We strive to keep a list of current educational activities – in person and online – for members looking for training and CE opportunities. If you have a recommendation to share, feel free to send it to nysbha@gmail.com
*see bottom of page for mandated NYS sexual harassment training links
Upcoming Webinars & Training Sessions:
Past Webinars:
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
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Looking for ways your health center can improve pediatric weight management in the community? This is a learning series with 5 evidence-based modules covering care management from prevention through treatment of pediatric healthy weight, overweight, and obesity. Learn from experts about bias, stigma, motivational interviewing, and action. Sessions are cumulative but may be viewed independently. Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions to get total of five (5) CME credits through the AAFP for this series.
Virtual Workshop 2: Do School-Based Health Models Expand Your Community Reach? Yes! Come Learn the Recipes for Success
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
2:00 – 5:00 PM ET
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Description: Caring for the school-aged population is critical for community health centers. Expanding school-based health sites and services is a growth and development strategy. Health Center operators must be aware of the unique operational considerations, competencies, and models along a continuum of possible school based or school linked health services, as provided by health centers.
Learning Objectives:
This virtual training workshop will:
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Explain the difference between a school-run clinic and a FQHC-hosted school-based health center site.
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Articulate the evidence base for the intersection of education and health in achieving healthy outcomes for school aged population. and families or as you have worded it below in bullet three.
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Identify elements of success and pitfalls to avoid during your SBHC planning process.
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Explain the challenges and benefits of delivering care at the intersection of education and health.
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Showcase tools to assist with SBHC planning and start-up.
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Preventing HPV Cancers in Action: “Building Blocs”– Medical-Dental Collaboration Models and More
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
12:00 PM-1:00 PM Central
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How does a dentist interested in promoting the HPV vaccine build a collaboration with a medical provider? What actions can states take to build collaborative partnerships that increase HPV vaccination? Please join Jessica Jack MD FAAP, Pediatrician, & Scott Hamilton, DDS, Pediatric Dentist, Denver Health, and Tommy Johnson, DMD, State Dental Director, Alabama Department of Public Health, to discuss partnership models and more.
Virtual Workshop 1: Schools and Health Center Partnerships
Friday, April 7, 2022
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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The National Association of Community Health Centers and the School-Based Health Alliance are offering two virtual workshops for health centers on the key elements of providing school-based health care. The workshops include a focus on enhancing school-based partnerships and the unique operational considerations for providing school-based health care. Find out more about each workshop below.
Description: Caring for the school-aged population is critical for community health centers, and expanding school-based health sites and services is a growth and development strategy. Health Center operators must have the ability to creatively partner with schools, school systems, educational leaders, school boards, and parents/guardians.
Learning Objectives:
Participants of this virtual workshop will:
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Become familiar with best practices for school-based health care partnerships in sustainable operations.
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Assess their health center’s relationships with a variety of education partners.
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Identify action steps towards enhancing partnerships with targeted education partners.
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Explore strategies to overcome challenges health centers may face when partnering with schools/education.
Preventing HPV Cancers in Action: Dentists As Vaccinators
Thursday April 6th 2022
12pm-1pm Central
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The COVID-19 pandemic has increased awareness of dentists as vaccinators—including the HPV vaccine. Please join Rosie Wagner DDS, Founder, Smiles By Rosie Family Dentistry and Isaac Zeckel DDS, Chief Dental Director, HealthLinc, to discuss the benefits of dentists as immunizers, steps to becoming a dentist immunizer, medicolegal considerations, and ways to increase access to care by providing a new vaccination setting, with innovative vaccination approaches that utilize on-site interdisciplinary teams
The School Social Worker in Action: Emergency, Crisis & Drama
Wednesday, April 6th 2022
9:30AM-10:30AM
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During this workshop, licensed school professionals can learn to identify the resources within each school, foster the understanding of the mental health component, and implement clear strategies. 1 FREE CE Credit offered!
Emerging Trends in Telemedicine – How School-Based Health Centers Can Sustain Their Virtual Services in a Post COVID World
Tuesday, April 5th 2022
3:30 PM EST
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The COVID-19 pandemic substantially impacted health care delivery worldwide. Providers and clinics quickly developed and expanded telehealth offerings at the onset of the pandemic two years ago. Now we are seeing an adoption of telehealth solutions that far surpasses all of the activity in the past five years combined. Telehealth is the new normal and there is no turning back. Patients and providers will continue to engage with one another virtually after COVID-19, but what this engagement looks like depends on many factors.
This webinar will recap telehealth growth and experiences of the last two years, highlight critical success factors and strategies for increasing telehealth uptake, the state of clinical standards for the practice of telemedicine, and the impact of the regulatory environment.
For questions: Telehealth Program Manager Judy Duhl
Lessons from the Field – Expanding School-Health Center Partnerships
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Healing-Centered Approaches to Addressing Adolescent Relationship Abuse and Trafficking.
Tuesday, March 29th at 2:00pm Eastern
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kNpwwLikQCu2vNma2BqUDw
School-based health providers can play an important role in promoting healthy relationships among adolescents. This webinar, co-hosted by the School-Based Health Alliance and Health Partners on IPV and Exploitation, will offer strategies for talking about relationship abuse and trafficking with adolescent patients in school-based health settings. Presenters will offer a brief overview of adolescent relationship abuse and its impact on health; strategies to promote universal prevention education, assessment and response; and model protocols for the clinical setting. Speakers will also share strategies to build partnerships with community-based violence prevention programs and ideas for collaborating with youth on prevention initiatives.
2021 Spring and Summer Education Series for School-Based Health Care Professionals
The School-Based Health Alliance, in partnership with the Community Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute, presents the 2021 Spring and Summer Education Series for School-Based Health Care Professionals, starting March 16, 2021, and runs through August 31, 2021. As the pandemic keeps us from our traditional convention, we will offer multiple sessions and workshops virtually over the next five months, allowing for increased participation and low-cost CE opportunities.
The Series addresses the field’s priority topics, building the sessions based on suggestions from the SBHC field. We will kick off the Series with two Listen and Learn Sessions, one on Immunizations and one on Mental Health. We will continue the educational Series through the spring and summer (see dates below.) The workshops will focus on mental health, telehealth, social determinants of health, equity, clinical practice, and advocacy.
Continuing education is made possible through the Weitzman Institute, the research, education, and innovation arm of the Community Health Center, Inc. The 2021 Spring and Summer Education Series will have up to 10 credits available. For every session you attend and evaluate, you will receive a credit. If you attend all 10 sessions and complete your evaluation, you will get 10 credits. If you do not need professional CEs, you may opt to receive a certificate of completion for the session(s) you attend and evaluate. The Series has a one-time fee of $50.00 for 1-10 CE or certificate of completion.
For every session you attend and evaluate, you will receive a credit. If you attend all 10 sessions and complete your evaluations, you will get 10 credits. If you attend three sessions and complete your evaluations, you will receive three credits. If you do not need professional CEs, you may opt to receive a certificate of completion for the session(s) you attend and evaluate. The Series has a one-time fee of $50.00 for 1-10 CE or certificate of completion. There is no prorated rate for less than 10 sessions.
In support of improving patient care, this activity was planned and implemented by the School-Based Health Alliance and Community Health Center, Inc./Weitzman Institute and 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. Additional CE credits are available for dentists, physician assistants, psychologists, and social workers.
2021 Spring and Summer Series Dates:
Session #1: March 16
Session #2: March 30
Session #3: April 7
Session #4: April 21
Session #5: May 5
Session #6: May 19
Session #7: June 16
Session #8: June 30
Session #9: July 21
Session #10: August 4
All sessions are 60 minutes from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EDT.
For Registration: https://www.sbh4all.org/2021-
Date and Time: March 24th, 2021, 2pm EST
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/
Description: School-based health providers can play an important role in promoting healthy relationships among adolescents! Please join the School-Based Health Alliance for a webinar on strategies school-based health providers can use to discuss relationship abuse and trafficking with their adolescent patients. This webinar will feature Lisa James, Director of Health at Futures Without Violence and Meg Kane, Clinical Quality Coordinator for School Health Services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The presenters will provide a brief overview of adolescent relationship abuse. They will discuss considerations for implementing a protocol to address adolescent relationship abuse in the clinical setting, and they will share learnings from their practical experience.
SBHA: Addressing Social Determinants of Health Using Motivational Interviewing Strategies
Thursday, March 19, 2020 – 2:00pm
Presenter(s): Jennifer Salerno, DNP, CPNP, FAANP Founder/CEO Possibilities for Change Ann Arbor, MI
Description: Communicating effectively with youth requires a specialized approach. Research shows Motivational Interviewing (MI) is one of the most effective strategies to promote positive change in youth. In fact, MI has been shown to decrease substance use, reduce stress and risky sexual behaviors, improve eating habits, increase exercise – and even to reduce injuries and hospitalizations!
Registration linked in title
SBHA: Strengths Based Approaches to Adolescent Sexual Health and Being an Askable Adult
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 – 1:00pm
Presenter(s): Lauren Leslie, MPH Program Coordinator, Adolescent Health Initiative Ann Arbor, MI
Description: Discussing sexuality and sexual activity with young people can be challenging, and research shows that health care providers can have a significant impact on health outcomes when adequately addressing these sensitive topics with their adolescent patients. This webinar will discuss and instruct about strengths-based approaches to sexual health counseling and services. This approach supports the idea that staff and providers in varied healthcare roles can create a climate where young people are more likely to discuss their sexual health openly and honestly. This session will also help participants identify strategies of being an askable adult to help empower youth and help them feel comfortable asking for your support.
Registration linked in title
Teenagers, Healthcare & the Law
11/6/19, 3pm
Registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/2985abcda10d3111cde7dc3c8da9331e
Teenagers, Healthcare & the Law, based on the linked publication of the same name, is a 90 minute workshop that explains teenagers’ rights to make their own medical decisions under New York State and federal law. It is designed to be an aid to professionals who work with young people, such as social workers, counselors, teachers, and medical providers. The presentation covers reproductive health care, mental health care, substance use treatment, post sexual assault care, and emergency care as well as circumstances that may compromise a minor’s ability to access care.
Presented by Aliyah Ansari, Teen Health Strategist at the Education Policy Center, NY Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU).
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INCREASING HPV VACCINATIONS IN SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS
Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2019, 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Presenter: Jana Shaw, MD, MPH, MS, Associate Professor of Pediatrics Clinical/Public Health & Preventive Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University
About this Webinar
Learn the latest about HPV vaccination, recommended strategies to increase coverage, and new regulations affecting how clinicians at school-based health centers can help protect more young people from HPV related cancer.
Learning Objectives:
1. Explain benefits of HPV vaccination.
2. Describe school-based health center (SBHC) strategies to promote HPV vaccination.
3. Identify effective communication strategies to improve HPV vaccination coverage in your patient population.
Accreditation/Credit Designation for live participation
SUNY Upstate Medical University is accredited by the Accreditation council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. SUNY Upstate Medical University designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Live WEBINAR HPV Vaccination Seminar brochure
RECORDING of 10/22/19 live webinar
Enduring Activity for CME
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Cultural Competency for Clinicians Who Work with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Patients: Conducting A Sexual History and Behavioral Risk Assessment
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
3:30pm – 5:00pm EST
RECORDING (not eligible for CE) SLIDES trans health handout NYS LEGISLATION
Presenter: Kyan Lynch, MD, MA,
Center for Community Practice – University of Rochester Medical Center
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IPRO Review:
SBHC Lessons Learned Webinar
4-27-17 3:30pm EST
RECORDING
The NYS Department of Health (NYSDOH) has contracted with a professional health care assessment company, IPRO, to review and rate practices and quality of care at sbhcs in the state. The Alliance – then, the Coalition – took note of some best practices for preparation, details of the review process itself and what DOH was looking for the last time these reviews took place.
Fast forward to today and once again, the IPRO reviews have begun in our sbhcs. What have we learned? What has changed? Three organizations will share their recent review experiences with us in a 1 hour webinar.
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discuss their site’s preparation steps prior to review
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detail their review experience (process, length, results)
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share what is required of them following review
Each phase of the webinar will provide the opportunity for participant questions.
Courtney Biederbeck is Program Manager for School-Based Health in Washington Heights and has been working at the Children’s Aid Society since 2013. She manages the operations of four of the School-Based Health Centers sponsored by Children’s Aid.
Amy Merideth is a Nurse Practitioner and the Site Coordinator for the Frederick Douglass Health Center, one of two MS/HS centers sponsored by the University of Rochester. She has been working in School-based health since 2003 and has participated in two IPRO audits.
Carlene Lacey, D.M., has served as an Executive Administrator for approximately 25 years. Eleven of those years serving in the role of Managing the Office of the President and as the Program Director for eight School Based Health Centers.
Facilitator Caitlin Hanson is Director of School Based Health and Adolescent Medicine at the Institute for Family Health.
Tools & Resources
For those preparing for review, the following links offer both IPRO review-specific and general tools
Visit Checklist
Policies and Procedures
Reference Review (immune, physicals, mandated reports, and licensing)
Letter from NYSDOH about visits
Other Resources
Performance Evaluation Review Tool – PERT
2017 NYSDOH SBHC Audit Letter
2011-2013 SBHC Audit Report
Model Inventory Procedure (sample)
Emergency Kit Supplies
SBH Floor Stock Medication
Questions?
nysbha@gmail.com or 518-694-3423
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Empowering Youth as Partners
Wednesday, 1/18/17 from 3:00pm – 4:00pm
This 60 minute webinar will define what youth advocacy really is, why it is important for youth to be stakeholders in advocacy efforts and how one school health program developed its own successful youth advocacy initiative. It is more important now than it has ever been for all of us to bolster our advocacy skills and this is an excellent opportunity to learn about a successful model from experienced advocates. Co-presented by advocacy leaders from a nationally recognized non-profit, YES! Youth Empowered Solutions, and our own Montefiore School Health Program in New York, this webinar will demonstrate the value of including youth in advocacy efforts and empower you to develop and grow your own center’s advocacy initiative. This opportunity is free for members and non-members. Questions are welcome.
Parrish Ravelli, YES!
Parrish Ravelli, Team Lead, Access to Health Care Initiative at Youth Empowered Solutions is a 2003 graduate of St. Andrews Presbyterian College. He became involved in community development work in 2004 when serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA with the Montana Prevention Resource Center. Following this, Parrish worked in community business as a buyer for Tidal Creek Cooperative Market. Since 2006, Parrish has been working in the field of youth empowerment in a variety of settings: tobacco use prevention, municipalities and youth councils, and most recently health care. Parrish co-authored papers such as “Youth Empowerment: The Theory and Its Implementation” and “School-Based Health Centers and the Intersection of Youth Empowerment and Health Care“and continues to work directly with youth staff at YES!. To learn more about Yes!
Susanna Banks, Montefiore School Health Program
Susanna Banks has been at the Montefiore School Health Program since 2013. As a Community Health Organizer, she develops, coordinates, and implements school-wide health education and health promotion programs. As a part of Montefiore’s Community Health Division, she works on population health, including leading the Division’s Working Group for Youth Empowerment and Advocacy. In that role she organizes Montefiore’s annual SBHC Advocacy Day trip and spearheaded the development of the Montefiore Youth Council, a youth empowerment and health advocacy program currently operating at six school-based health centers in the Bronx. Susanna has a BA in Government from Wesleyan University and is currently working on her Masters in Public Health at the CUNY School of Public Health. She has nearly a decade of experience working with youth and participating in legislative advocacy. She has also been on the planning team for New York State’s School-Based Health Center Advocacy Day for the past four years. Learn more about Montefiore Youth Council.
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Care, Consent, & Confidentiality:
Exploring How SBHCs & Schools Can Work Together
May 18, 2016
2:00pm – 3:30pm EST – Webinar
Description: Providing health care in school-based settings raises important issues about how information can be shared to promote student health and what limits exist on sharing information. This webinar will review relevant New York and federal laws and policies that apply to health care services and information in school-based health centers and schools. This unique, cross-discipline webinar offers school health and school administration professionals the opportunity to learn about and discuss these important issues together. This presentation will include:
- An overview of consent requirements and confidentiality protections
- An explanation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule and the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
- A discussion about evolving issues related to Explanation of Benefits (EOBs), Electronic Health Records (EHRs), and patient portals
- Case examples to illustrate the complex issues that arise with respect to sharing of health information between SBHCs and school personnel
- An opportunity for questions and comments
Target Audience: School-based health professionals, school principals, administrators and personnel, social workers, community-school-health liaisons and student advocates
Abigail English is a lawyer, researcher, and advocate for the rights of vulnerable young people. Since 1999, she has directed the Center for Adolescent Health & the Law. From 1976 to 1998, she was an attorney at the National Center for Youth Law in San Francisco, California. Her research and advocacy have focused on health insurance and public financing of care for adolescents and young adults, consent and confidentiality protections, and sexual and reproductive health care. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University and her law degree from UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law. She has taught at the UC Berkeley School of Public Policy, the Boalt Hall School of Law, and the Gillings Global School of Public Health at UNC Chapel Hill. She was a Gallagher Lecturer for the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine in 1987, and she received the Child Advocacy Award from the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division in 1997 and the Outstanding Achievement Award in Adolescent Medicine from the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine in 2000. In 2010-2011, she was the Frieda L. Miller Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, studying sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of adolescents and young adults, which continues as a current focus of her research and advocacy.
Cost: Free for paid members (logged in), $15 for non-members
Questions? Contact us at nysbha@gmail.com or 518.694.3423
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Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in the SBHC Setting:
Coding and Billing Under ICD-10
10/27/15 – 3:00 – 4:30pm (EST)
This session will review coding and billing for reproductive health services including contraceptive management within the SBHC environment under the newly implemented ICD-10 coding system:
- Overview of billing for school based reproductive health services and Medicaid APG 875
- The importance of accurate charge capture and its’ impact on SBHC revenue cycle
- Reviewing the new ICD-10 codes pertinent to reproductive health services
- Q&A – ask the presenter your questions about how to maximize your reimbursement
About the Presenter: Ann Finn is a national trainer and frequently speaks on issues relating to coding, billing, reimbursement and the overall revenue cycle. Ann has an in-depth understanding of the challenges providers face when billing and being appropriately reimbursed for their services. Her work focuses on improving charge capture, the new ICD-10 coding system, compliant billing and claim correction and understanding payer reimbursement.
Ann has extensive expertise and experience with the NYS Medicaid Ambulatory Patient’s Group (APG) payment system since its inception and the issues faced claiming under this system. She has worked closely with Providers and NYS DOH to identify and correct claims, teach payment methodologies and improve coding, internal charging and billing processes.
This webinar is being offered as part of the Alliance’s online conference on October 27th – click here for more details about Conference Day or just register below.
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September 10, 2015
Debra Gerson, MD, Medical Director, Open Door Family Medical Centers, New York
Ellette Hirschorn, RN, Director of Clinical Services and Program, Open Door Family Medical Centers, New York
DESCRIPTION: During this webinar, representatives from Open Door Family Medical Centers will demonstrate how they successfully utilized asthma measurement tools to improve clinical outcomes. They will discuss how they used the Chronic Care Model to upgrade care systems, infrastructure, and supportive policies for asthma management for children and youth. Additionally, this webinar will provide resources should school-based health centers and community health clinics want to replicate the program.
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Patient Centered Transformation in School-Based Health Care: Lessons Learned
June 23, 2015The patient center transformation process is both challenging and rewarding. NYSBHA, in collaboration with Monetfiore School Health Program and the Primary Care Development Corporation, has piloted a draft set of standards adapted from NCQA’s 2014 Patient Centered Medical Home model defining 3 levels of SBHC service encouraging a full service, comprehensive model of integrated primary health care. The principal aim of this pilot is to implement these standards at 5 SBHCs, analyze the feasibility of transformation and post pilot, advocate for the adoption of the finalized PC-SBHC standards by school health funding and regulatory agencies.
Through our PC-SBHC pilot project we have identified the challenges and developed tools for SBHCs to deliver patient centered quality care.
Participants in this webinar will be able to:
- Identify challenges associated with patient centered care and the tools developed to achieve quality care
- Practice utilizing these tools to create their own transformation
- Ask key leaders of the project questions about full process through documentation collection
Presenters
Jodi-Ann Bailey, MPP, Analyst, Montefiore School Health Program, Bronx, NY
Maia Bhirud, MPH, Senior Project Manager, Primary Care Development Corporation, New York, NY
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STD Prevention: Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Screening and Treatment in School-Based Health Care Settings
March 31, 2015Presented by Maureen P Scahill, NP, MS, Nurse Practitioner, Trainer and Technical Assistance Provider,Center for Health & Behavioral Training, Infectious Diseases Division, University of RochesterWebinar participants will be able to:
- Describe the rationale for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia screening for patients seen in School-based Health Care Settings,particularly for those aged 15 – 19 years.
- List the types of screening tests that are recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for these infections.
- Identify source for billing information for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia screening.
- Identify resources for STD screening and treatment, continuing education opportunities, and consumer educational materials.
This session will review coding and billing for reproductive health services including contraceptive management within the SBHC environment under the newly implemented ICD-10 coding system:
- Overview of billing for school based reproductive health services and Medicaid APG 875
- The importance of accurate charge capture and its’ impact on SBHC revenue cycle
- Reviewing the new ICD-10 codes pertinent to reproductive health services
- Q&A – ask the presenter your questions about how to maximize your reimbursement
About the Presenter: Ann Finn is a national trainer and frequently speaks on issues relating to coding, billing, reimbursement and the overall revenue cycle. Ann has an in-depth understanding of the challenges providers face when billing and being appropriately reimbursed for their services. Her work focuses on improving charge capture, the new ICD-10 coding system, compliant billing and claim correction and understanding payer reimbursement.
Ann has extensive expertise and experience with the NYS Medicaid Ambulatory Patient’s Group (APG) payment system since its inception and the issues faced claiming under this system. She has worked closely with Providers and NYS DOH to identify and correct claims, teach payment methodologies and improve coding, internal charging and billing processes.
This webinar is being offered as part of the Alliance’s online conference on October 27th – click here for more details about Conference Day or just register below.
