Exchange
  • Heather Dender, Customer Training Program Manager, findhelp

10:00 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. – Report Out on Action Steps by PCMHs

  1. Poll on CHW staffing
  2. Name one thing you plan to implement, based on what you heard today.
  3. All answer in chat at the same time at the facilitator’s signal.

10:25 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Wrap Up & Evaluation

 

Zoom Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Suzanne Cohen, Senior Director of Population Health, The Health Federation of Philadelphia

Rebecca Miller

Jamie Santana

Emily Nardella

Gwen Zander, JD, Director of Managed Care Operations, Office of Medical Assistance Programs, PA Department of Human Services

Carl Rush, MRP, Principal Consultant, Community Resources, LLC

Laura Line

Elizabeth Schaffer, MS, MPH, CHES, Health Educator, East Central PA AHEC 

Rebecca Bieber, LSW, Assistant Director for Professional Development, Temple University Harrisburg

Keith Cromwell, MEd, Program Director, Central PA Connect Health Information Exchange

Heather Dender, Customer Training Program Manager, findhelp

 

 

 

 

 

 

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive  2.0 continuing education credits.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 2.0 contact hours.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 2.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 2.00 ASWB
  • 2.00 Attendance
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